North/South America
The Olmec civilization is known for creating these large, carved stone heads.
What are colossal heads?
The Taj Mahal is located in this country.
What is India?
What special African cloth, known for its cool patterns and natural colors, is made by hand using a special coloring technique?
Bogolan
The Renaissance was a period of renewed interest in these two ancient cultures.
What are Greek and Roman cultures?
The term "Renaissance" means this in French.
What is "rebirth"?
This popular holiday in Mexico sees the use of hojalatas for decorating altars and homes.
What is Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?
Mosaics are artworks made by assembling these small pieces.
What are tiles
This natural material is used to dye bogolan fabrics.
What is mud or clay?
The Medici were successful in this type of business, which helped them gain wealth and power.
What is banking?
A portrait is an artwork that depicts this.
What is a person (or people)?
The Haudenosaunee Confederacy is made up of this many nations.
What are six?
This ancient road connected trade between Asia and Europe, leading to great contributions of the Renaissance!
What is the Silk Road?
Mansa Musa was a powerful ruler of this African empire, known for its wealth and vast territory. What was the name of his empire?
Mali
This Renaissance architect designed the famous dome of the Florence Cathedral, a marvel of engineering and artistry.
Who is Filippo Brunelleschi?
This tool, which shows directions, is essential for mapmaking.
What is a compass?
This important symbol of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy represents unity and peace.
What is the Tree of Peace?
Yasuke is often referred to by this title, given to him by the Japanese.
What is samurai?
Queen Amina's kingdom is located in this present-day African country.
What is Nigeria?
The front of the Florentine florin featured this religious symbol.
What is a fleur-de-lis?
This Renaissance movement focused on the value and potential of human beings and emphasized the study of classical texts from ancient Greece and Rome.
What is humanism?
The Intihuatana stone at Machu Picchu was used for this purpose by the Incas.
What is an astronomical observatory or sundial?
Islamic art often features these, intricate patterns and designs instead of images of people.
What are geometric patterns?
Mansa Musa built the University of _____ (which still exists today!)
Timbaktu
Leonardo's famous drawing of a man with perfect proportions is called this.
What is the Vitruvian Man?
The study of galaxies, planets, and stars, famously associated with Galileo
Astronomy