Life 500 Years Ago
What was the main mode of transportation for people 500 years ago?
What are walking, horseback, and ships?
What major trade route connected Europe and China?
What is the Silk Road?
What term describes the people living in the Americas before European contact?
Who are the Indigenous peoples?
Who was the Italian sailor who reached the Americas in 1492?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Who started the Protestant Reformation by questioning the Catholic Church?
Who is Martin Luther?
What type of lifestyle did most people in villages live?
What is a simple, village life?
Which empire controlled the Silk Road in the Middle East?
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
What were some of the major geographical features of the Western Hemisphere?
What are mountains, forests, deserts, grasslands, rainforests, lakes, and ocean coastlines?
What was the Columbian Exchange?
What is the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas?
Which European countries started colonies in North America to spread their religion and gain wealth?
What are France, England, and the Netherlands?
Which crops were commonly grown in Europe, Asia, and Africa 500 years ago?
What are wheat and rice?
What type of political divisions existed in Europe in 1492?
What are small kingdoms?
What resources were used by Indigenous peoples for trade, food, and religious ceremonies?
What are gold, silver, copper, fish, and large and small game?
Who conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico?
Who is Hernán Cortés?
What French explorer founded Quebec and strengthened French claims in North America?
Who is Samuel Champlain?
What types of animals were raised in Europe, Asia, and Africa during this time?
What are pigs and cows?
What powerful civilization ruled China during this period?
Who are the Chinese emperors?
What did Indigenous peoples use to develop their knowledge in areas like faith, medicine, and science?
What are natural resources and astronomy?
Who conquered the Inca Empire in Peru?
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
Who was the explorer that claimed lands for France and named it Louisiana?
Who is La Salle?
What types of discoveries and achievements were being made during this time?
What are discoveries in math, science, and medicine, and the construction of pyramids and cathedrals?
Besides kingdoms, what other types of governments or societies existed in Africa during this period?
What are kingdoms and tribes?
What types of civilizations existed in the Western Hemisphere before European contact?
What are kingdoms, tribes, large cities, and small villages?
Which diseases were introduced to the Americas through the Columbian Exchange?
What are measles and smallpox?
What English explorer's discoveries led to the establishment of New Netherland?
Who is Henry Hudson?