Islam
West Africa
Mongols
Russia
Vocabulary
100

Founder

Who is Muhammed?

100

two items of trade that made ancient Mali rich

What is gold and salt?

100

One reason the Mongols were so successful in warfare

What is the bow/arrow or horseback riding?
100

Steppe

What is grassland?

100

change to improve

What is reform?

200

Sacred book

What is the Quran?

200

Capital city of ancient Mali

What is Timbuktu?

200

Mongol invention that allowed for steadiness on a horse

What is the stirrup?

200

Early Prince that adopted culture traits that unified Russia

Who is Vladimir?

200
to attack a person or group

What is persecute?

300

Holiest city

What is Mecca?

300

Richest person in world history

Who is Mansa Musa?

300

Russian czar that ended Mongol rule

Who was Ivan III (Great)?

300

Two cities that were capitals

What is Kiev, Moscow, St. Petersburg?

300

to change, as in a religion

What is convert?

400

Hajj

What is the pilgrimage to Mecca?

400

River that Mali's capital was built along

What is the Niger?

400

Mongol home that could be packed up and transported

What is a yurt?

400

One reform of Peter the Great

What is education or new capital or economy or warm water port?

400

What word means full (absolute) power in one person?

What is autocrat?

500

Allah

What is god?

500

Capital city in Egypt where Mansa Musa had to borrow money to make it to Mecca

What is Cairo?

500

Tribute

What is a tax

500

Sea that St. Petersburg was built along

What is the Baltic?

500

to make modern

What is Westernize?