Trade Routes, Japan, Africa and the Americas Vocabulary

Cultural Diffusion

• of or relating to the sea or waterways to the sea
• The spread of ideas and culture from one area of the world to another
• A strong tropical storm
• A chain of islands

Archipelago

• of or relating to the sea or waterways to the sea
• The spread of ideas and culture from one area of the world to another
• A strong tropical storm
• A chain of islands

Typhoon

• of or relating to the sea or waterways to the sea
• The spread of ideas and culture from one area of the world to another
• A strong tropical storm
• A chain of islands

Maritime

• of or relating to the sea or waterways to the sea
• The spread of ideas and culture from one area of the world to another
• A strong tropical storm
• A chain of islands

Bushido

• Code of behavior followed by Samurai; means "way of the warrior"
• Type of architecture associated with Buddhism
• The spread of ideas and culture from one area of the world to another
• Religion based on nature and ancestral worship unique to Japan

Shintoism

• Code of behavior followed by Samurai; means "way of the warrior"
• Type of architecture associated with Buddhism
• The spread of ideas and culture from one area of the world to another
• Religion based on nature and ancestral worship unique to Japan

Pagoda

• Code of behavior followed by Samurai; means "way of the warrior"
• Type of architecture associated with Buddhism
• The spread of ideas and culture from one area of the world to another
• Religion based on nature and ancestral worship unique to Japan

Olmec

• Civilization in the Andes Mountains of South America; capital city is Machu Picchu
• One of the most advanced early people in the Americas; occupied most of the Yucatan Peninsula; capital city is Chichen Itza
• Earliest civilization in Mexico
• Wandering warriors who gradually came to rule central Mexico; capital city is Tenochtitlan

Maya

• Civilization in the Andes Mountains of South America; capital city is Machu Picchu
• One of the most advanced early people in the Americas; occupied most of the Yucatan Peninsula; capital city is Chichen Itza
• Earliest civilization in Mexico
• Wandering warriors who gradually came to rule central Mexico; capital city is Tenochtitlan

Aztec

• Civilization in the Andes Mountains of South America; capital city is Machu Picchu
• One of the most advanced early people in the Americas; occupied most of the Yucatan Peninsula; capital city is Chichen Itza
• Earliest civilization in Mexico
• Wandering warriors who gradually came to rule central Mexico; capital city is Tenochtitlan