Basic Geography
Name 7 continents
North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Australia
This country was one of the wealthiest and most powerful due to the Silk Road until its government started to withdraw its influence and focus on internal issues.
China
First spread during the Silk Road then later during the Columbian Exchange, it was responsible for killing 50% of Europe's population
The three reasons countries sent explorers and colonizers during this period.
God, glory, gold
Rio and Sao Paulo are cities in this Portuguese speaking South American country
Brazil
On what continent is the Nile River located on?
Africa
Mansa Musa was King of which North African Empire?
Mali Empire
On which trade network did Buddhism spread?
The Silk Road
Which country sent Bartolome De Las Casas to sail around Africa to reach India?
Portugal
What are two ways you can tell that Spain took over most of Latin America by looking at their culture?
Speak Spanish, Christianity (especially Catholicism), common food, etc.
You can find the Alps in what continent?
Europe
Name one Central Asian country which gained power and wealth due to trading by merchants along the silk road.
Uzbekistan, Turkey, Iraq
Potatoes, tomatoes, and corn came from the New World or the Old World?
New World (Americas)
Columbus was sent by which country to find a new route to Asia?
Spain
What were the three Empires we discussed which dominated Central and South America until the Spanish arrived with guns and diseases?
Aztec, Mayans, and Inca
What two hemispheres is North America located in?
North and West
What came first?
Cleopatra
Roman Empire
The Great Pyramids
The Great Pyramids
What is the name of the system which brought enslaved people on ships from Africa to the Americas?
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
This explorer is often given credit for being the first to sail around the world, even though he was killed about halfway through the journey
Magellan
This South American country is protected on one side by mountains and the other side by the Amazon which made it hard for Europeans to colonize as well as coastal areas
Bolivia
The Inca live in which mountain range?
The Andes in South America
What was the name of the navigator from China who expanded their power over India and East Africa?
Zheng He
What are two European goods that were traded in Africa in exchange for slaves?
guns, cloth, iron, alcohol
What is the name of the agreement between Spain and Portugal which split what areas of the world they could each colonize?
The Treaty of Tordesillas
This is the name of the strict hierarchy that Spain had in their colonies which gave all the best jobs to people who were born in Spain
The caste system or casta system