Vocabulary
medieval warriors who fought on horseback
Who were knights?
a strip of land and/or ice over which the first Americans crossed from Asia to North America...
What was the Bering Land Bridge?
He was the Muslim leader of the African kingdom of Songhai who supported education.
Who was Askia the Great?
Gold was often traded for salt on this continent.
What is Africa?
the holy city of Islam
What is Mecca?
aboveground houses made of heavy clay called adobe
What were pueblos?
This was an alliance of 5 Native American tribes that focused on war and peace.
What was the Iroquois League?
This Muslim leader of Mali was famous for his pilgrimage to Mecca and the spreading of his massive wealth.
Who was Mansa Musa?
Democracy began on this continent.
What is Europe?
This modern-day European country was home to great artists and sculptors like Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.
What is Italy?
Matrilineal means that a culture traces its ancestry through these people.
Who are women?
the first Americans who crossed from Asia into North America sometime between 38,000 BC and 10,000 BC
Who were Paleo-Indians?
This Italian artist and sculptor did his work during the Renaissance. It included the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. (one word name)
Who was Michelangelo?
The Iroquois League was formed on this continent.
What is North America?
This empire developed the governmental idea of a republic, very much like the one we have in the United States.
What was Rome/the Roman Empire?
a group's set of common values and traditions, including language, government, and family relationships
What is culture?
Also known as the bubonic plague, this pandemic killed about 25,000,000 people in Europe.
What was the Black Death?
He changed the world when he invented the printing press with movable type.
Who was Johannes Guttenberg?
The earliest Americans probably came from this continent.
What is Asia?
This tribe of Native Americans, probably the most advanced and powerful in America, lived in what is now Mexico.
Who were the Aztecs?
a religious pilgrimage to Mecca
What is a hajj?
a group of people from North Africa who ran trade routes in ancient times
Who were the Berbers?
This "S" man was an important Greek philosopher and thinker.
Who was Socrates?
The Renaissance began on this continent.
What is Europe?
This French word means "rebirth" in the arts and in learning and happened from about 1300 until the 1600s.
What was the Renaissance?