Ancient Civilizations
The ruler of Ancient Egypt had this name.
What is a pharaoh?
Muslims worship in this kind of building.
What is a mosque?
This colorfully-named plague decimated much of Europe's population.
What was the Black Death?
In 1492, this man sailed his way across the Atlantic sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
The Industrial Revolution began in the cottage industries of this nation.
What is Britain?
The Ancient Mesopotamians wrote using this system using tablets and wedges.
What is cuneiform?
Ghana relied on this good to cool off their bodies and preserve food.
What is salt?
The Inca mainly flourished throughout this continent.
What is South America?
The Atlantic trade system between Europe and its colonies went by this name, named for a shape.
What is the triangle trade?
James Watt invented this implement, which powered machinery using coal as a fuel source.
What is the steam engine?
This Chinese thinker valued 5 major relationships, one of which was between father and son.
Who was Confucius?
Islamic scholars originated this form of math, frequently featuring the variable x.
What is algebra?
Europeans in the Middle Ages harnessed this raw material to create tools to increase their food production.
What is iron?
The Seven Years War was partially fought in America, with this alternate name for the war.
What was the French and Indian War?
These groups of people were preferred by factory owners in the Industrial Revolution due to the lower wages they could be paid.
Who were women and children?
Aryan religious belief inspired this modern religion, the main religion in India.
What is Hinduism?
Every Muslim must make a pilgrimage to Mecca, with this name.
What is Haaj?
Mexico City is founded over the ancient capital of this civilization, Tenochtitlan.
What is the Aztec?
Plantations in the Caribbean produced this raw good, used in desserts for the Europeans.
What is sugar?
This economic theory developed, placing value on labor instead of capital, pioneered by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
What is socialism?
The emperors of Ancient China justified their rule with this establishment.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Islam split into these two major sects over the true successor to Muhammad.
What are the Shia and Sunni Muslims?
Strings tied along knots were used in this writing system of the Incan empire.
What was a quipu?
Spanish and French colonizers practiced this branch of Christianity, as opposed to the Protestant English.
What was Catholic?
This war ended France's Second Empire, fought between France and a unified German force.
What was the Franco-Prussian War?