Social Studies Extra Credit

1. Nicknamed Mesopotamia meaning land between two rivers, made up of the Euphrates and this river.
3. The country that used the people of the congo for rubber.
4. This mandate gave legitimacy to emperors' rule in China.
5. Meaning that religion believes in one god.
9. the shape that was used to describe the slave trade.
12. The style of writing used in Ancient Egypt.
15. The way that South African government controlled the native population.
17. Was an actual explorer that came to China to write about his experience, didn't get famous for getting lost in a pool.
18. The opposite of a violent protest; designed to make the aggressor look bad.
20. A style of government where the centralized power is from a religious official.

2. Used in both Buddhism and Hinduism.
6. The first dynasty of China.
7. the action of appropriating a place or domain for one's own use.
8. The series of trade routes that connected Europe to Asia, not actually made of this material.
9. The religious text of Judaism.
10. The middle east has an abundance of this natural resource
11. The religion that began in Saudi Arabia in the city of Mecca.
13. Mansa Musa handed out this to people he met on his travels because he had so much.
14. (especially with reference to a country with separate areas of government) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts.
16. The rule of Ancient Egypt.
19. The only dynasty that was not ethnically Chinese.