Bantu
The Bantu people moved from eastern Africa to the south and to the east. What is this movement of people called?
Migration
Where was the Kingdom of Aksum located in East Africa?
Modern-day Ethiopia
What major disaster in the 1300s helped break down the old medieval system?
The Black Death (plague)
Why did Renaissance ideas spread from Italy to northern Europe?
Trade routes, travel, and universities
What has keys but no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go inside?
A keyboard
Why did farming practices push the Bantu to migrate over time?
Farming wore out the soil
Why was Aksum’s location near the Red Sea so important to its power?
It controlled major trade routes
What belief focused on human potential, learning, and achievement?
Humanism
What type of paint helped Northern artists create extreme detail and realism?
Oil paint
What has hands but cannot clap?
A clock
What two major skills helped the Bantu succeed as they migrated?
Farming and ironworking
What religion spread through Aksum and became a key part of its culture?
Christianity
How did money and cities change power compared to land and castles?
Wealth and cities became more important than land
What subjects were commonly shown in Northern Renaissance art?
Religious scenes and everyday life
What has four legs but cannot walk?
A table
Over what long period did the Bantu migration slowly take place?
About 2000 BC to 1500 BC
What farming technique did Aksum farmers use to grow crops on hillsides?
Terrace farming
What artistic technique created the illusion of depth and distance in Renaissance paintings?
Perspective
How did Northern Renaissance thinkers believe education should affect society?
Strengthen faith, improve society, and encourage moral behavior
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold
What environmental problem made land dry and hard to farm, encouraging migration?
Desertification
What made Aksum one of the first African kingdoms connected to the global economy?
Trade and making its own coins
Who were wealthy families or individuals who paid artists and thinkers to create work?
Patrons
Which writer described a perfect society in the book Utopia?
Thomas More
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps