Asia & North Africa
This large peninsula is home to Mecca and the birthplace of Islam.
What is the Arabian Peninsula?
He is the key founder of Islam and considered the final prophet.
Who is Muhammad?
He conquered Constantinople in 1453, ending the Byzantine Empire.
Who is Mehmed II?
This desert is the largest in the world and a major barrier to travel.
What is the Sahara?
This mountain range helped shape European climate and geography.
What are the Alps?
These two rivers make up the Fertile Crescent region of Southwest Asia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
These two sacred texts guide Muslim beliefs and daily behavior.
What are the Quran and the Sunnah?
This field saw major advances like medical encyclopedias and hospitals.
What is medicine?
This river was the lifeline of West African civilizations.
What is the Niger River?
These religious communities preserved knowledge and spread Christianity.
What are monasteries?
This sea lies between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and was a key trade route.
What is the Red Sea?
This term means belief in one God.
What is monotheism?
his 1066 battle brought Norman rule and major changes to England.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
These two valuable goods were most commonly traded across the Sahara.
What are salt and gold?
This leader united much of Europe and established the Holy Roman Empire.
Who is Charlemagne?
This body of water separates Europe and Asia and connects to the Mediterranean.
What is the Black Sea?
These five basic duties guide a Muslim’s life.
What are the Five Pillars?
Calligraphy and geometric patterns are an important part of this cultural form.
What is art?
He was the powerful king of Mali who took a famous pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This system organized society with lords, knights, and serfs.
What is feudalism?
This major city is the holiest site in Islam and the birthplace of Muhammad.
What is Mecca?
This spread through trade, conquest, and this shared language.
What is Arabic and Islam?
Muslim scholars preserved Greek ideas and wrote new works in this area of knowledge.
What is philosophy or literature?
These storytellers preserved West African history through oral traditions.
Who are the griots?
This 1215 document limited the king’s power and introduced the rule of law.
What is the Magna Carta?