Vocabulary
The Americas
Europe on the Brink of Change
West Africa & The Role of Slavery
Location
100


The practice of taking more than one wife



What is polygyny? 

100


Ever-increasing interconnectedness of the world



What is globalization?

100


God, glory, and gold



What are motives for European Exploration?

100


Unifying faith but a political and legal structure as well



What is Islam? 

100


In modern _____, nearly five hundred are still spoken.



What is Nigeria?

200


A peasant tied to the land and its lord



What is serf?

200


The crusades occurred from _____ to _____


What is 1095–1291? 


200


Idleness meant ______



What is hunger?

200


The rise and diffusion of Islam



What is West Africa?

200


The highly complex and urban Aztec civilization



What is Mexico City?

300


Two strains of the bubonic plague that simultaneously swept western Europe in the fourteenth century, causing the death of nearly half the population



What is the Black Death?

300

Slave


What is Slavic people?

300


The only church in Europe



What is the Catholic Church?

300


Heavily wooded area near the _____, farmers raised yams, palm products, or plantains



What is the equator? 

300


A leading Islamic center for education, commerce and the slave trade



What is Timbuktu?


400


The sacred book of Islam, written by the prophet Muhammad in the seventh century



What is the Koran? 

400


_____, humans also began the domestication of plants and animals



What is 10 thousand years ago?

400


A revelation that became a cornerstone of the Islamic faith



Who is Muhammad?

400


Bondage and servitude



What is Slavery?

400


Supplied gold to the Berber and Arab traders from west of the Nile Valley



What is the Niger River Basin?

500


A society in which women have political power



What is matriarchy? 

500

The First Americans


What is the Olmec? 

500


______, marked every stage of life, from birth to maturation, marriage, and burial, and brought people into the church on a regular basis



What are the sacraments?

500


By 900, the _____ Muslims controlled most of this trade and had converted many of the African ruling elite



What is monotheistic? 

500


The Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Volta, and Congo.



What is the five main rivers?