Famous People
This man explored the New World for Spain stumbling upon the Caribbean in an attempt to find a passage to India.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This Native American people were known to have a matriarchal society.
Who are the Iroquois?
This was the way in which European culture was structured, with largely men holding power.
What is a patriarchy?
This is the term for farm workers in Europe, which many people were under the Feudal system of Europe.
Who are peasants?
This trade route throughout West Africa was controlled by the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai empires.
What is the trans-Saharan trade route?
This man defeated took Montezuma captive and helped precipitate the fall of the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
These people lived in modern day South America and were toppled by the spread of disease and the conquistador Pizarro.
Who are the Incas?
This religion arose under the Romans in circa 323 AD, and bound together Western European institutions.
What is Christianity?
This religion sprang up in what is today Saudi Arabia circa 632 AD and spread throughout much of North Africa, India, Indonesia, Sub Saharan Africa, and Southern Spain,
What is Islam?
This Portuguese explorer and sailor founded a center for maritime navigation in hopes of exploring and developing European trade off the coast of West Africa.
Who was Prince Henry of Portugal?
This man ushered in the Protestant Reformation with his 95 Theses.
Who is Martin Luther?
These people built a large empire in modern day Mexico and practiced sacrifice to the Gods to ensure favor and their way of life.
Who are the Aztecs?
This practice of passing land and wealth to the eldest son in Europe led many children into leaving their families or Europe altogether.
What is primogeniture?
Led by Martin Luther, this movement criticized the corruption of the Catholic Church and led to new religious sects.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
This is the dominant theory to how the first people arrived to North America
What is the Land Bridge Theory?
This man opened up European trade to the East Africa and India in 1497.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
These Native Americans were known to be great warriors and lived in the Great Plains and were excellent horseman.
Who are the Comanche?
Taxes paid by conquered people in the forms of goods. This system was used extensively by both the Aztecs and Incas, and later adopted by the Spanish.
What are tributes?
This campaign was initiated by the Spanish to drive Muslims out of Spain in the late 15th Century.
What is the Reconquista?
Which country opened up widespread African slave trade in supplying labor for sugar plantations in Brazil?
What is Portugal?
This emperor of Mali was known for his construction projects and his pilgrimage to Mecca where he devalued the local currencies on his way to Saudi Arabia by spending so much gold.
Who is Mansa Musa?
These Native Americans lived in the Southwest and often built cliff dwellings. Their name was given to them by the Spanish, but their tribe includes many distinct peoples.
Who are the Pueblo?
This spiritual belief system that centered on the natural world was practiced by many peoples throughout the New World as well as Africa.
What is animism?
These wars were waged by Europeans in an attempt to wrest Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslims and were fought over the period of nearly 200 hundred years.
What are the Crusades?
Which Portuguese explorer discovered Brazil but named it initially Ihla da Vera Cruz?
Who was Pedro Alvares Cabral?