East Asia
This river is also known as the Huang He River
What is the Yellow River?
This was the first major West African empire.
What is Ghana?
These warriors followed a code of chivalry.
What are knights?
The Maya created this accurate system to track time
What is a calendar?
This Italian explorer sailed for Spain and reached the Americas in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This mountain range includes Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain.
What are the Himalayas?
This powerful ruler of Mali made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This person ranked just below a king and managed large areas of land.
What is a noble?
The Maya were advanced in this subject, especially using zero.
What is mathematics?
This Portuguese explorer was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope to reach India.
Who is Vasco Da Gama?
This desert, located in China and Mongolia, is one of the largest deserts in the world.
What is the Gobi Desert?
This empire rose after the fall of Mali and became the largest of the three.
What is Songhai?
The plague was spread by these insects on rats.
What are fleas?
Corn, Beans and Squash are often called the.
What are the three sisters?
He circumnavigated the globe (well, his crew did).
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This large body of water separates China and Japan.
What is the East China Sea?
Ghana gained wealth mainly by trading these two resources.
What are Gold and Salt?
He was the head of the Catholic Church.
Who is the Pope?
This was the most important animal for the Great Plains tribes.
What is the buffalo?
This explorer’s name was given to the Americas.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
This religion, which originated in India, spread to China, Korea, and Japan.
What is Buddhism?
This major religion spread to West Africa through trade.
What is Islam?
He painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci
This tribe lived in the Southeast and had a written language created by Sequoyah.
Who are the Cherokee?
This Portuguese prince sponsored exploration along the African coast.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
This Japanese religion involves worshipping nature spirits called kami.
What is Shinto?
What is Shintoism?
These animals helped carry goods across the Sahara.
What are camels?
These were traveling church leaders who spread Christianity.
What are missionaries?
The Plains tribes lived in these portable homes.
What are teepees?
Europeans were seeking new routes to this continent for spices and goods.
What is Asia?
He was the founder of Confucianism, which greatly influenced Chinese society.
Who is Confucius?
What is the Sahel?
The Black Death was another name for this disease.
What is the Bubonic plague?
The Inca built their empire along this mountain range.
What are the Andes Mountains?
Many explorers wanted to spread this religion.
What is Christianity?
The Silk Road began during this dynasty.
What is the Han dynasty?
This city became a major center of trade and Islamic learning in Mali.
What is Timbuktu?
This document signed in 1215 limited the king’s power.
What is the Magna Carta?
This scientific field was advanced by Maya observation of the stars.
What is astronomy
This economic idea said that a country's wealth depended on gold and trade.
What is mercantilism?
This explorer traveled the Silk Road to China and wrote about his experiences.
Who is Marco Polo
These storytellers passed on history orally
What are griots?
The Renaissance began in this country.
What is Italy?
This conquistador defeated the Inca Empire.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
This fast, maneuverable ship helped make long voyages possible.
What is a caravel?
This dynasty followed the period of Warring States and unified China.
What is the Qin Dynasty
Songhai traded slaves for this imported technology.
What are guns or firearms?
The goal of the First Crusade was to recapture this city.
What is Jerusalem/Israel/Holy Land?
Who is Hernan Cortes?
hese people were often forced to work in the colonies.
Who are enslaved Africans?