African Kingdoms
Largest river in Africa
Nile River
What caused the start of the Middle Ages?
Fall of the Roman Empire
The Renaissance begun in which European country?
Italy
A conquistador was from which European country?
Spain
A vocabulary word that means "to refuse buying or using services".
boycott
Africa is the ____ largest country in the world.
2nd
What continent did the Black Plague originate from?
Asia
A famous artist who sculpted the "Statue of David", and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo
The Spanish Armada was a naval war fought between Spain and who?
England
The Selma to Montgomery March took place in what U.S. state?
Alabama
Largest desert in Africa.
Sahara
The name of the Asian trade route that extended to Europe.
Silk Road
The Renaissance saw a revived interested in which ancient cultures?
Roman and Greek
Why did Europeans traveled to the Americas?
Looking for a western sea route to Asia.
"I Have a Dream" speech was given on what significant U.S. landmark?
Lincoln Memorial
Western kingdoms had an abundance of what mineral?
Gold
A series of Religious Wars.
The Crusades
The name of the theatre where Shakespeare produced many of his plays.
The name of the first English settlement in North America that FAILED due to the lack of supplies/resources.
Roanoke
The name of the 14 year old boy who was murdered in Mississippi.
Emmett Till
Known as the richest man EVER.
Mansa Musa
Another name for a peasant on the "pyramid of power"
Serf
Martin Luther nailed this to the door of a chapel, addressing the issues with the Catholic Church.
95 Theses
A European explorer who was the first to circumnavigate around the world. (well, technically his crew... he died along the way)
The name of the first black Supreme Court Justice.
Thurgood Marshall