Cells, Cells...
They're Made of Organelles
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Silk Road
Islamic Empires
100

Lets materials enter and leave a cell; found in plant and animal cells.

What is a cell membrane? 

100

Captures energy from the sunlight and uses it to produce food in plant cells.

What are chloroplasts? 

100

Basic (smallest) unit of life. All living things are made of these.

What are cells? 

100

A network of land and sea routes that connected China, India, and the Middle East to Rome and even Europe.

What is the Silk Road? 

100

Chief Muslim leaders after Muhammad's death were called...

What are caliphs? 

200

Ridged outer layer of plant cell.

What is a cell wall? 

200

Contains DNA and controls all of the cell's activities.

What is the nucleus? 

200

Specialized structures that perform important functions within a cell (tiny organs).

What are organelles? 

200

To exchange goods or services without the use of money.

What is barter? 

200

Persian mathematician Al-Khwarizmi invented this form of math.

What is algebra? 

300

Gel-like fluid where the organelles are found.

What is the cytoplasm? 

300


What are mitochondria? 

300

This person was the first to unite the Mongols and began conquering Northern China and westward.

Who is Genghis Khan? 

300

The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another.

What is cultural diffusion? 

300

A natural body of water in the desert.

What is an oasis? 

400

Produces the energy a cell needs to carry out its functions. 

What are mitochondria? 

400

Allows things to enter and exit the cell.

What is the cell membrane? 

400

This Mongol ended up conquering China.

Who is Kublai Khan? 

400

A group of traders traveling together for protection, often with pack animals such as camels.

What is a caravan? 

400

This stage in the Life of an Empire, could reflect education, new art styles, advancements in math, science, and astronomy.

What is a Golden Age? 

500

Stores food, water, wastes and other materials in plant cells.

What is a vacuole? 

500

The "highways" of the cell that move proteins throughout the cell.

What is the endoplasmic reticulum? 

500

The Mongols were indirectly responsible for spreading this.

What is the Black Plague? 

500

Mountain range along the Silk Road, located just north of India and south of China.

What are the Himalayas? 

500

A person who moves from place to place instead of settling permanently.

What is a nomad?