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The Maya were located in this region of Mesoamerica.
What is Central America?
100
This city in Mali became a world-renowned center for Islamic trade and learning.
What is Timbuktu?
100
The Maya observed the planets, sun, and moon to develop this piece of technology.
What is the Mayan Calendar?
100
Often described as the richest man to ever live, this Mali emperor made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
100
This protected World Heritage Site was built high in the mountains, a remarkable feat of engineering.
What is Machu Picchu?
200
This major city, founded in the 1300s, was the heart of the Aztec Empire in central Mexico.
What is Tenochtitlan?
200
This country can fit inside the continent of Africa about 3 times.
What is the (contiguous) United States?
200
To farm in their swampy environment, the Aztecs built artificial floating islands.
What are chinampas?
200
The people of Axum used these sailing ships to expand their trade in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.
What are dhows?
200
This agricultural product grown throughout Mesoamerica.
What is maize?
300
The Incan Empire stretched along this major mountain range in South America.
What are the Andes Mountains?
300
This treacherous region/environment prompted most merchants to travel along the coast of Africa for trade.
What is the Sahara Desert?
300
In this Mesoamerican ball game, players tried to get a hard rubber ball through a hoop without using their hands or feet.
What is Pok-A-Tok?
300
The African civilization of Zimbabwe translates to ____ from its original Shona language.
What is "house of rock"?
300
The name of this artifact/statue?
What are Olmec heads?
400
Hernán Cortés and others who conquered Mesoamerican civilizations mostly came from this modern-day country.
What is Spain?
400
This geographic feature was essential for connecting the African interior to facilitate the movement of goods and people.
What is a network of rivers?
400
These symbolic pictures were used to record historic events and the Mayan calendar.
What are glyphs?
400
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all grew wealthy by controlling this specific trade route.
What is the Gold-Salt Trade?
400
The Mesoamerican civilization represented in letter A.
What is the Aztec Empire?
500
The Aztecs conquered these small independent areas/regions in Central America to expand their empire.
What are city-states?
500
This empire reached its peak between 1450 and 1600 after conquering the Mali Empire.
What is the Songhai Empire?
500
Because they lacked a written language, the Inca used these stringed knots to record data and stories.
What are quipus?
500
Islam spread throughout Africa due to these two methods?
What are trade and conquest (war)?
500
The winter monsoons blow in this direction.
What is southwest?