TRANS-REGIONAL CONNECTIONS (500-1500)
What is a sultan?
A Muslim ruler.
What was the trade network that linked Europe, Africa, and the Americas known as?
Triangular Trade
What is Mrs.Thomas's favorite color?
orange
What was Ms.Benchimol's favorite subject in high school?
Social studies and English
What house was Shayna in?
Yellow
Too kneel and touch the ground with the forehead in worship or submission as part of Chinese custom.
Which European country was the first to import enslaved Africans to the Americas?
Spain
What does Mrs.Thomas call her students?
Cherubs
what high school did Ms.Benchimol go to?
Schreiber
What elementary school did Anna go to?
Salem
Who was the “Lawgiver” in the Ottoman Empire?
Sulieman the Great.
Who led the way in importing Africans to the Americas in the beginning of the triangular trade?
Portugal and Spain
What is Mrs.Thomas's favorite food?
everything
What is Ms.Benchimol's favorite movie?
Harry Potter
What is Giorgia's favorite subject?
Global History, of course!
What is a janissary?
A member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and the first modern standing army in Europe.
What were the goods carried west across the Atlantic?
livestock
What college did Mrs.Thomas go to?
Binghamton
What is Ms.Benchimol's lucky number?
12
What language does Shayna take?
Spanish
Who was Zheng He?
A Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch
What percentage of Africans died on The Middle Passage?
20%
What is Mrs.Thomas's dream vacation?
Morocco
What is Ms.Benchimol's favorite season?
Fall
When is Isaac's birthday
May 24th