SS Voc 7-9

2. an organization of craftsman/merchants working in the same industry that set wages, prices and standards
3. Spanish land grants that included a right to the forced labor of the indigenous Indians
5. the social system of kings of small kingdoms relying on support from lords
6. the gulf where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Niger River
10. the Renaissance scientist who defended Copernicus heliocentric theory and was punished for this by the Roman Inquisition
11. the idea the sun orbits around the Earth
13. the Renaissance scientist who established the scientific method as the standard for scientific research to prove science theories
16. official storytellers and village historians in West Africa
17. the five most important practices of Islam
20. the change from moneylenders to merchant bankers
23. the large desert that has served as the border between Mongolia and China
24. the war between clans that ended the Heian period and brought about the Shogunate
26. an infectious disease that spreads quickly through an area
27. a church built by Emperor Justinian that was for centuries the largest church in the world
28. ways of producing and exchanging goods and services
29. the first of the three major West Africa kingdoms established around trade in gold, salt and slaves; it arose circa 300 CE
30. the Mongol ruler who created the largest empire on land in history and conquered much of Asia

1. the inland ocean basin of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America
4. orbits the oval orbit of objects in space as they are pulled closer by gravity to the object that is the center of the orbit and then gain enough speed to orbit farther away
7. the Italian city-state where the Renaissance began
8. the queen of England during the Golden Age of the Tudor Dynasty- daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn (who was beheaded)
9. the wall built in China to keep invaders out
12. to expel someone from the Catholic Church through the power given to the Pope
14. the Portuguese explorer who led the first voyage to sail around the world
15. Milan the announcement by Emperor Constantine in 313 CE that made Christianity legal and granted religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire
18. the city built to be the home of the emperor and his court during th Ming Dynasty
19. the period of time from 800-1400 when Muslims studied writing of the ancient world
21. the central grassland in what is now the USA
22. 1096- when Christians conquered Jerusalem
25. the pilgrimage to Mecca Muslims are required to take if at all possible