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101 Cards in this Set
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Emperor Constantine built a capital
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Constantinople
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Constantinople is located by the
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black sea and Mediterranean sea
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Who was the Byzantine's emperor
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Emperor Justinian
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Another name for holy wisdom
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hagia sophia
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What were the churches of the east and west?
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Eastern Orthodox and the Orthodox Christian
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The byzantine empire fell because
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the muslims took over
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What was the alphabet created by the byzantine monks?
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Cyrillic
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Islam arose in the Arabian Peninsula when its founder_____ died
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Muhammad
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Another name for a successor
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caliph
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Islam took control of the
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Middle east, north africa, parts of spain, sicily, india and southeast asia
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Sharia is the
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Islamic law based on the koran
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Golden Age
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High point of peace and everything goes well
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Calligraphy
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Fancy writing that can be seen in the koran
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Mosques
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Built to pray in with huge domes and arches
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Arabesques
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flowers leaves and vines, designs
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Muslims had achievements such as
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Scientific(Astronomy) and mathematic (algebra)
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The roman empire fell to____
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Barbarian (German) tribes
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Clovis (a ruler) became a ___ as a way of increasing his power
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Christian
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A Frankish king _____
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Charlemagne
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Charlemagne gave nobles ____ and in return they had to help him defend the empire, he brought back ______
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land and learning
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Knights had to follow a ____ which provided them with behavior guidelines
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chivalry
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Western Europe was dominated by the _____
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Church
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The church provided ____ to get into heaven
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Sacraments
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Those who did not obey the church were considered ______ and were _________
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Heretics and excommunicated
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The _____ won the crusades and Christians experienced many positive results
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Muslims
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In Europe during the middle ages, increases in trade and commerce resulted in _______
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development of towns and cities
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400 years after the fall of the Han Dynasty, the __________ was established
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Tang Dynasty
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Tribute
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Payment to acknowledge china's power
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The tang dynasty fell due to _________________
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corruption, drought and rebellions
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The lowest class were the _______
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Peasants
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Woman had to go through_______ which limited their freedom
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Foot binding
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Japan consists of a chain of islands called an ________
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archipelago
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Japanese developed a deep respect for ___
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nature
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decentralized government called ___________
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feudalism
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Emperor
Shogun Daimyo Samurai Merchants and Craftsmen |
Held the highest rank
The actual ruler Large landowners Warriors loyal to the daimyo Two groups that had very low social status |
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Japan warriors followed the _______ which is similar to chivalry
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Bushido Code
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The Mongols were ______ herders from central asia
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Nomadic
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The mongols leader was_____
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Kublai Khan
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Period with 200 years of peace and allowed for an exchange of good and ideas between the east and the west
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Pax Romana
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The earliest people lived during the old stone age or the __________
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Paleolithic Age
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First humans lived in small groups and were ________
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nomads
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The oldest fossil evidence of early man is believed to have come from________
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Africa
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Cultural Diffusion
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Spread and exchange of ideas
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People learned to grow food and domesticate animals marking the beginning of the New Stone Age or the _________
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Neolithic Age
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Cities grew because there were ________ or extra amounts of food
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Surpluses
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Four Major River Valleys
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Nile River, Tigris and Euphrates, Indus River, Yellow River
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The four major river valleys were all similar because they were_______
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Dependant on fertile land
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China was________ by mountains, deserts and water. Because of this Chinese called themselves the ____________
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isolated and Middle Kingdom
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Divine right to rule, meaning their power came from the gods called the _______ __ ______
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Mandate of Heaven
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Shi Huangdi became the emperor of the Qin Dynasty, he centralized Chinese and had the ______ _____ built by peasants to protect the Chinese from ________
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Great Wall and Invasions
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Trade along the _____ ____ spread many Chinese ideas
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Silk Road
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India is a __ _______ or a piece of land,Also is a ______ which means that it is surrounded by water on 3 sides
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Sub- Continent and Peninsula
