Chapter 1: Three Worlds Meet
Section 1
 1. Many historians believe that humans first came to America by
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walking across a land bridge formed btwn. Siberia and
Alaska.
2. Sedentary societies were characterized by groups of people
remaining in permanent villages.
3.The first great American civilization located in Mesoamerica was
the Olmec people.
4. The Maya people built large cities.
5. The Europeans reached the Americas in 1492.
6. The Inca people inhabited what is now Peru.
7. Inca achievements include: an accurate calendar.
8. Near present-day Alaska, the people who lived on frozen tundra
in buildings made of ice were called the Inuit.
Inca
Aztec
Inuit
Pueblo
Olmec
Maya
Peru
Mexico
Alaska
AZ/NM
Mesoamerica Mesoamerica
1300-1500
AD
1300-1500
AD
1400’S
1400’S
1200-400
B.C.
United many
small
communities
under a
single gov’t
United many
small
communities
under a
single gov’t
250-900 AD.
Section 2
 KONGO: central african kingdom located on the Zaire river that ruled during
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the 1400’s.
ISLAM: the book of this religion is the Koran, it teaches that there is one god,
named Allah, and Muhammed is his prophet.
SAHARA DESERT: large desert in N. Africa that limited trade to central and
Southern Africa.
MUSLIM: follower of the religion of Islam.
MANSA MUSA: ruler of Mali who founded a university to teach Islam.
NDONGO: central African kingdom in the late 1400’s that engaged in warfare
and slavery.
MALI: kingdom that took over Ghana and became W. Africa’s most powerful
state.
GHANA: W. African kingdom that prospered btwn 700-1000.
SAVANNA: a long and flat grassland with wildlife, bushes, and scattered trees.
SLAVES: people who are captured for use in forced, unpaid labor.
NORTH
WEST
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN
TRADE ROUTES W.
EUROPEMEDITERRANEAN SEA
RICH SOIL- TRADE
(ATLANTIC OCEAN)
LIMITEDTRADESAHARA DESERT
Section 3
 1. Queen Isabella, encouraged travel and exploration to seek profits for the
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monarchy.
2. The Great Famine was a devastating food shortage in the early 1300’s.
3. A deadly disease called the Black Death killed millions of people in Europe.
4. 100 yr. war btwn. France and G.B.
5. As trade increased, monarchs began strengthening their central gov’ts and
exerting more control by collecting new taxes.
6. The Renaissance was a widespread cultural revival of classical art,
architecture and learning.
7. Corrupt practices within the priesthood caused discontent about the role of
the church in society and led to a reform movement: The Reformation.
8. Around 1440, the printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg.
9. One current that directed ships in the Atlantic Ocean was the North Atlantic
current that ran clockwise between N. Europe and Caribbean sea.
10. S.A. current ran counter-clockwise between Africa and South America.