front 1 Ice Age | back 1 a period lasting thousands of years during which the Earth was covered by ice and glaciers |
front 2 Migrated | back 2 to travel to a new area or country |
front 3 Maya | back 3 a civilization in Mexico |
front 4 Aztecs | back 4 a fierce tribe of warriors |
front 5 Adobe | back 5 a sun dried brick |
front 6 Iroquois League | back 6 a confederacy of Indigenous people |
front 7 Ghana | back 7 the earliest known kingdom in West Africa |
front 8 Mali | back 8 took over the kingdom of Ghana |
front 9 Mansa Musa | back 9 the most famous ruler of Mali |
front 10 Songhai | back 10 empire that emerged in the 1400's |
front 11 Middle Ages | back 11 a period of European history, that began with the collapse of Western Roman Empire |
front 12 Renaissance | back 12 a new era that featured renewed interest in learning and the advancement of arts and sciences |
front 13 Reconquista | back 13 military campaigns waged against Muslim kingdoms |
front 14 Prince Henry the Navigator | back 14 directed Portuguese to sail into the Atlantic, spread Christianity, and reduce Muslim domination of trade |
front 15 Bartolomeu Dias | back 15 learned how to use the counter clockwise winds of the south atlantic |
front 16 Vasco de Gama | back 16 exploited the discovery to reach india, opening a immensely profitable trade route |
front 17 Christopher Colombus | back 17 tried to revive Christian struggle against Islam, and sought a trade to China to find a new trade route |
front 18 John Cabot | back 18 genoese mariner employed by the English, sailed to newfoundland |
front 19 Pedro Alvarez Cabral | back 19 discovered the coast of Brazil |
front 20 Amerigo Vespucci | back 20 explored south america's coast to deem it a continent |
front 21 Ferdinand Magellan | back 21 succeeded in encircling the entire globe |