African Empires
This empire was known for its wealth from the gold trade and existed from c. 300-1100 CE.
What is the Ghana Empire?
This network connected North Africa to sub-Saharan Africa and was key for the gold and salt trade.
What is the Trans-Saharan Trade?
The Maya civilization is known for its advances in this field, which included pyramids and temples.
What is architecture?
This empire was the largest in pre-Columbian America.
What is the Inca Empire?
This was the primary reason for significant population declines in the Americas after European contact.
What are diseases?
This empire was renowned for its Islamic scholarship and wealth and lasted from c. 1235-1670 CE.
What is the Mali Empire?
This animal made desert travel easier in the Trans-Saharan trade network.
What are camels?
The Aztec Empire’s capital city was located here.
What is Tenochtitlan?
The Inca Empire used this system of knotted cords for record-keeping.
What is quipu?
European contact led to the introduction of these new items to the Americas.
What are crops, animals, and technologies?
The largest empire in West Africa, lasting from c. 1464-1591 CE.
What is the Songhai Empire?
This trade network connected East Africa with the Middle East, India, and Southeast Asia.
What is the Indian Ocean Trade Network?
The Aztecs built floating gardens called this to support their agriculture.
What are chinampas?
The Inca Empire connected its regions using this advanced infrastructure.
What are roads?
The Aztec and Inca empires faced these types of disruptions after European arrival.
What are political and economic disruptions?
This Mali leader made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca, spreading gold along his route.
Who is Mansa Musa?
These goods were traded by East African merchants in the Indian Ocean Trade Network.
What are gold, ivory, and slaves?
The Maya civilization had this type of advanced system for record-keeping.
What is writing?
Unlike the Maya, the Inca used this type of farming to adapt to their mountainous geography.
What is terrace farming?
This Spanish conquistador was responsible for the fall of the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
This was the primary religion spread across West Africa through trade and rulers.
What is Islam?
Evidence of foreign trade was found in East African cities in the form of these items.
What are foreign coins?
One theory about the decline of the Maya civilization involves this type of factor.
What are environmental factors?
Both Mesoamerican and South American civilizations shared this feature of their religious practices.
What is polytheism?
This Spanish conquistador led the conquest of the Inca Empire.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?