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The ________ led the golden age of India and followed _________
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Gupta and Hinduism
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Two of the most powerful city- states were _____ and ______
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Athens and Sparta
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Sparta focused on _________ while Athens focused on _______
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Military and Art
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Athens had a _________ form of government under the leadership of Pericles
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Democratic
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The _______ ____________ were laws that protected the plebeians
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Twelve Tables
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Rome was divided into 3 halves and the Western half experienced the ______ ________
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Dark Ages
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Rome fell due to _______
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invasions
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Animism, Daoism and Shinto all believed in spirits of _________
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NATURE
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_________ is an important part of the beliefs of Hindus
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Reincarnation
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Hindus believe that if you do your duties in life your, _____ , you will get a good ________ and achieve _________
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dharma, karma, moksha
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The ________ system divided Indians into different groups
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Caste
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Buddhism began in India and then spread to ______, __________ and _________
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China, Korea and Japan
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The founder was ________ ________ an Indian prince who gave up his riches to find truth
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Siddhartha Gautama
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In the ____ ______ ________ he stated that the people suffering is a result of desire and to end suffering one must follow the rules of the ______ ____ ________
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Four Nobel truths and Eight Fold Path
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Once someone goes through the Eight Fold Path they can attain ________
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Nirvana
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Confucius believed that the ___ _______would help create order
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5 relationships
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Judaism is the oldest known ___________ religion (1 god)
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Monotheistic
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The ___ ____________ are rules that Jews are supposed to follow
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Ten Commandments
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The ____ is a holy book for the Jews
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Torah
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The founder of Christianity was _______
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Jesus
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The holy book of Christianity was the ______
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Bible
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The Islamic holy book is the ________
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Koran
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The basic duties of islam are called the _ _________
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5 Pillars
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Merchants and craftspeople formed ______ or trade associations to protect their interests
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Guilds
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People who wanted to become a master of trade had to first be trained as an _______
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Apprentice
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Another word for "rebirth"
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Renaissance
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During the Middle Ages art was almost always ____
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Flat
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The most famous Renaissance person was __ ______ he was known as the "Renaissance Man"
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Da Vinci
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Books became more available due to the widespread use of the ______________
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Printing Press
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Shakespeare wrote ________ and Machiavelli wrote ___________
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Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet, and The Prince
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The first protestant reformer was a Greek monk named _______ ________ he posted his __ ______
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Martin Luther and 95 theses
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The _____ __ ________ was set up to reaffirm tradition catholic beliefs and end church abuses
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Council Of Trent
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_______ ____ known as the sun king, he was an absolute monarch hat completely controlled France
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Louis 14th
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_______ ___ King of Spain from 1556 to 1598. He helped lead the counter reformation by persecuting protestants in his holdings
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Philip 2nd
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____ __ _______ Czar of Russia. He was responsible for the westernization of Russia
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Peter the Great
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_______ ___ _______ Emperor of the Mughal Empire in India. He i considered to be their greatest ruler
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Akbar the Great
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________ __________ limited the kings power to tax and imprison
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Magna Carta
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The African geography is ______ consisting of deserts, savannas, rainforest's and deserts
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diverse
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The _______ desert is the worlds largest desert and it is nearly the size of the US
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Sahara
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________ and ______ were he most important products that were traded
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Gold and Salt
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The 2 kingdoms were the ______ and the ______
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Ghana and Mali
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The most famous leader was _______ _______ and made the city of _________ a learning center
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Mansa Musa and Timbuktu
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The Mayas had __________ writing that was used to record much of their knowledge in books made of bark
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hieroglyphics
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_________ were used to farm on the mountains
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Terraces
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In Latin America,The Maya and the Aztec civilizations were similar in that they
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Developed complex mathematical and calendar systems
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__________ ____________ crossed the Atlantic ocean and discovered the Americas for Spain
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Christopher Columbus
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The _________ __________ dealt with the exchange of people, plants, animals, ideas and technology
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Columbian Exchange
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Africa faced a _______ or forced movement of its people, as slavery became the dominant labor force in the America
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Diaspora
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Most Population Decreased due to
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Disease Spread in Countries
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