Unit 1:
Global Tapestry
Global Tapestry
Rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season.
Champa Rice
money with wings 💸💸
Flying money
system of routes across Central Asia, along which traders carried luxury trade goods; known for spreading religions as well as technological transfers and diseases like the Bubonic plague
Silk Roads
Cheetah
This is the best selling music album of all time.
Thriller, by Michael Jackson
an economic system in the Middle Ages that was built around large estates called manors
when kids show respect to their teacher 😏
Filial Piety
steering device, usually a vertical blade attached to a post at, or near, the stern of the boat; improved sea trade
rudder
This is the name of the world's longest river.
*spoiler alert*
This person is the half-blood prince in Harry Potter.
The first Islamic government established within India from 1206-1520. Controled a small area of northern India and was centered in Delhi.
Delhi Sultanate
Commercial institutions that provided financial services including money lending, currency exchange, and credit to merchants engaged in trade.
Banking Houses
Chinese invention that aided navigation by showing which direction was north; use spread through trade networks like Silk Roads and Indian Ocean trade
magnetic compass
This sign of the zodiac is represented by the scale.
Libra ♎️⚖️♎️⚖️
In the season 4 finale of Stranger Things, the character Eddie Munson plays a thrilling guitar rendition of this metal classic in the Upside Down.
"Master of Puppets", by Metallica
A Chinese dynasty that ruled from 960-1279 CE and utilized Confucianism and imperial bureaucracy to maintain its authority.
Song China
A powerful state in the African interior that apparently emerged from the growing trade in gold to the East African coast; flourished between 1250 and 1350 C.E.
Great Zimbabwe
large flat-bottom sailing ship produced in the Tang and Song Empires, specially designed for long-distance commercial travel and participation in the tribute system
junk ship
These are the names of the seven dwarfs in Snow White.
Dopey, Doc, Bashful, Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy and Sleepy.
This is how many suns the planet Tatooine has in Star Wars.
2
Largest and most powerful Andean empire. Controlled the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile from its capital of Cuzco.
Incan Empire
A roadside inn or fortified trading post that provided shelter and facilities for merchants and traders traveling along trade routes.
seasonal wind in India, the winter monsoon brings hot, dry weather and the summer monsoon brings rain
monsoon winds
Heavy metal band from Mexico with a hit single called 'Ay Ay Ay'
Ladrones 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
This person's accolades include a Primetime Emmy, 6 Grammy Awards, 17 Latin Grammy Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, and 54 Billboard Latin Music Awards. They also headlined the 2026 Superbowl Halftime Music Show and is Ms. Agosto's #1 favorite person.
Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, aka Bad Bunny