Eastern Hemisphere Review

Trade route that stretched from China across Asia to the Mediterranean Basin

• Silk Road

• Maritime Sea Route

• Trans-Saharan Trade Route

• China Trade Route

Sea trade route that connected India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa

• Maritime Routes Across the Indian Ocean

• Maritime Routes Across the South China Ocean

• Western European Baltic and Black Sea Routes

• Eastern Europe Mediterranean Sea Trade Route

Trade route across Northern Africa through the Sahara Desert that connected areas of West Africa

• Trans-Saharan Trade Route

• Black and Baltic Sea Northern Trade Route

• Mediterranean Trade Route

• African Trade Route

Ethnic religion unique to Japan,Emphasizes nature and ancestors,Worship of the emperor,Coexistence with Buddhism

• Shinto

• Taoism

• Buddhism

• Islam

Chinese influences on Japan

• Writing, Architecture (pagoda-style),Buddhism

• Writing, Architecture, Shintoism

• Samurai, Fighting style, Buddhism

• Writing, Porcelain, Buddhism

Located between Japan and mainland Asia

• Sea of Japan or the East Sea

• South China Sea

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

A group of islands

• Archipelago

• Cluster Islands

• Volcanic Islands

• Mountainous

Mountainous archipelago (four main islands);Proximity (near) to China and Korea

• Geography of Japan

• Geography of Chine

• Geography of Africa

• Geography of Korea

Religion that began in India and spread to Southeast Asia

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Shintoism

• Islam

Religion that began in India and spread to China, Korea, and Japan

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Shintoism

• Islam