Trade Routes
Modern Flags
Diseases
Country neighbors
Then and Now
100
The Trans-Saharan trade route dealt with gold and this mineral.
What is salt?
100
What country is this the flag of?
What is Germany?
100
This was the outbreak of the Bubonic Plague that devastated Europe from 1346 – 1353.
What was the Black Death?
100
This country only is bordered by Spain.
What is Portugual?
100
This town used to be called Constantinople.
What is Istanbul?
200
This plant was used in religious ceremonies in South America due to its hallucinogenic properties and was a key trade good as a result.
What is coca/cocaine?
200
What is South Africa?
200
This is the one human disease that has been completely eradicated.
What is smallpox?
200
You can drive through this country to get from the Republic of Ireland to France.
What is the United Kingdom?
200
This town used to be called New Amsterdam. The Dutch traded it to the British for a tiny island that had nutmeg on it.
What is New York?
300
This animal produces thread that became a key trade good from China.
What are silk worms?
300
This country uses this flag.
What is Egypt?
300
This was the main way that the Bubonic Plague spread.
What are fleas on rats (ooh fleas on rats)?
300
This country shares borders with 14 other countries, including Mongolia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, and Vietnam.
What is China?
300
This modern country used to contain the Mughal Empire and was the birthplace of two major modern religions. This country has 23 official languages.
What is India?
400
This is the continent where Cahokia was located.
What was North America?
400
These flags are used by these two countries.
What is Indonesia and Monaco?
400
This disease has killed more people than any other disease in human history.
What is Tuberculosis?
400
This country is made up of more than 17 thousand islands, is the largest Muslim country in the world, the fourth largest by population, and borders East Timor, Papua New Guinea, and Malaysia.
What is Indonesia?
400
This Southern African country used to be called Rhodesia and has a hyperinflation problem.
What is Zimbabwe?
500
This language came about because of a combination of Arabic and Bantu that happened as a result of the Indian Ocean Trade Network.
What is Swahili?
500
These three South American countries use the same pattern of red, blue, and yellow on their flags to represent a larger nation they all used to be a part of.
What are Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia?
500
Plague Doctor masks stuffed with aromatic herbs were thought to protect from the Plague because of this theory of disease.
What is the miasma theory of disease/disease spreading through smell?
500
Part of this country (an exclave) is surrounded by Poland, Belarus, and Lithuania.
What is Russia?
500
These two modern-day countries are the location of the Ghanan Empire, which existed from around 100-1200 CE.
What are Mauritania and Mali?