Europe
The Black Death/Plague
What virus ravaged Europe in the 1340's.
Artifacts
What are items left by an earlier culture.
The Renaissance
What is the great flowering of culture, based on classical Greek and Roman ideas and art, that began in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and spread throughout Europe.
Ramadan
What is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar during which Muslims are required to fast.
Mercenary
A professional soldier who is paid to fight for another country or group.
The Columbian Exchange
What is the widespread transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and culture between the new and old world.
Sahara
What is a large, hot desert in North Africa that covers about 3.5 million square miles.
Individualism
What is the belief in the importance of an individual’s achievements and dignity.
Mosque
What is a Muslims' house of worship.
The Aztecs
What is the Mesoamerican people who built an empire in central Mexico that flourished from 1428 to 1519 C.E.
Cartography
What is the science and art of making maps.
Niger River
What is the longest river in West Africa, and a kind of trading highway in early times.
The Enlightenment
What was a new way of thinking that put great emphasis on reason as the key to human progress.
Qur’an
What is the holy book of the religion of Islam.
Slash and Burn
What is an agricultural technique developed by the Maya.
Age of Exploration
What was a period of European exploration and discovery that lasted from about 1418 to 1620.
Jenne-jeno
What is an ancient West African city built along the Niger River.
Humanism
What was a new way of thinking that was popularized during the Renaissance.
The Five Pillars of Islam
What are fundamental acts of worship and practice that every Muslim is expected to participate in.
City-states
What is an independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.
Mercantilism
What is an economic policy by which nations try to gather wealth by establishing colonies and controlling trade.
Nok
Who were the people living in West Africa in the 500s B.C.E. who mastered ironworking.
Martin Luther
Who was the man that wrote the 95 theses.
Jihad
What are Muslims’ struggle with challenges within themselves and the world as they strive to please God.
Steles
What is a stone slab that usually had inscriptions or writing on it.