People
Time and Place
Empires
Economy and Trade
Miscellaneous
100
A group of Native Americans that had a constitution that was passed down orally from generation to generation.
What is the Iroquois League
100
Time during which the Earth was covered by ice and glaciers.
What is the Ice Age
100
Italian mariner who sailed for Spain.
Who is Christopher Columbus
100
This European nation greatly expanded the slave trade in the 1400s and 1500s.
What is Portugal
100
A type of sun-dried brick.
What is adobe
200
This person led a voyage that was the first to circle the entire globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
200
This person explored enough of South America to deem it a new continent.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
200
Spanish soldiers in North America
What are conquistadors
200
American Indians first grew maize, beans, and squash in this area.
What is central Mexico
200
This person succeeded in circling the entire globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
300
The most famous ruler of Mali.
Who is Mansa Musa
300
To move from one place to another.
What is migrate
300
This group dominated the trade routes south and east of Africa in the 1400s
Who are the Portuguese
300
This good was introduced to the Americas through the Columbian Exchange.
What are horses
300
This plant or animal changed the way the Indians of the Great Plains lived.
What are horses
400
This person directed Portuguese efforts to sail across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator
400
A period of renewed interest in learning and advancement of the arts and sciences.
What is the Renaissance
400
Nation that was created by the marriage of Prince Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in 1469.
What is Spain
400
This natural resource is found in the Sahara.
What is salt
400
The Portuguese took the lead in exploration in part because they developed this type of ship.
What is a caravel
500
Person that wrote the most famous travel account during the Renaissance.
Who is Marco Polo
500
This event triggered the beginning of the Middle Ages.
What is the collapse of the Roman Empire
500
The most powerful and largest kingdom in West Africa.
What is Songhai
500
This caused the population growth of Indians in central Mexico about 3,500 years ago.
What is the development of agriculture
500
This gave the Spanish their greatest advantage over the Indians.
What is disease
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