2.3 Cultural Consequences of Connectivity

The blending of beliefs and practices from different faiths is called

• Daosim

• Neo-confucionsim

• cultural diffusion

• Syncretism

The Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca is called

• Hajj

• Salat

• Sawm

• Zakat

Which language is a mixture of HIndi, Arabic, and Farsi

• Sanskrit

• Swahili

• Batu

• Mandarin

The astrolabe

• Allowed for faster sailing at sea

• Allowed for longer travel across the Saharan Desert

• Uses magnetic fields to tell direction

• Allowed calculations of latitude and longitude

This is what body of water?

• Panama Canal

• Suez Canal

• Malacca Strait

• Strait of Gibraltar