Pre-History
The time before writing was invented.
What is Pre-History?
This leader united the Mongols and created the largest land empire in history.
Who is Genghis Khan?
The Silk Road got its name because this luxury fabric was one of the main goods traded.
What is silk?
These rulers of Egypt were seen as both kings and gods.
Who were the pharaohs?
He was the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
When was the Neolithic Revolution?
8,000BC-4,000BC
After Genghis Khan’s death, the empire was divided into four regions called these.
What are khanates?
The Silk Road connected China to this sea in Europe, allowing trade to flow across continents.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This river was the lifeline of ancient Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
This global conflict lasted from 1914 to 1918.
What is World War l
What are the three periods of stone?
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
He founded the Mongol Empire 1206
Who is Genghis Khan?
Besides goods, the Silk Road also spread religions. This religion traveled from India into China through the trade routes.
What is Buddhism?
Egyptians built these giant tombs for their rulers.
What are pyramids?
This river valley civilization is known for its pyramids and pharaohs.
What is Egypt?
BCE stands for this.
What is “Before Common Era”?
Genghis Khan's grandson who ruled China as the Yuan Dynasty.
Who is Kublai Khan?
This nomadic empire in the 1200s made Silk Road travel safer by protecting merchants and trade routes.
Who were the Mongols?
This form of writing used picture symbols.
What are hieroglyphics?
He sailed from Spain in 1492 and discovered the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The “Fertile Crescent” was an early center of farming located between these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
The Mongols were primarily this type of lifestyle.
What is nomadic?
This Chinese invention spread along the Silk Road and changed the way people read and write.
What is paper?
Egyptians believed in this process to preserve bodies for the afterlife.
What is mummification?
This Portuguese explorer was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa to India.
Who is Vasco da Gama?