| A | B |
|---|
| Apostle that took the gospel to India | Thomas |
| Christian group of the Mongol Empire | Nestorians |
| traveled to China and later published his accounts to his fellow Europeans | Marco Polo |
| Universal Ruler | Genghis Khan |
| opened Russia to the West in the 1700s | Peter the Great |
| The most important element of African culture | family |
| two or more clans that share a common language and customs | tribe |
| language mixture of Arabic, Persian, Portuguese, HIndi, and Bantu | Swahili |
| imaginary lines that measure distance N to S from the equator | latitude |
| imaginary vertical lines that measure distance E to W from the Prime Meridian | longitude |
| calm and fluctuating winds | doldrums |
| winds that helped early explorers to the New World | trade winds |
| sent out to explore by Queen Elizabeth of England | Sir Francis Drake |
| His crew was the first to sail around the world | Ferdinand Magellan |
| conquered the Incan Empire | Francisco Pizarro |
| reestablished the Line of Demarcation | Treaty of Tordesillas |
| Mountains in South America | Andes Mountains |
| The region settled by people from the Iberian Penninsula | Latin America |
| everything east of the Line of Demarcation could be claimed by this country | Portugal |
| Two countries of the Iberian Peninsula | Spain and Portugal |
| explored Roanoke, NC | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| They came to America in 1620 to avoid religious persecution | Pilgrims |
| divided the original thirteen colonies from the rest of the country | Appalachian Mountians |
| Reasons people came to the New World | wealth, jobs, land, adventure, religious freedom |
| European nations that established the largest colonies in the New World | Spain, France, England |
| The day the Transcontinental Railroad was completed | May 10, 1869 |
