East Asia
This desert is located in northern China and Mongolia.
What is the Gobi Desert?
Capital city of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Constantinople?
This river was important to West African trade and farming.
What is the Niger River?
European nations wanted gold, glory, and this religious goal.
What is spreading Christianity?
This mountain range is found in South America.
What are the Andes Mountains?
This Chinese philosophy stressed respect, order, and family roles.
What is Confucianism?
This emperor created Justinian’s Code.
Who is Justinian?
This wealthy ruler of Mali traveled to Mecca in 1324.
Who is Mansa Musa?
Portuguese explorer who sailed around Africa to India.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
These civilizations lived in Mesoamerica and South America before Europeans arrived.
What are the Maya, Aztec, and Inca?
He founded the Mongol Empire.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This document limited the power of the English king in 1215.
What is the Magna Carta?
These storytellers preserved West African history through oral tradition.
What are griots?
This prince helped Portugal lead exploration efforts.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
Spanish conqueror who defeated the Aztecs.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
This religion native to Japan focuses on kami and nature spirits.
What is Shintoism?
This deadly plague killed millions in Europe during the Middle Ages.
What is the Black Death?
This trade route crossed the Sahara Desert.
What is the Trans-Saharan Trade Route?
This tool helped sailors determine location using stars.
What is the astrolabe?
This system forced Native labor under Spanish colonization.
What is the encomienda system?
This dynasty built the Forbidden City and rebuilt the Great Wall.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
This movement emphasized art, learning, and humanism.
What is the Renaissance?
These three kingdoms dominated West Africa in sequence.
What are Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?
This exchange moved crops, animals, and disease between hemispheres.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This peninsula in Mexico was home to the Maya.
What is the Yucatán Peninsula?