Ancient History
The historical term for the region that encompasses modern day Mexico and South America
What is MesoAmerica?
The term for the system that structured medieval society through relationships between lords, vassals, and serfs.
What is feudalism?
This king was the richest in history
Who is Mansa Musa?
This man was leader of the Reign of Terror
Maximillion Robspierre
Name BOTH men fighting over electricity during the 1800s
Who are Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla?
This Latin American culture had huge statues in the shape of heads and is considered a mystery to historians today
Who are the Olmecs?
This entity held more power than the king in medieval Europe
What is the Catholic Church?
This resource was traded in every region of Africa
What is gold?
This document from France inspired the Haitian Revolution
The Declaration of Rights of Man & Citizen
This European intellectual movement inspired the America, French and Haitian revolution
What is the Enlightenment?
This empire was ruled by Xeres and was enemy of the Greeks
What is the Persian Empire?
The feudal Japanese warlord class
What are the daimyo?
This disease killed many enslaved passengers on the Middle Passage
What is the flux/white flux?
This man's public execution helped fuel motivation for the Haitian Revolution
Who is Vincent Oge?
This is the historical skill of comparing sources and finding similarities or differences to determine the truth
What is corroboration?
Mesopotamia lies between the Euphrates and the ___ River
What is the Tigris River?
This Asian empire attacked many regions and is known for their skill in warfare
Who are the Mongols?
This powerful kingdom in East Africa was home to Christians and Jews
What is Axum?
What did both France and Haiti have in common before their revolutions?
A social heirarchy/social class system
The name for tattoos of ancient Japan
Irezumi/Tebori
The last emperor of Rome, said to have played the violin while the city burned
Who is Nero?
The traditional and indigenous religion of Japan
What is Shinto?
The dry stone structure that was a major trading hub in southern Africa
What is Great Zimbabwe?
Name BOTH starting events of the Haitian and French Revolutions
Everyone in the group must correctly write this quote with an MLA in text citation: "Quetzalcoatl is one of the most recognized figures in Mesoamerican mythology." - Thomas Fleischmann page 23 Book: Ebsco Knowledge Advantage
Quetzalcoatl is one of the most recognized figures in Mesoamerican mythology" (Fleischmann 23).