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Africa/Latin America
Question | Answer |
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supreme being | a creator of life, stands for good and evil, is distant and detached from the individual person |
animism | the belief that spirits/gods dwell within living or nonliving things *shintoism in japan |
divine rulers | chiefs, not just political, but spiritual head of the village |
ghana | wealth in gold, trade with arabs-major source of gold for europe |
decline of ghana | almoravids-holy war against ghana, weaker, conversions to islam, defeated by sosso |
mansa musa- mali | muslim, pilgrimage to mecca, brought back architects, poets, technology, expand kingdom |
decline of mali | weaker leaders after mansa musa, lost control gradually |
decline of songhai | morocco envies southern kingdom, separated by desert,morocco attacks win bc of guns |
mercantilism | economic policy where the purpose of the colonies is to enrich the mother country |
encomiendas | rewards given to conquistadors that allowed them to demand labors from local populations, turned into slavery |
aztecs | causeways, chinampas, conquered demanded tribute, formed alliances, polytheist, Cortez: alliances, technology, disease |
incans | road system, carved into mountains, hanging bridges, relay system, terrace farming, Cuzco, Macchu Picchu, Pizarro |
social class system | viceroy, peninsulares, creoles |
regionalism | development of many cultures and people groups due to geography |
Andes Mountains | backbone of south america, pacific ring of fire: earthquakes/volcanoes |
Amazon Basin | lowland area, tropical wet-rainforests, leaching/deforestation issue |
Amazon River | navigable from the coast, diverse/remote people groups |
Pampas | most fertile farmland |
olmecs | earliest known civilization preceded Mayan, carved stone heads |
mayan | lowland areas, social order: king-military, religious leaders, priests, artisans/merchants, peasants,slaves. polytheistic |