| A | B |
|---|
| Judaism | WD - the religion of the Hebrews |
| Christianity | WD - the riligion based on the teachings of Jesus |
| Islam | WD - the religion based on the teaching of Muhammad |
| Buddhism | WD - the religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama |
| Hinduism | WD - the national religion of India |
| Christianity | today, mainly practiced in North America, South America and Europe |
| Islam | today, mainly found found in Africa and the middle east |
| Judaism | today, mainly found in the U.S. and Israel |
| Judaism | concentrated in Europe and the Middle East in the 1500's |
| Songhai | western African empire of the 1500's |
| Buddhism | religion practiced in east and southeast Asia in the 1500's |
| trade routes | promoted exchange of products and ideas |
| Africa, Asia, Europe | continents linked by trade routes |
| climate | usual pattern of atmospheric conditions that occurs in an area over a long period of time |
| silk road | trade route from China to the Mediterranean Sea |
| maritime trade routes | trade routes across the Indian Ocean |
| flat maps | distortion occurs because the earth is round |
| island | land surrounded by water |
| Hinduism | practiced in India and part of Southeast Asia in the 1500's |
| England | an island country |
| Prime Meridian | 0 degree longitude line |
| Hindu | majority of people in India today practice this religion |
| rivers and seas | trade routes in Europe |
| the Sahara | desert located in north Africa |
| Mughal Empire | located in India |
| Buddhism | practiced in eastern and southeastern Asia today |
| gold and salt | traded acress the Trans-Saharan trade route |
| peninsula | surrounded by water on three sides |
| Islam | practiced in southern Europe and parts of Asia and Africa in the 1500's |
| Islam | practiced in the Middle East, Africa and Asia today |
| Equator | 0 degree of latitude |
| Incan Empire | located on the western coast of South America |
| Black Sea | trade routes from northern Europe in the 1500's |
| Christianity | most of Europe in 1500 practiced this religion |
| Spain, France, Germany | European countries |
