| A | B |
|---|
| berbers | a nomadic group of North African Muslims |
| Dravidians | inhabitants of India who lived in the Indus Valley and were conquered by people from the North |
| Aryans | skiled and brave fighters who conquered the people of India |
| Hindu | religion that believes in reincarnation and the caste system |
| terra cotta | Nok artists created art work of the medium |
| Gupta | strong Indian empire who kept out invaders because of a strong military, they permitted the worship of Hinduism and Buddhism |
| Maurya | the first great empire of India, it had a bureaucracy to carry out orders and spies to report on parts of the empire |
| Easter Island | home to mysterious large stone statues |
| Mansa Musa | greatest Mali king |
| Huang He River | river of sorrow |
| Silk Road | connected China with Europe |
| Marco Polo | merchant from Italy who was the guest of emperor Kublai Khan |
| Shoguns | military dictators of Japan before the government was modernized |
| Shinto | Japanese religion based on worship of the emperor |
| Hinduism | major religion of India |
| Buddhisma | Religion of Eastern and Central Asia started by Bautama Buddha |
| Mongol | conquerors of India and China |
| Confucius | Chinese man who described the wasys people should act in all of their relationships |
| Mali | powerful kingdom of Africa from 1200's-1400's |
| Cush | highly skilled craftsmen in Ancient Africa |
| Ming Dynasty | "Bright" age of Chinese history |
| Aborigine | native of Australia |
| Sahara Desert | traders spread Islam across this desert when trading with Africans |
| Nile River | location of early African civilization |
| Melanesia | black islands |
| Micronesia | small islands |
| Polynesia | many islands |
| land bridges | theory which suggests that Oceania was populated during the ice ages |
