World History

3. A major center for Islamic learning and trade in West Africa.
5. The period of "rebirth" in Europe following the Middle Ages.
7. The civilization in central Mexico that built the city of Tenochtitlan.
9. A wealthy West African empire famous for its gold and salt trade.
10. A 1215 document that limited the power of the English monarch.
12. A religion founded in India that spread to China and Japan via trade routes.
13. The inventor of the movable-type printing press in Europe.
14. The first West African empire to grow wealthy by taxing the gold-salt trade.
16. The religious and moral code of conduct for medieval knights.
18. A certificate sold by the Church to reduce punishment for sins.
19. A geographic term for a chain of islands, such as Japan.
20. A form of government headed by a king or queen.
23. A peasant who was legally tied to the land on a manor.
24. The supreme military dictator in feudal Japan.
25. The belief in a single, all-powerful deity.
27. A series of military expeditions by European Christians to the Holy Land.
28. An empire in the Andes Mountains known for terrace farming and roads.
29. A person who held land under the feudal system in exchange for service.
31. The "way of the warrior" code followed by the Samurai.

1. A social system where land was exchanged for military service and loyalty.
2. An Islamic state led by a successor to the Prophet Muhammad.
3. An invention that helped scientists prove the sun-centered universe.
4. The Eastern Roman Empire that preserved Greek and Roman culture.
6. A Japanese warrior who lived by a strict code of honor.
8. MUSA A famous Mali ruler known for his incredible wealth and hajj.
11. The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between hemispheres.
15. The scientific theory that the sun is the center of the solar system.
16. A Spanish explorer-conqueror of the Americas.
17. DEATH A devastating plague that killed a large portion of the population in Eurasia.
21. The movement to change the Catholic Church that led to Protestantism.
22. An intellectual movement focusing on human potential rather than just religion.
26. ROAD A network of trade routes connecting East Asia to the Mediterranean.
30. A way of thinking that used reason to explore religious questions.