7th Grade Semester 2 Final

Old World

• An early form of corn grown by Native Americans
• the largest ancient Mayan city
• Afroeurasia; the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas
• Chinese explorer who sailed through Asia, Japan, and the east coast of Africa.

New World

• The prince who developed a constitution to establish a strong system of government.
• The king and queen of Spain who gave Columbus the funds for his journey.
• The king of England who led the third Crusade. Also known as "Lion Heart"
• the name given by Europeans to the Americas

Christopher Columbus

• Afroeurasia; the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas
• the world's longest mountain chain, stretching along the west coast of South America
• Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China.
• The king of England who led the third Crusade. Also known as "Lion Heart"

Columbian Exchange

• Considered to be the world's first novel was written by a noble woman
• The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and Afroeurasia.
• people who wander from place to place in search of resources
• God, Gold & Glory

Ferdinand and Isabella

• Italian explorer who wrote about his travels to Central Asia and China.
• The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another.
• (1215-1294) Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China.
• The king and queen of Spain who gave Columbus the funds for his journey.

Columbus' ships

• A Portuguese royal (1394-1460) who contributed to European exploration. Had a navigation school.
• the world's largest peninsula. Where Islam was founded.
• An early form of corn grown by Native Americans
• Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

Hispaniola

• The leader of the Muslims in the third crusade
• A Native American people of the Caribbean islands - the first group encountered by Columbus and his men when they reached the Americas
• Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa who made a pilgrimage to Mecca. Richest man to have ever lived.
• Caribbean island, present day Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Where Columbus first landed in the Americas.

Taino

• Italian navigator who discovered the Americas for Europeans in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)
• Holy city of Islam
• First group of Native Americans encountered by Columbus and his men
• (1215-1294) Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China.

Smallpox

• the name given by Europeans to the Americas
• He united the Mongols and built the largest empire the world has ever known
• a disease from the "Old World" that killed large portions of indigenous Americans
• "rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome

Maize

• An early form of corn grown by Native Americans
• Iraqi city that was once that home of the House of Wisdom.
• 1 of 8 female emperors. Who influenced her nephews rule as emperor.
• (1215-1294) Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China.