People
What views were shared by Native American groups?
Individual ownership applied only to crops and was temporary
What empire was the first of three great West African trading kingdoms.
Ghana
What was the earliest civilization in the Americas?
Olmec
How did Mansa Musa introduce his empire to the world?
He went on a pilgrimage to Mecca
Where did scholars fleeing from the Turkish conquest bring classical writings to?
Italy
Where was Olmec located?
Mesoamerica
How did the Crusades in Southwest Asia and the travels of Marco Polo in Asia contribute to the growth of trade in Europe?
They introduced new products and goods
What features did the early civilizations of Mesoamerica and South America have in common?
Government and trade
System for keeping records
What did scholars fleeing from the Turkish conquest bring with them?
classical writings
Who describes an ideal society based on justice in The Republic?
Plato
What kind of kingdom was the Ghana empire was the know for?
What did the Anasazi, Hopewell, and Mississippian societies have in common?
All were farming cultures
Who living in the Pacific Northwest carved totems on toll poles?
Native Americans
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai were the first three powerful West African kingdoms. How were they similar?
Located along the Niger River
Controlled the gold and salt trade
When sea levels fell during the Ice Age, what was exposed that allowed people to cross from Asia into the Americas?
a narrow strip of land