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Misc.
100
Which crop, first grown in central Mexico, became a staple for Pre-Columbian civilizations?
Maize (corn)
100
When did the Middle Ages begin?
With the collapse of the Roman Empire
100
Which kingdom supplied much of Mediterranean region with gold by the 11th C. ?
Ghana
100
European nation that expanded slave trade
Portugal
100
Advantages Europeans had over Native Americans
gunpowder, steel
200
What caused populations growth of Indians over 3,000 years ago?
development of agriculture
200
Most people in Europe during the Middle Ages were
commoners
200
Who did land belong to in the West African economy
extended kinship networks
200
#1 killer of Native Americans in the 1500s and 1600s
contagious diseases
200
Name three things new to Europe through Columbian Exchange
Syphilis, tomatoes, potatoes, maize, pumpkins.....
300
Tribes from this region relied on the use of horse
the Great Plains
300
development of what invention led to an increase in publishing
printing press
300
Important learning center of learning for the Islamic world?
Timbuktu
300
Explorer to first circle the entire globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
300
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire?
Cortez
400
Area from Asia which inhabitants migrated across the Bering Land Bridge to the Americas
Siberia
400
Spain was created in 1469 with the marriage of who
Prince Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
400
Expanded Mali's domain and increased the role of Islam
Mansa Musa
400
Animal introduced to the Americas through the Columbian Exchange?
horses, sheep, pig, cattle
400
explored enough of South America's coast to deem it a new continent
Amerigo Vespucci
500
What group of Native Americans had a constitution that was passed won orally from generation to generation?
The Iroquois League
500
Portuguese took the lead in exploration in part because they developed a type of ship called
caravel
500
Empire which eclipsed Mali?
Songhai
500
Columbus' main goal in finding route to China
Stop spread of Islam; spread Christianity
500
Ruler of Songhai
Askia Muhammad