the americas
Which civilization from the Americas built an empire of 12 million people? Its capital was at Tenochtitlan and they had a professional army that expanded their territory across modern-day Mexico.
Aztec
William the Conqueror and the Magna Carta (which lay the basis for a constitutional monarchy) should be associated with what European country?
England
What religion became dominant in North Africa, starting in the 600s CE?
Islam
What was the name of one of the greatest Malian rulers, who made a famous and extravagant pilgrimage to Mecca?
Mansa Musa
The Eastern part of Africa was connected to the Indian Ocean trade network. It was known as the _____ Coast, named for the language that the traders spoke there, which was a mixture of Bantu and Arabic. Hint: Starts with S
Swahili
This Mesoamerican civilization was known for its scholarship and complex calendar system and was located on the present-day Yucatan peninsula.
Mayan
Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan in 313 CE, which stopped the persecution of followers of what religion, making it legal to practice for the first time?
Christianity
Which desert stretches across Northern Africa?
Sahara Desert
Gold, slaves, and what were the main trading products coming out of West Africa? Hint: It helps preserve food items, making it valuable before the age of refrigeration.
Salt
Which civilization (now a modern-day country) was known as being the last-remaining stronghold of Christianity in East Africa?
Ethiopia
Mi’ta is a system of forced _____ that Incan rulers used to build public works and an extensive system of roads and tunnels.
Labor
What were the two social classes of ancient Rome? Hint: Both start with a “p”
Patricians and Plebians
Which Roman emperor made peace with Egypt, reinstating Cleopatra and ruling it with her? His nephew later took over Egypt, making Cleopatra the last queen.
Julius Caesar
The Benin culture (near Nigeria) mastered a sculpting technique that made some of the most beautiful early art works ever created. What did they make their sculptures out of?
Bronze
From 1200 to 1450, many societies in Africa were matrilineal and matriarchal. This means that ancestry and a family named are passed down to the next generation from whom?
The Mother
The Aztec Empire fell in 1521 to the Spanish conquistadors. Who claimed the territory and called it New Spain, making himself governor of the new land?
Hernan Cortes
In what year did the Protestant Reformation begin? This is the movement in which Martin Luther split from the Catholic Church.
1517
What northern African country is the closest to Europe geographically speaking, only separated by the Strait of Gibraltar, an important trading channel as it leads into the Mediterranean Sea?
Morocco
What was the capital of Mali and one of the greatest centers of culture and scholarship of the world, located in West Africa?
Timbuktu
Great _____________ was a thriving city located in Eastern Africa. It was a trading empire and had a great location between Africa’s gold mines and Indian Ocean ports that made it wealthy and powerful. Hint: It is the name of a modern day country in the southeast region of Africa.
Zimbabwe
The Inca were excellent builders, stone cutters, and miners. They built the temples of Machu Picchu and the Temple of the Sun located in what city, which was also their capital?
Cuzco
What European country controlled the Spice Islands and controlled the Spice trade near the Indian Ocean trade route for 100 years?
Portugal
Egypt and ______ were the most notable early civilization in North Africa. Hint: it starts with a C and was wiped off the map because of Rome and the Punic Wars
Carthage
We know that Ghana was replaced by Mali as a great empire in West Africa. What empire was the largest and formed in the mid-fifteenth century when Sonni Ali conquered the region?
Sonhai
Which famous Ming admiral landed in East Africa, creating a diplomatic tie between this region and China, as well as bringing the first giraffe to China?
Zheng He
(Jung Ho)