CH 18

Question 1

What does the trident reperesent in the Portuguese warrior’s hand

Answer 1

Invaders belonged to a semi-divine race of spirits.

Question 2

Marco Polo was from _____ and lived in the ____ Century and wrote ______/_______

Answer 2

Venice, 12th, Travels of marco polo/ IL Milione

Question 3

What ocean were Mali, Ghana, and Songhai the closest to?

Answer 3

Atlantic Ocean

Question 4

Define Griot

Answer 4

Special class of professional poet historians who preserved legends

Question 5

Define Oba

Answer 5

Rulers of Benin

Question 6

Why did Christian missionaries destroy Nkisi

Answer 6

They were seen as pagan fetishes, also used for voodoo

Question 7

Define Totem

Answer 7

Heraldic emblem of a specific family/clan

Question 8

What does the griot say about writing and memory in An Epic of Old Mali?

Answer 8

Writing kills memory and removes the feelings. Also, writing is dumb.

Question 9

Ibn Battuta finds these aspects of African life congenial

Answer 9

Their hospitality, Clothes, lack of jealousy, strict religious followings, and avoidance of injustice

Question 10

Why do they call their masks “Transformation masks”

Answer 10

It allows for the actor to become their character

Question 11

Why is there a hole in the Mimbres bowl

Answer 11

They were ritually killed before being placed in their owners grave.

Question 12

Which civilization built Machu Picchu

Answer 12

Inca

Question 13

Who built Mesa Verde

Answer 13

Pueblos

Question 14

What did Cortes think of Aztec architecture?

Answer 14

Beautiful, extravagant.

Question 15

What did cortes think about the Aztec idol worship & what did he do about it

Answer 15

It was awful, so he destroyed all remnants of it.

Question 16

What was the importance of gold

Answer 16

Represented the sun

Question 17

What do the four panels of the Sun Disk represent

Answer 17

The 4 previous creations of the world

Question 18

What was the period of this chapter

Answer 18

1300-1600

Question 19

Which explorer allowed prisoners on the ship and was trying to get around the high tariffs of the Muslim and Ottoman empire by sailing to India

Answer 19

Christopher Columbus

Question 20

Lived in China, was a prince of the Ming dynasty. He was building vessels and recruiting soldiers to meet new people from around the world. once he died, the emperor called off all travels

Answer 20

Zhu Di

Question 21

During the European explansion, Alejo Fernandez painted this painting. In which, it shows Mary being in favor of exploration and navigation

Answer 21

Our Lady of the Navigators

Question 22

The first map in this chapter shows

Answer 22

various trade and exploration routes

Question 23

What does the painting “Arrival of Portuguese Merchants in Japan” show

Answer 23

Goods being carried by western-dressed slaves, for the Portuguese to trade wit the Japanese. During this time, Japan accepted the trades, but not Christianity

Question 24

What was the goal of the Spanish explorers in America

Answer 24

To spread Christianity and to find valuable goods like gold

Question 25

Many of this civilizations architecture still remains

Answer 25

Mayan

Question 26

What was the Aztec city, Tenochtitlan made out of

Answer 26

A series of floating islands, some of which were Chinampas, floating gardens.

Question 27

What were the Aztecs known for

Answer 27

Their complex calendar

Question 28

Who was Quetzalcoatl

Answer 28

The God that the Aztec’s believed would destroy them

Question 29

Who did the Aztecs believe was Quetzalcoatl, so the tried to please by giving him goods and such

Answer 29

Cortes

Question 30

3 most important territories in Africa

Answer 30

Ghana, Mali and Songhai

Question 31

What was the “Great Mosque of Mali” built out of

Answer 31

Sand

Question 32

What is scarification and who usually received it

Answer 32

Process of Incising the skin. It was for rulers

Question 33

What was Malis greatest empire

Answer 33

Sundiata

Question 34

What was the Origin of Death about

Answer 34

Why we die

Question 35

What was the reasons we die in the Origin of Death

Answer 35

Unable to keep awake when the mood, using Fire for food.

Question 36

What was the Origin of Death based on

Answer 36

Not mythological, just based on observations

Question 37

Where did the conquistadors go?

Answer 37

Peru, Mexico, and Guatamala

Question 38

2 most important types of “writings” in Mali

Answer 38

Griot and Ibn Battuta