Vocabulary
African History
Civilizations in
Latin America
Latin America
Revolutions
Women's History
200

Someone who works to end the practice of slavery

What is an Abolitionist? 

200

This valuable metal, abundant in West Africa, was a major driver of European exploration and trade during the Age of Exploration

What is Gold?

200

This powerful Andean empire, known for its impressive stonework and administrative efficiency, dominated much of the central Andes from the 15th to the 16th centuries

What is the Inca Empire?

200

ideals like liberty, equality, and representation inspired many Latin American revolutionaries to challenge the established order

What are Enlightenment Ideals?
200

This powerful English queen resisted an invasion from Spain, established the Church of England, and ushered in a golden age of art and literature

Who is Queen Elizabeth I?

400

absence of any form of political authority

What is Anarchy?

400

This process of dismantling European colonial empires in Africa after World War II led to the formation of many new independent nations

What is Decolonization?

400

This starchy root vegetable, a staple food in the Andes, was cultivated by many pre-Columbian South American societies

What is the Potato?

400

Nicknamed "The Liberator," this Haitian general led a successful slave revolt against French rule, establishing the first independent black republic in the Americas

Who was Toussaint Louverture?

400

This Indian independence leader employed nonviolent resistance to challenge British rule and became the first Prime Minister of independent India

Who is Indira Gandhi?

600

the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought

What is Syncretism?

600

This impressive stone city complex in modern-day Zimbabwe, flourishing from the 11th to 15th centuries, was a center of trade and a symbol of a powerful African kingdom

What is Great Zimbabwe?

600

Nicknamed "The Lost City of the Incas," this mountaintop citadel in Peru is a marvel of Inca engineering and a UNESCO World Heritage Site

What is Machu Picchu?

600

This Venezuelan military leader and revolutionary is considered a key figure in the fight for independence from Spain, leading campaigns in Gran Colombia

Who is Simon Bolivar?

600

This American aviation pioneer became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

Who is Amelia Earhart 

800

ideas, etc. used to promote a cause or damage opposing cause

What is propaganda?

800

This 19th-century Zulu leader led a successful resistance against British expansion in southern Africa

Who is Shaka Zulu?

800

a Spanish Dominican friar who dedicated much of his life to the defense and protection of the indigenous peoples of the Americas under Spanish rule during early colonization

Who was Bartolomé de las Casas?

800

This ideology emphasized a socio-economic revolution and state control of the economy, with some Latin American countries adopting its principles or facing US intervention to counter its spread

What is communism?

800

This American civil rights activist refused to give up her bus seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott and a movement for racial equality

Who is Rosa Parks?

1000

a mutual agreement to end a war; truce

What is an armistice?

1000

This anti-colonial uprising in Kenya in the early 20th century, led by Mau Mau fighters, challenged British rule

What is the Mau Mau Uprising?

1000

The Aztec leader at the time of the conquest of Hernan Cortes

Who was Montezuma II?

1000

This revolutionary from southern Mexico, famous for his mustache, fought for land redistribution and indigenous rights  

Who was Emiliano Zapata?

1000

This Mexican painter explored themes of identity, surrealism, and indigenous Mexican culture

Who is Frida Kahlo?