Pre-1200 Civilizations
These two rivers are in what's called Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
A system where land was exchanged for protection and service.
Feudalism
This word means “rebirth” of classical Greek and Roman knowledge.
Renaissance
The three motivations for exploration, known as the “Three G’s.”
What are God, Gold, and Glory?
A country made up of islands, like Japan.
Archipelago
The wealthy upper class in Roman society
Patricians
This class of soldiers fought for lords during the Middle Ages.
Knights
This intellectual movement focused on human potential and achievements.
Humanism
The Portuguese explorer who first sailed around the Cape of Good Hope.
Bartolomeu Dias
The religion practiced in Japan alongside Buddhism.
Shinto
This early African king was known for his wealth and pilgrimage to Mecca.
Mansa Musa
Wars fought between Christians and Muslims over the Holy Land.
Crusades
He nailed the 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenberg.
Martin Luther
The explorer credited with the first circumnavigation of the globe.
Ferdinand Magellan
The exchange of goods, crops, animals, and diseases between Old and New Worlds.
Columbian Exchange
The first Mesoamerican civilization.
Olmecs
The economic system where villages produced everything locally.
Manor System
This author wrote The Prince, advising rulers to use power effectively.
Niccolò Machiavelli
This French explorer sailed the St. Lawrence River and claimed Canada.
Jacques Cartier
This invention allowed sailors to navigate even when the stars were hidden.
Magnetic Compass
The trade route that stretched from China to Europe.
Silk Road
The time period following the fall of Rome and before the Renaissance.
Dark Ages (or Middle Ages)
Name two Protestant denominations that developed after the Reformation.
Lutheranism, Calvinism, or Anglicanism
The brutal voyage enslaved Africans took across the Atlantic.
Middle Passage
The Aztec religion was heavily centered around this practice.
Human Sacrifice