| A | B |
| disease; heat; vegetation | reasons the task of exploring Africa was so difficult |
| Mansa Mus | great ruler of the mali Empire in Africa |
| Townsend Harris | opened Japan to Christian missionaries |
| Hatshepsut | Egypts only female pharaoh |
| Cush | build the greatest ancient civilization in Africa's interior |
| Menes | United Upper and Lower Egypt into one nation |
| mathematics | Ancient India's greatest contribution to civilization |
| Jonathan Goble | American missionary to Japan who invented the rickshaw |
| Asoka | built the Maurya empire |
| Nelson Mandela | first black president of South Africa |