People
Geography
Religions
Early Civilizations
Vocabulary
100
Alexander the Great
Who was a great Greek hero; conquered lands as far east as India; spread Greek culture
100
country made of mountains, a peninsula and many islands
What is Greece
100
Ramadan
What is one of the Five Pillars of Islam: fasting for one month
100
Located in the Andes Mountains of Peru
What were the Incas
100
Cutting of "steps" into the side of mountain: Incas; Japanese
What is terrace farming
200
Conquitador
Who is a Spanish conquerer in the "New World"
200
Monsoon
What is the season winds affecting India and SE Asia: summer = rainy, winter = dry
200
Animisim
What is the belief that there are spirits in nature practiced in many African tribes
200
One of the only Christian civilizations of early Africa
What is Axum
200
set of laws developed in the eastern Roman Empire
What is the Justinian Code
300
Hernan Cortes
Who was a Spanish conqueror who conquered the Aztec Empire
300
archipelago
What is a chain of islands: Japan, Hawaii, Indonesai
300
Five Relationships; Ancestor Worship
What are two of the basic beliefs of Confucius
300
Silk Road
What was the land trade route from China into the Middle East
300
Hieroglyphics, Cunieform
What are early forms of writing
400
Mansa Musa
Who was the king of ancient Mali; traveled to Mecca; introduced Islam to his people
400
subcontinent
What is a land form large enough to be a continent: example India
400
Ten Commandments
What is the moral code followed by both Jews and Christians
400
human sacrifice
What was a practice followed by the Mays, Aztecs and Incas to please the Gods
400
art, architecture, public works, government, religion, form of writing, social classes, technology
What are elements of a civilization
500
Hammurabi
Who was the king of ancient Babylon; introduced the idea of a code of laws: Hammurabi's code
500
man made waterway built to connect 2 larger bodies of water
What is a canal
500
Islam, Judaism, Christianity
What are the three monotheistic religions
500
Olympic Games
What was begun in ancient Greece in order to celebrate and please the Gods
500
practice of taking natural resources from colony; restricting and controlling trade of colony for the gain of the Mother Country
What is mercantilism
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