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Saudi Arabia
The following countries are all in the continent of Africa except one: Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Algeria. Name the ONE not in Africa
This is why the Chinese built the Great Wall of China
To keep the Mongols out
This is the name of the two continents that make up the Americas, some consider Central America the third
North and South America
This is the name of the continent that perfected sea travel
Europe
This is the city that is home to the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, found in the country of the United Arab Emirates, on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula
Dubai
The Great Pyramids of Giza can be found in Egypt, just outside of THIS capital city
Cairo
This island nation to the northeast of China was initially an agricultural society, but saw great advancement after Chinese officials visited and shared their cultural advancements
Japan
Christopher Columbus originally referred to these people as Indians, as he thought he discovered a new path to India. While some still refer to these peoples as Indians, today we know them as THIS more appropriate term
Native Americans
This is the name of the country that perfected sea exploration, inventing the caravel, perfecting cartography, and discovering much of the New World. This school of navigation desperately tried to hide these advancements from their neighbor, Spain
Portugal
This is the name of the modern day country that Muslims refer to as Palestine, where active warfare is being carried out between ethnically Jewish people and Muslims in the area
Israel
Carthage
This is the name of Mongol king who united the tribes of the Mongols together, conquering China, and eventually creating the largest land-based empire the world has ever seen
Genghis Khan
This is the name of the chief of the Ponca tribe of northeast Nebraska, who was the first to win a court case in the United States. His case ruled that civil rights extended to all natives of the US. Lincoln Public Schools just opened a new high school in his honor
Standing Bear
This famous explorer believed he had discovered a new path to India, but he really landed in the Dominican Republic
Christopher Columbus
The northern tip of the Red Sea and the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean Sea historically were very close together, until THIS canal was constructed, creating one of the busiest waterways in the world today
Suez Canal
This is the name of the largest freshwater lake on the African continent, which helps fertilize and water the famous Serengeti Plains
Lake Victoria
Known as the Asian subcontinent, this country, which features the second largest population of the world, is often overlooked in world history classes, including your 7th grade world history class this year
India
Name one of the major native empires that were eventually destroyed by Spanish conquistadors
Maya, Aztec, Inca
While the Europeans were capable of creating ships that could safely sail around the world, the Native Americans had just entered THIS age of development, named after a certain metal, something that the Europeans discovered 4,000 years earlier
Bronze Age
The city of Jerusalem is the place where it is believed that the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven, THIS is the name of the building that marks the spot where this happened
Dome of the Rock
This is the name of the richest king in all of history, lucky enough to have rich gold deposits in their homeland of Mali and Ghana, he famously gave away so much gold as his Hajj that he destabilized the economies of everywhere he visited
Mansa Musa
The Mongol Empire reached as far as the Carpathian Mountains in eastern/central Europe, name one of the modern countries that houses these mountains
Poland, Slovakia, Czechia, Ukraine, Romania
This is the disease that absolutely devastated the Native populations of the Americas, contributing to the Europeans conquering the continents
Smallpox
The English and French for a long time believed that they discovered Canada, but reality, it was these Nordic ancestors a thousand years earlier
Vikings