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American Indians
West Africans
Europeans
Spain look to the west
Explorers
100
Bering Straight
What is the natural bridge Natives used to cross into America?
100
Gold and salt
Name two natural resources in the Sahara
100
Agriculture
What is the European economy based off of?
100
They were looking for a sea route to China
why did the Spain look westward?
100
Christopher Columbus
What was the name of the Italian Mariner who was commissioned to find a western route to Asia?
200
Fishing and gathering
What did Native Americans rely on to survive?
200
Trade routes
What linked West Africa to North Africa?
200
Artisans
Who manufactured cloth, tools, weapons, and ceramics?
200
The Portuguese
Who dominated the trade routes to the south and east around Africa?
200
A new trade route to Asia
What was Prince Henry wising to find when he explored?
300
375
How many languages were there by 1492?
300
Ghana
Who supplied most of the gold to the Mediterranean region?
300
Silk and spices for the middle east
What did crusaders return home with?
300
Hernan Cortes
What is the name of the explorer who overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for Spain?
300
Amerigo Vespucci
What is the name of the famous explorer that America is named after?
400
Farming
What did the American Indians develop in Central Mexico?
400
Mansa Musa
Who was the famous Mail ruler?
400
European Literature
What enforced the want for eastern goods?
400
Vasco da Gama
What is the name of the man who traveled to India in 1498 opening a very profitable trade?
400
Pedro Alvarez Cabral
Who discovered the coast of Brazil in 1500?
500
Adobe
What did the Hohokams make their houses out of?
500
Lead to the weakening of Mali
What effects did Mansa Musa's death have?
500
Prince Henry
Who explored the coast of West Africa?
500
Bartolomeu Diaz
Who discovered the how to use the counterclockwise winds of the South Atlantic to go around the Horn of South Africa?
500
Christianity
What did Christopher Columbus believe he would bring to China?