The large continent that includes Central America
What is North America?
The country the Renaissance was born in
What is Italy?
The birthplace of the Italian Renaissance
What is Florence?
The largest ocean in the world
What is the pacific ocean?
The mountain range in South America where the Incas lived
What is Andes Mountains?
The continent south of Europe
What is Africa?
The country that birthed Shintoism (disciplined religion focused on past, animism, and spirits (kami))
What is Japan?
The holiest city in Islam
What is Mecca?
The ocean between Europe & the Americas
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The desert where gold and salt was traded in Africa
What is Sahara Desert?
The continent where the Incas lived
What is South America?
The main country the Mongols took over
What is China?
The city that was the capital of the Byzantine empire and fell to Ottomans in 1453
What is Constantinople?
The river important for trade & travel in the Americas
What is the Mississippi river?
The mountain range north of Italy-- monks spread Catholicism across these mountains into Europe
What are the Alps?
The continent where the Renaissance occurred
What is Europe?
The country where the Reconquista & Inquisition occurred....also known as Iberian Peninsula
What is Spain?
The two cities that were centers of learning, trade, and culture in West Africa (name at least one)
What is Djenne and Timbuktu? (name one city)
The sea south of Italy
What is the Mediterranean sea?
The largest desert in East Asia
What is the Gobi Desert?
The continent where Shintoism was born
What is Asia?
The long skinny country in South America where the Andes Mountains are
What is Chile?
The city/ empire that influenced the Italian Renaissance
What is Rome?
The sea where the question mark is
What is Sea of Japan?
The Mountain range in between China and India
What is Himalayas?