Ancient Africa/Japan/India

Questions

1. What two resources did Africa have and why was it important and why did people want or need it?

2. Why was the Kush kingdom important and what major resource did they have and what happened as a result?

3. How did Ghana become powerful?

4. What were griots?

5. What was the 2nd powerful kingdom and and what did Mansa Musa do that was important?

6. What major resource did Songhai have and how were they able to take over Mali?

7. Why is the Sahara not the largest desert in the world and how big is it ?

8. What was Mansa Musa know for and give at least 5 achievements during his lifetime?

9. Why were camels called the ships of the desert?

Questions

1. What impact did China have on Japan? Be specific and how is this an example of cultural diffusion?

2. What was Ancient Japan's Religion and what were the teachings?

3. What was a major traditional sport in Japan and what is the story behind it?

4. What is the connection between Chinese and Japanese architecture?

5. What type of government did Japan have in place and explain how that government system worked in Japan?

6. Explain the following roles in the Japanese society/government: Samurai, Shogun, and Bushido?

Questions

1. Explain the background of Japanese first emperor?

2. How did Ancient China influence Japanese writing?

3. What is Shintoism?

4. Explain the role of the samurai and the shoguns?

Questions Ancient India

1. Why was the Gupta Empire considered India’s Golden Age and what lasting achievements did they discover?

2. Explain who the Aryan people are and what cultural developments they achieved?

3. What did the people of India give the world that we use today?

4. Explain the concepts of Hinduism in a diagram or visual

5. Who was Siddhartha and what major religion did he help establish?

6. Who was Asoka and what were his accomplishments as ruler? At least 5

7. What two famous ancient cities were found in the 1800's and why were they considered advanced ancient cities?

8. Who originally established the caste system and what was it?

9. What were the four basic caste groups?

10. What did all Hindus believe about the Caste system and what groups was not part of the Caste system?

11. How big is India, what kind of climate does it have and what geographic features does it have?

Questions for background essay

1. Where did the Mongols live and why were they considered barbarians?

2. Who was Genghis Khan and why was he considered brutal and what did he achieve during his lifetime?

3. Explain how the Mongols took over different parts of the world in each wave?

4. Who was Kublai Khan and what were his achievements?

Questions

1. What were some reasons for Genghis Khan’s attacking Northern China?

2. How did Genghis Khan’s uniting the tribes improve the status of Mongol women?

3. What determined how Genghis Khan would treat a conquered city and its inhabitants?

4. What was Genghis Khan’s birth name?

A. Hulagu

B. Temujin

C. Berke

D. Batu

5. What is the maximum estimate of people killed during the Mongol conquests of Eurasia?

A. 4 million

B. 14 million

C. 40 million

D. 400 million

6. Which major historical event may have been directly caused by the Mongol invasion?

A. The Black Plague

B. The Little Ice Age

C. The Protestant Reformation

D. The Industrial Revolution

7. Which city’s destruction by one of Genghis Khan’s descendants infuriated another Khan?

A. Kiev

B. Samarkand

C. Baghdad

D. Caffa

8. Which was NOT a feature of the Mongol empire?

A. Religious tolerance

B. Promotion based on merit

C. Development of trade routes

D. Representative government