History Quiz

An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets.

• Astrolabe

• Compass

• Caravel

• Crusades

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.

• Crusades

• Triangular Trade

• Columbian Exchange

• Colony

These Indians lived in the Southwestern United States. They built extensive irrigation systems to water their primary crop, which was corn; also lived in stone cities.

• Pueblo People

• Aztecs

• American Indians

• Inca

Lake where the capital city of the ancient Aztecs Tenochtitlan was built.

• Lake Texcoco

• Machu Picchu

• Tenochtitlan

• Plateau Region

Central American empire constructed by the Mexica and expanded greatly during the fifteenth century during the reigns of Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma I.

• Tenochtitlan

• Inca Empire

• Aztec Empire

• Medieval Europe

The theory that Native Americans crossed into North America from Asia over a land bridge (the Bering Strait was frozen over) that once connected North America and Asia.

• Mound Builders

• Feudalism

• Land Bridge Theory

• Coastal Route Theory

A vast number of roads were built across the Roman Empire. With its downfall, trade across these advanced roads did decline. However, trade eventually rose again across a wider array of trade routes that crossed continents and resulted in goods and ideas being shared with diverse people across the globe.

• Feudalism

• Medieval Trade Routes

• Culture

• Columbian Exchange

Worshipped the sun; gold was considered the "sweat of the sun". Practiced human sacrifice to make sure the sun would rise.

• Mayan Religion

• Aztec Empire

• Aztec Religion

• Aztec Society

Groups of people traveling together for safety over long distances

• Caravans

• Compass

• Foraging

• Colony

There was a strong Jewish minority in Medieval Europe, however they were often persecuted.

• Medieval Judaism

• Classical Judaism

• Reform Judaism

• Culture