Chapter 1 Review

Key Terms

100

People who hunted animals and gathered wild plants for food.

Hunter-gatherers

200

A strip of solid land believed to have once connected Asia to present-day Alaska.

Bering-Land Bridge

300

Early West Africans did not profit much from the Saharan trade because the routes were run by _________. (A group of people from North Africa)

Berbers

400

Buisnesses in which a group of people invest together.

Joint-stock company

500

A pilgrimage to Mecca. First taken by Mansa Musa. 

hajj

West Africa

100

Mali's most famous king. A Muslim ruler who was extremely rich and built mosques and schools. 

Mansa Musa

200

Over time, the __________ became very important to the West African Economy. Soon, Arab Muslims and Europeans became traders of this item in high demand. (Hint: work)

Slave Trade

300

Name the three main natural resources found and traded within West Africa. 

Gold, Salt, Iron

400

Empire that reigned in the 1400s after the Mali empire weakend. Most famous leader was Askia the Great.

Songhai

500

Name of the Muslim group who attacked Ghana in effort to force its leaders to convert to Islam

Almoravids

Native American

100

Carved images of ancestors or animal spirits on tall, wooden poles.

Totems

200

This Native American culture area contained frigid temperatures, frozen dessert, and only two groups: the Aluet and the Inuit.

Arctic

300

This southwest group first built and lived in pueblos. They also built kivas. 

Anasazi

400

This culture area was home to grassland and millions of buffalo. Most of the groups here were nomadic hunters. 

Great Plains

500

The alliance/confederation established by the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca.

Iroquois League

Mesoamerica

100

This civilization was famous for its pyramids and its world-ending calendar.

Maya

200

This civilization was known for building large, stone, colossal heads. 

Olmec

300

Which Mesoamerican civilization lived in modern day Peru and the Andes Mountains?

Inca

400

Which Mesoamerican civilization is famous for its capital, Tenochtitlán?

Aztec

500

This Mesoamerican civilization formed a strong central government with a king and records were kept on a system of knotted strings called quipu. 

Inca

Europe

100

A greek philosopher who was a teacher and wrote a work called The Republic. 

Plato

200

A government system where people rule themeselves and all citizens vots on every issue. Ideas are usually debated at an assembly of all citizens.

Democracy

300

I am a person who owns no land and I am not considered part of the feudal system. I grow food to live, most of which goes back to my owner. What am I?

Peasant

400

The Crusades was a 400 year war that took place where?

Palestine/ The Holy Land/ Jerusalem

500

I am a famous inventor who lived during the Renaissance period. My most famous achivement was the printing press. Who am I?

Johannes Gutenberg