America, Africa, and Europe before 1500
A land bridge between Asia and present-day Alaska that was exposed by the lower sea levels of the Ice Age.
What is the Bering Land Bridge
Cone-shaped shelters made of animal hides by the nomadic plains people.
What is a teepee
a Muslim king who ruled the Mali Empire at the height of its power and who spread Islamic influence through a large part of West Africa.
Who is Mansa Musa
This civilization believed people should live based on reason and clear and ordered thinking
Who are the Ancient Greeks?
People believed to have crossed the Bering Land Bridge.
Who is the Paleo-Indians
These homes built by the Anasazi were large, square, and made of clay (called adobe).
What are pueblos?
These two commodities helped make Ghana, Mali, and Songhai very wealthy
What is Salt and Gold?
A form of government in which people rule themselves.
What is a democracy
This term describes the types of lives early Native Americans lived, in which their primary focus was obtaining food
Who are hunter-gatherers?
An underground ceremonial chamber at the center of each Anasazi community?
What is a kiva
This man was the king and most notable ruler of the Songhai Empire
Who is Askia the Great
In this style of government, people elect representatives to vote on issues for them and bring about change.
What is a republic?
List two inventions or achievements of the Incans.
quipu (string recordkeeping), yupana (early calculator), Machu Picchu, terrace farming
These native American creations had characters who were representations of animal or ancestor spirits, with religious or spiritual significance.
What are totem poles?
What did Mansa Musa build as a place for Muslims to pray and worship?
What is a mosque
This was the safest trade route in Europe during the Middle Ages (It also helped the spread of the Black Death)
What is the Silk Road?
What was the greatest city in the Americas during the height of the Aztec culture?
What is Tenochtitlan
List 3 Native American tribes from different regions of North America
Chinook, Haida, Salish, Navajo, Pueblo, Zuni, Hopi, Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, Chickasaw, Iroquois, Huron, Algonquin, Ojibwe, Crow, Sioux, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Inuit, Aleut (So many options!)
What was the most famous city in both the Mali and Songhai Empires?
What is Timbuktu?
Who invented the printing press and how did this impact their society?
Who is Johannes Gutenberg. For the first time, people could read the same books and share ideas about them.