The Muslim World
He was the prophet of Islam.
Who was Muhammad?
This African desert is the largest in the world.
What is the Sahara?
The grandson of Genghis Khan, he conquered China and established the Yuan Dynasty.
Who was Kublai Khan?
The Renaissance started in this European nation.
What is Italy?
These were the three great civilization in the Americas that thrived before 1492.
What were the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas?
This is the set of rules that all Muslims must follow.
What are the Five Pillars?
These animals led trade caravans across the desert.
What are camels?
This Italian merchant served in the court of the Yuan Dynasty, and wrote a book about his adventures.
Who was Marco Polo?
In the Renaissance, this was the shift in focus from the religious to the earthly, with man at the center.
What is Humanism?
Cortez and others were conquerors from which European country?
What was Spain?
Islam spread to this country under the rule of the Mughal Empire?
What is India?
This migration lasted from 1000 BC to 1000 AD and went from western to southern Africa.
What was the Bantu Migration?
This nation was a peninsula that was considered 'A Shrimp among Whales.'
What was Korea?
There were the four main Renaissance artists (or Ninja Turtles).
Who were Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, and Donatello?
This was the exchange of people, goods, and ideas between the Old and New Worlds after 1492.
What was The Columbian Exchange?
Constantinople was conquered and became Istanbul during the rule of which great empire?
What was the Ottoman Empire?
These were the two most valuable trading commodities (resources) in West Africa.
What is gold and salt?
These were the great warriors of feudal Japan.
Who were the Samurai?
Martin Luther nailed this list of complaints against the Pope on the church door in Wittenberg.
What was the 95 Theses?
This was the horrific journey of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean.
What was the Middle Passage?
He was the greatest Sultan of his empire...sometimes he was called 'The Great,' 'The Lawgiver,' or 'The Magnificent.'
Who was Suleiman?
He was probably the richest man in history. When he made his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324, he probably gave away over 1,000,000,000 (1 B) worth of gold.
Who was Mansa Musa?
In the 'Ring of Fire,' these were deadly tidal waves which often destroyed parts of Japan.
What were tsunamis?
When Henry VIII pulled England away from the Catholic Church, he started this new church.
What was the Anglican Church?
They were born in Spain, and moved to the New World. They were the most powerful class of people at the top of the social pyramid.
Who were the Peninsulares?