Unit 8 World History Vocabulary Study Tool

Animism is defined as the belief that spirits and forces live within animals, objects, or dreams

• true

• false

An ancient site built by the Incas for ceremonies and astronomy

• Mali

• Machu Picchu

• Songhai

• Tenochitlan

These are members of a group who are native to a region

• Indigenous people

• Machu Picchu

• Mayan

• Songhai

Members of the Inca Empire in South America, the largest empire

• Incan

• Mali

• Regonal

• Songhai

Anywhere between 5000-8000 feet above sea level

• High Altitude

• Incan

• Mali

• Songhai

This country is in the early West African trading kingdom and located in Mali

• Ghana

• High altitude

• Mayan

• Songhai

Belonging to a certain group of people or a certain culture

• Ethic

• Ghana

• Incan

• High altitude

This term is defined as a sacred city that have temples and pyramids

• Ethnic

• City-State

• Chichen Itza

• Ghana

Aztecs are members of the Aztec empire in Central America/Mexico

• true

• false

This term is defined as a trading center and a powerful ancient kingdom

• Aztecs

• Axum

• Animism

• Chichen Itza