this Chinese invention helped sailors stay on their course by always pointing north (or south in the southern hemisphere)
What is the magnetic compass?
100
a navigational instrument that helped sailors determine their latitude by checking the position of the stars in the night sky
What is the astrolabe?
100
the oldest of the early American civilizations?
What is the Olmec?
100
Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas in this year
What is 1492?
200
this 1430s invention by Johannes Gutenberg had a great impact on increasing learning throughout Europe
What is the printing press?
200
monotheistic religion founded by the prophet Muhammad in the 600s
What is Islam?
200
the first sailors to reach the southern tip of Africa and then sail around the southern tip of Africa and reach Asia were from this country
What is Portugal?
200
Christopher Columbus was sailing for this country when he reached the Americas
What is Spain?
300
this overland trade route linked the Middle East (Muslims) with China and other parts of Far East Asia
What is the Silk Road?
300
everlasting life
What is salvation?
300
the legal concept that all men are equal in the eyes of the law is still used in the United States today - it is a tradition that came from this ancient society
What is Rome (the Roman Republic / the Roman Empire)?
300
this is where Chirstopher Columbus thought he had landed when he reached the Americas
What is India?
400
three of the five basic features that are found in all civilizations
What is cities, religion or belief system, government, social classes, and written records
400
group of people who travel together for safety - often on trade routes
What is a caravan?
400
he was the first person to sail around the southern tip of Africa to Asia and then return to Europe
Who is Vasco da Gama?
400
Christopher Columbus was born in and lived most of his life in this nation
What is Italy?
500
the first people reached the Americas at least 20,000 years ago - most scientists believe they arrived in the Americas by crossing this
What is a land bridge from Asia?
500
the study of how societies manage limited resources to satisfy their wants and needs
What is economics?
500
Three of the four truths we discussed about the American free enterprise system (also called capitalism)
What is government plays a small role, business owners and individuals make economic decisions, competition is good, and consumers hold the ultimate power
500
the three ships that made the voyage across the Atlantic on Christopher Columbus' famous voyage to the Americas