CHAPTER 1 JEOPARDY The World Before 1500
The Americas AfricaEurope
Groups of people who settled in villages or towns but moved every few years in search of food.
semisedentary societies
Groups of people who settled in permanent villages or towns
sedentary societies
Groups of people who moved continually in search of food
nonsendentary people
These people created a major civilization with the main city being Tenochtitlan
Aztec people
This group of people lived in the Southwest
Pueblo people
The first great American Civilization
Mesoamerica
A large desert in Northern Africa
Sahara Desert
Someone who is captured and used for unpaid labor
Slave
A prosperous civilization between A.D. 700 and 1100
Ghana
West African kingdom that ruled from 1200 to 1400
Mali
Religion that teaches there is one God, named Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet
Islam
Reasons why African Kings went to war (three goals) Bonus 200 pts
1. Gained strong young men to be put to work, 2. depleted rival militaries, 3. use slaves for trade of valuable goods and resources
Movement that divided the church between Catholics and Protestants
Reformation
Widespread food shortage that killed thousands of Europeans
great famine
A word meaning “rebirth”
Renaissance
An invention by Johannes Gutenberg
The printing press
4 good that Europe traded with Asia
silk, porcelain, tea, rugs
A Hundred Years war that took thousands of lives was a conflict between which countries?
France and England
Name the ruler of the Aztecs between 1502 and 1520
Montezuma
A deadly disease that killed millions of people
Black Death
Made by: Keri Strusz September 2011 Source for information: Dallek, R., Garcia, J., Ogle, D. M., Risinger C. F. (2008). American History: Beginnings Through Reconstruction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell.