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| Two great West African trading kingdoms that arose between 1200 and 1400 |
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| Earliest known civilization in the Americas |
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| Developed the idea of republican government (Citizens choose representatives to govern them.) |
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| Source of the Ten Commandments |
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| Maintaining a close bond with animals is central to their belief system |
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| Created the first direct democracy, a form of government in which ordinary citizens have the power to govern. |
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| Early American civilization that developed a system of numbers that included the concept of zero |
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| Built causeways (raised roads made of packed earth)to connect their capital Tenochtitlan, in the center of a lake, to the mainland |
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| This American culture group had large houses with walls of stone or sun-dried brick. |
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| Around 1570, this American group created a league of five nations that joined together to end fighting among themselves. |
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| A series of wars in 1100-1300 fought by Christians to get control of the Holy Land from the Muslims |
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| Early American civilization that built a complex system of roads (over 10,000 miles) and rope bridges to unite its empire |
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| Native Americans of the Great Plains |
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| Relied on buffalo to meet their basic needs |
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| Chinese explorer between 1405-1433 who had a fleet of 300 ships (the largest over 400' long) who made seven long voyages |
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| Used for burial and religious ceremonies, thousands of these dot the landscape from Wisconsin to Florida |
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| A kind of government in the Middle Ages (A.D.500-1400), in which lords ruled their lands, but owed loyalty and military service to a monarch. |
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Ceremonial dinner of the Pacific Northwest
that could last for days |
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| Council of specially chosen Iroquois tribal leaders that met once a year |
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| Groups of people who traveled together for safety |
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| Region of grasslands that cover much of West Africa |
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| Process of spreading ideas from one culture to another |
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| Spirits who were represented by masked Native American dancers |
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| Used by the Inca, a cord or string with knots that stood for quantities |
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| In Iroquois tradition, two or more related families |
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| Sun dried brick used by Native Americans in the Southwest. |
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