MesoAmerica
What strip of land allowed Paleo-Indians to migrate to North America?
Bering Land Bridge
What is a matrilineal society?
Follows Mother's family line
What was the main source of wealth for West African empires?
Gold and Salt
What is the Renaissance?
A rebirth of Europe
What religion were the West African kingdoms?
Muslim
What civilization was in South America in what today is Peru
Incas
What were the cone-shaped shelters made by Plains people called?
TeePees
What was the name of the first West African trading kingdom?
Ghana
What was the Black Death and when was it?
disease that killed 30% of Europe during the Middle ages.
What were the name of the people who lived in the Ohio River Valley?
Who were the first people believed to have migrated to the Americas?
Paleo-Indians
What were the underground ceremonial chambers used by the Anasazi called?
Kivas
Who was Askia the Great?
Ruler of the Songhai Kingdom
What is a democracy?
Government ruled by the people
Name the two famous painters we covered
Michelangelo and Leonardo
What was the greatest city of the Aztec Empire?
Tenochtitlan
What was the primary food source for the Plains Native Americans?
Large animals - Such as Buffalo
Who were the Berbers?
The first people living in West Africa
Who were the three greatest Greek thinkers?
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
Which country in Europe did the Black Death start in?
Italy
What civilization is known for its stone buildings and sculptures?
Olmec
What type of houses did the Anasazi build?
Pueblo
Who was the Muslim king that ruled Mali?
Mansa Musa
Who invented the Printing Press?
Johann Gutenberg
What were Native American religions in North America based on?
Natural world and Animal world