Early Americans
These people were among the earliest in the Americas, surviving by hunting mammoths and gathering plants.
Who are Paleo-Indians / hunter-gatherers?
These adobe houses were built aboveground by the Anasazi.
What are pueblos?
This West African empire was the first major trading kingdom.
What is Ghana?
This ancient civilization established the first democracy.
What is Greece?
The common values, traditions, and language of a group is called this.
What is culture?
This Mesoamerican group is known for huge carved stone heads and using rubber in a ballgame.
Who are the Olmec?
Great Plains groups used this animal for food, clothing, and shelter.
What is the buffalo?
This kingdom reached its height under Mansa Musa’s rule.
What is Mali?
This system tied lords, knights, and peasants together after the fall of Rome.
What is feudalism?
Pacific Northwest groups carved these wooden poles with animal and ancestor symbols.
What are totems?
The Aztecs founded this capital city in 1325, later one of the world’s largest cities.
What is Tenochtitlán?
These cone-shaped shelters made of buffalo hides were common in the Great Plains.
What are teepees?
This pilgrimage made by Mansa Musa to Mecca spread Islam and showed Mali’s wealth.
What is the hajj?
These wars between Christians and Muslims led to more trade between Europe and Asia.
What are the Crusades?
This term describes climates and landscapes that shape how people live.
What are environments?
This civilization developed in the Andes Mountains and created a strong central government.
Who are the Inca?
Pacific Northwest peoples held these feasts to demonstrate wealth and social rank.
What are potlatches?
This Songhai ruler supported education and strengthened the government.
Who is Askia the Great?
The Renaissance began in this European country.
What is Italy?
This economic system focused on building national wealth through trade and power.
What is mercantilism?
By AD 200, this Mesoamerican civilization was building large cities with pyramids and bridges.
Who are the Maya?
This Northeast alliance united several tribes and often fought non-member groups.
What is the Iroquois League?
Salt and gold trade routes made these three kingdoms powerful.
What are Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?
This invention by Johannes Gutenberg allowed knowledge to spread quickly.
What is the printing press?
These businesses allowed investors to share risk and profit in the Age of Exploration.
What are joint-stock companies?