Vocabulary
Who
Where
What
How and extra
100
An instrument for finding direction is:
compass
100
________________________________________ landed in San Salvador in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
100
The capital of the Inca empire
Cuzco
100
What are the two inventions Marco Polo discovered in Asia
gunpowder and a compass
100
Because of the free trade Songhay's empire...
grew 1000 miles
200
A city and the surrounding area is called
city-state
200
The person who helped spread news about the Renaissance by inventing a new way to print books
Johannes Gutenberg
200
The capital of the Aztec empire
Tenochtitlan
200
The Incas kept records on groups of colored, knotted strings known as
quipus
200
How are empires built
By attacking and conquering other countries.
300
Kings and queens were known as
monarch
300
__________________ funded Zheng He’s travels.
Yong Le
300
Marco Polo explored Cathay which is now ________________.
China
300
The Aztecs Recorded Information by using
pictures of objects
300
There were no famous Chinese explorations because....
Zheng He died and the Chinese stopped all explorations and trade.
400
A french word meaning rebirth
Renaissance
400
_____________ allowed his people to control trade
Sunni Ali
400
Cuzco is now...
Peru
400
Zheng He sailed in wooden boats called...
Junks
400
How were Ghana, Songhay, and Mali built
-Ghana spread to Gao and Timbuktu -Mali formed from these great market cities -Gao broke away and became Songhay
500
A collection of lands ruled by the nation that conquered them.
empire
500
___________ visited Native Americans in 1000 A.D. but only stayed a short time
Leif Ericson
500
Tenochtitlan is now...
Mexico City
500
The Benin empire was known for...
sculpting things from ivory, brass,and bronze
500
How did the Aztecs make calendars
pictures
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