The practice of taking more than one wife
What is polygyny?
Ever-increasing interconnectedness of the world
What is globalization?
God, glory, and gold
What are motives for European Exploration?
Unifying faith but a political and legal structure as well
What is Islam?
In modern _____, nearly five hundred are still spoken.
What is Nigeria?
A peasant tied to the land and its lord
What is serf?
The crusades occurred from _____ to _____
What is 1095–1291?
Idleness meant ______
What is hunger?
The rise and diffusion of Islam
What is West Africa?
The highly complex and urban Aztec civilization
What is Mexico City?
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?
Slave
What is Slavic people?
The only church in Europe
What is the Catholic Church?
Heavily wooded area near the _____, farmers raised yams, palm products, or plantains
What is the equator?
A leading Islamic center for education, commerce and the slave trade
What is Timbuktu?
The sacred book of Islam, written by the prophet Muhammad in the seventh century
What is the Koran?
_____, humans also began the domestication of plants and animals
What is 10 thousand years ago?
A revelation that became a cornerstone of the Islamic faith
Who is Muhammad?
Bondage and servitude
What is Slavery?
Supplied gold to the Berber and Arab traders from west of the Nile Valley
What is the Niger River Basin?
A society in which women have political power
What is matriarchy?
The First Americans
What is the Olmec?
______, 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?
By 900, the _____ Muslims controlled most of this trade and had converted many of the African ruling elite
What is monotheistic?
The Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Volta, and Congo.
What is the five main rivers?