Geography & Origins
This region, which includes modern-day southern Mexico and parts of Central America, was ideal for agriculture due to its warm climate and fertile volcanic soil.
What is Mesoamerica?
To receive guidance and protection, early Americans often prayed and made sacrifices to these deceased family members
Who are ancestors?
This famous Inca site is a testament to their skill in cutting limestone blocks with such precision that they didn't need mortar
What is Machu Picchu?
This was the official language of the Inca Empire, which everyone was required to speak for business and government.
What is Quechua?
This was the language of government, trade, and religious study in the Mali and Songhai empires.
What is Arabic?
This rocky and steep mountain range in South America served as the home for civilizations like the Incas
What are the Andes Mountains?
These centers served as the primary locations for preserving knowledge and education during the Middle Ages.
What are monasteries?
The Songhai Empire was eventually defeated by Moroccan troops who possessed this superior military technology.
What are guns?
This Spanish leader of the conquistadors formed alliances with local groups to conquer the Aztec Empire in 1521.
Who was Hernán Cortés?
These self-sufficient agricultural estates overseen by lords were the heart of the medieval economy
What is the Manor System?
This archipelago is home to the practitioners of bushido
What is Japan?
This code of honor was practiced by the knights of Europe during the Middle Ages
What is chivalry?
The Maya developed a highly advanced writing system consisting of 800 of these symbols.
What are hieroglyphics?
This political system was based on land ownership and loyalty, ranging from kings to serfs.
What is Feudalism?
These were the Twin Pillars of Trade that fueled the West African economy
What are Gold and Salt?
This city is considered sacred by Jews, Christians, and Muslims, leading to centuries of conflict.
What is Jerusalem?
This ritual suicide was used by samurai to show commitment to their code or to restore honor.
What is seppuku?
Because they lacked a writing system, the Incas used these colored and knotted string tools to keep records.
What are quipus?
He was the devout Muslim leader of Mali whose death led to the empire's eventual decline.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This devastating plague killed up to half of Europe's population and weakened the feudal system
What is the Black Death?
This city along the Niger River was a major West African center of learning, trade, and culture.
What is Timbuktu?
This sacred text contains the legends and history of the Maya people
What is the Popol Vuh?
This traditional Japanese theatre uses puppets and was created during the medieval period.
What is Bunraku?
This alliance of Northern European cities controlled trade throughout the Baltic Sea
What is the Hanseatic League?
Instead of money, the Incas used this system where people performed physical labor as a way of paying taxes.
What is the mit’a system?