Neolithic & River Valley Civilizations
This was the first and largest Natufian settlement.
JERICHO
This term means "less focused on religion" or not religious.
SECULAR
This invention became a valuable export of China. It was a bone-hard white ceramic made of special clay and a mineral only found in China.
PORCELAIN
During the 1300’s, the Bubonic Plague was spread throughout Europe. The disease was spread by this.
FLEAS (on Rats)
This is the main crop found in the New World and taken to the Old World.
CORN
This is the early river valley civilization located in present day India.
INDUS RIVER VALLEY
This term is applied to Christians who belong to non-Catholic churches.
PROTESTANT
This innovation was made during the Song Dynasty. Individual characters were arranged in frames and used for printing over and over.
MOVEABLE TYPE
The plague began on this continent as infected traders and merchants unknowingly carried the disease to Italy and then the rest of Europe.
ASIA
This is the most important animal that was introduced to the New World when explorers and conquistadors came to conquer it.
HORSE
This was the early river valley civilization located in present day Egypt.
THE NILE RIVER VALLEY
This was a document sold by the church and signed by the Pope (or another church official) that released the bearer from the punishment of sin.
INDULGENCE
Made from a mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, this was first used for fireworks and later this technology spread west over the next 300 years.
EXPLOSIVE POWDER
This was the number one disease that came from the Old World and devastated much of the Native populations in the New World.
SMALL POX
This is the city that Christopher Columbus was from.
GENOA
This is the early river valley civilization located in present day China.
YELLOW RIVER VALLEY
The habit or principle of being independent or self-reliant. It is the belief in hard work and individual achievement.
INDIVIDUALISM
This invention helped China become a sea power, and also helped technology to spread west.
STEEL-NEEDLE COMPASS
These were the two main items traded between West and North Africa.
GOLD & SALT
The main animal that came from the New World and was taken to the Old World was this.
TURKEY
This is the early river valley civilization located in present day Iraq.
MESOPOTAMIA
A movement during the Renaissance that combined classical learning and individualism with the goal of reforming the Catholic church.
CHRISTIAN HUMANISM
This Chinese invention of moveable type led to probably the most significant invention of the Renaissance. This invention was the...
PRINTING PRESS
African society was transformed by trade, and the introduction of this.
ISLAM
This was the number one crop that came from the Old World and was taken to the New World.
GRAINS (WHEAT)