Mesopotamia
The Names of the two rivers that run through the fertile crescent
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
It is the river that runs through Egypt, creating fertile soil all along its banks.
What is the Nile?
A kingdom that sat just to the south of Egypt. Key partner in trade and eventually takes over.
What is Nubia?
The capital city of the Aztecs, located on Lake Texcoco.
What is Tenochtitlan?
Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan joined together in 1428 to create this.
What is the Triple Alliance?
He created a set of 282 Laws dealing with a variety of topics.
Who is Hammurabi?
A river in central Africa that was difficult to navigate.
What is the Congo?
The two most important trade items, especially in West Africa.
What are Gold and Salt?
The mountain range found in the Incan empire.
What are the Andes?
Machu Pichu was built by this empire.
Who are the Inca?
The largest city-state of the Sumerians. The center for all trade and commerce.
What is Ur?
An area of dry, arid land with little water. There are multiple that run throughout Africa.
What is a desert?
Mansa Musa was the leader of this empire from 1312-1332. Often called the richest man to ever live.
What is the Kingdom of Mali?
The largest country in South America.
What is Brazil?
Montezuma I and II ruled in this empire.
What are the Aztecs?
Flooding, Lack of Natural resources, little protection
What are disadvantages to living in the Fertile Crescent?
This is located in central Africa and made it tough for people to settle there. Typically found in the tropics.
What is a rainforest?
This was an important city in Africa. It means "Stone Houses" in the Shona language.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
The Mayans were in this modern day country.
What is Mexico?
One of the things they are know for are their systems of roads uniting the kingdom.
Who are the Inca?
Similar to Hieroglyphics, this form of writing used symbols in place of words.
What is Cuneiform?
This is a gulf that is just off the coast of Somalia. It connects to the Red Sea.
What is the Gulf of Aden?
Their ruler was overthrown with help from the Portuguese in the 1500's
What is the Mutapa Empire?
The Incans covered this many miles at the height of their empire.
What is 2500?
Mexico City is located here now.
What is Tenochtitlan?