world history
When Ibn Battuta began his voyages, he did so as part of this pilgrimage and pillar of Islam.
What is the hajj?
John Locke was one of the brightest writers of this European movement.
What is the Enlightenment?
Another name for local languages
What is vernacular?
Where is the birthplace of Islam?
where is mecca
What is another name for maize?
what is corn
The term used to describe the killing of almost a million people in Rwanda between April and July of 1994?
What is genocide?
A term meaning the mixture of cultural practices -- especially religions -- from different parts of the world.
What is syncretism?
This horrific event led many people around the world to agree with the formation of the state of Israel.
What is the Holocaust?
What was the Incas economy mainly based on?
what is farming
How did the United States get drawn into WWII?
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Bubonic Plague was more likely to spread and kill large numbers of people in this type of area.
What is a major urban area?
The event that launched the America's "War on Terror."
What is 9/11
The event that will "live in infamy" in the United States, prompting the nation to enter World War II.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
What event brought diseases, ideas, and sugarcane from Europe to the Americas?
when was the columbian exchange
What do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have in common?
what is monotheistic faiths
In 1791 this became the site of the first and only successful slave rebellion in the Americas.
What is Haiti?
Originally created for religious purposes, this technological innovation helped sailors navigate the open waters of the Indian Ocean and later Atlantic.
What is the navigational compass?
The name of warriors who served daimyos during the Tokugawa Shogunate
Who were samurai?
What was considered to be the start of WWI?
what is the assassination of franz fedinand
What country claims Miguel Hidalgo as a revolutionary hero?
where is mexico
Approximately 12.5 million enslaved Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas, a journey often referred to as this.
Who was Robespierre?
The continent where the Inca empire was located?
What is South America?
What happened as result of the differences between the US and the USSR?
what is the cold war
Which group of indigenous people used a calendar in their society?
who were the mayans