Unit 1
What does B.C.E stand for
Before Common Era
What Spanish conquistador won Mexico for Spain
Hernan Cortez
True or false: Hernan DeSoto is a conquistador for Spain
True
Where was gunpowder developed
China
What was the name of the first writing system
Cuneiform
What are the years of the 3rd century
200-299
True or false: Indentured servitude usually lasted for 10 years
False
Who conquered the Inca empire
Francisco Pizarro
What country did Islam spread across in the 7th century
Africa
What was the name of one of the first law codes
Hammurabi’s code
In what era did the domestication of animals begin
Mesolithic period
French explorer who sailed to the gulf of mexico
La Salle
Who supplied Francisco Pizarro‘s expeditions
Hernando DeSoto
What mesoamerican city was the hub of trade and cultural diffusion
Teotihuacan
What was one of Ancient Chinas rivers
Huang He or Yangtze
What does A.D stand for
Anno Domini
What was Hacienda
Indigenous laborers forced to work fields of large plantations
Where did DeSoto accompany Pizarro on his conquest
Peru
What empire introduced camel trade
Mali empire
What were the most popular items to trade from China on the silk road
Silk and Porcelain
What is the meaning of Anno Domini
In the year of our lord
What country developed the magnetic compass
China
What four navigation tools did conquistadors use
Nautical maps, compasses, astrolabes, and astronomical charts
What country became one of the first Christian nations in the 4th century
Ethiopia
Who United China in the Yuan dynasty
Kublai Khan