Unit 8 World History Vocabulary

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

• true

• false

This term is defined as a trading center and powerful ancient kingdom in northern present day Ehiopia.

• Axum

• Aztecs

• City-state

• Ethnic

These are members of the Aztecs empire in Central America/Mexico, one of the largest empires known for it's agriculture and architecture.

• ChIchen itza

• Aztecs

• Ethnic

• Incan

A sacred city of temples and pyramids built by the Mayan people

• Ghana

• Chichen itza

• Incan

• Songhai

A political unit that includes a city and its surrounding lands and villages

• Regional

• High altitude

• city-state

• Songhai

This term means belonging to a certain group of people or a certain culture

• Ghana

• ethnic

• Regional

• Axum

Ghana is an early West African trading kingdom located in pzrts of a present day Mauritania and Mali

• true

• false

This term is defined as anywhere between 5000-8000 feet above sea level

• low altitude

• high altitude

• Incsn

• Regional

This term is defined as members of the Incan empire in South America, the largest empire of the time who were taken over by the Spanish conquerors

• High Altitude

• Incan

• Mayan

• Trade/trading

Members of a group who are native to a region is called

• indigenous/indigenous people

• Tenochititlan

• Regional

• Ethnic