Rome and Christianity
a religion based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth
What is Christianity?
A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political leader
What is Pharoah?
A large arc of rich, fertile farmland. Location of the 1st civilization.
What is Fertile Crescent?
This leader from West Africa made a journey to the Holy City.
Who was Mana Musa?
A strip of land connecting two continents.
What is a landbridge?
A Roman form of execution where a person is nailed to a cross.
What is crucifixion?
Huge, triangular shaped burial tombs of Egyptian pharaohs built during the Old Kingdom
What is a pyramid?
A way of controlling water for farming. Prevents flooding and supplies water.
What is irrigation?
These 2 products are the most valuable trade items for the kingdoms of West Africa.
What are gold and salt?
Early humans who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive.
What were hunters-gatherers?
The first Roman emperor who removed the bans on Christianity.
Who was Constantine?
The world's longest river, which flows northward through East Africa into the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Nile River?
A system that divides people into classes based on the job of your family. ex: highest order = King lowest order=slaves
What is a social hierarchy?
As a result of trading with the Arabs, the Songhai and Mali Empires both adopted this Middle Eastern religion.
What is Islam?
The Old Stone Age - Early humans made stone tools to help make life easier.
What was the Paleolithic Era?
One who chooses to sacrifice their life for a particular cause.
What is a martyr?
What landform protected Egypt from invasion?
What is the Sahara Desert?
The world's first system of writing. Used for keeping records.
What is cuneiform?
This river was the major trade route through West Africa.
What is the Niger River?
New Stone Age - Early humans learn to farm. (Agriculture Revolution)
What was the Neolithic Era?
To punish a group of people because of their beliefs.
What is persecute?
Two bodies of water that border Egypt.
What are the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea?
3 empires of Mesopotamia
What were Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria?
Traders along the Sahara Desert took certain routes and paths to get from one area to another are called the
What was the Trans Saharan Trade?
Time periods in history where the huge ice glaciers cover the Earth's surface and cause great migrations of people, animals, and plant life.
What is an Ice Age?