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| What made sea travel dangerous and what inventions helped? |
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| Sea travel was dangerous because you relied on the stars and the shoreline. The latten sail and the magnetic compass made travel easier. |
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| What are some of the difficulties in studying history? (name 3) |
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| 1)History is written in the winner's point of view. 2)History is written in bias. 3)Written history is not always true. 4)There is not always enough information available. |
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| What are some of the ways Rome benefitted from its provinces? |
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| Rome got goods and taxes. The provinces also provided a barrier for Rome. |
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| Why was a camel a good animal for desert trade? |
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| The camel lasted a long time without food or water and can carry up to 1000 lbs. |
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| Describe Baghdad. Why was ts location ideal, what crops were grown around it, and what goods were produced in it? |
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| Baghdad is located in trade routes between the Tigris and Euuphrates, and had heavy river traffic. Rice, dates, cotton, and grains were grown around Baghdad. Metal works, perfume, leather goods, and paper were made in Baghdad. |
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| Describe gold/salt trade. What regions did the trading? Why did each region want the item they were trading for? How did each kingdom get wealthy from the trade? |
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| Sub-Saharan traded gold for salt from the Middle East. Each region traded for either salt or gold because one region had alot of salt, the other had alot of gold. They became wealthy by taxing for trading. |
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| What were some of the reasons Ghanian traders converted to Islam? |
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| They converted to make more trades and to get better deals. |
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| Describe Bantu culture(where they lived, how they got food, what they made, and how they spread). |
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| They lived in south-eastern Africa, they hunted, traded, and farmed for food,and they made hoes, spears, fishooks,and axes. They spread by telling they're neighbors about their culture. |
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| Describe slavery in Kongo, particularly the Portugese role the slave trad. Why did the Portugese want so many slaves and in what ways did the Portugese try to obtain more slaves from the Kongo? |
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| Slaves in Kongo were treated good. The Portugese traded sugar for slaves from Kongo. The Portugese wanted alot of slaves because they wanted someone to work the farms for them. The Portugese turned the Kongo people against each other in order to get more slaves. |
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| Describe the Great Wall. What are some of the myths about the wall and what were its purposes? |
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| Started being built around the 5th century B.C. The dimensons are 18 ft wide and 25 ft high. Some of the myths are that the wall can be seen from the mooon and that the people who died while building the wall were buried in the wall. Its purposes were to keep invaders out, keep peasants in, and as an early military roadway. |
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| Describe the silk road. What were some of the important effects it had on China. |
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| The trade route is 7000 milrs long. The road gave much more trade to China. |
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| Describe how the sea was Japan's greatest natural resource. How did it benefit the Japanese and what were its drawbacks? |
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| The sea gave Japan food and protection. The sea also isolated Japan from the rest of the world and made Japan suffer in trade. |
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