Task 1-8 � Skills Period_____
1. After each cause, write the letter of its effect from the Fact Bank.
Cause Effect
Exotic goods from the East appeared in European market places. ____
Italians wanted to improve their knowledge of people and the world. ____
The spirit of the Renaissance spread in Europe. ____
Merchants and bankers in Europe wanted to increase trade profits. ____
Movable type and the printing press were invented. ____
The astrolabe, which measured the position of the stars, was invented. ____
The stern rudder and the triangular sail were invented. ____
The kings of Ghana imposed taxes on trade. ____
Muslim traders from North Africa came to Ghana. ____
Mansa Musa had great mosques built in the capitol of Mali. ____
Effect Bank
a. They looked for an alternative to the overland route through the Middle East.
b. Marco Polo�s Travels was read by more people in Europe.
c. Europeans thought about themselves and the world in a dramatically different way.
d. People became interested in India, China, and the rest of Asia.
e. Timbuktu became an important center of Islamic learning and art.
f. They studied Greek and Roman classics.
g. Mohammed was born in Mecca.
h. Sailors could sail into the wind.
i. The people of Ghana prospered.
k. Sailors could determine their latitude at sea.
l. Many West Africans became Muslims.
Answer Questions 1-5 based on the following timeline.
c. 28,000 BC - People from Asia crossed over Beringia during last ice age
c. 12,000 BC - Rise of Olmec civilization in Mexico
c. 10,000 BC - End of last ice age
c. AD 700 - Height of Maya civilization in Central America
c. AD 1070 - Great Serpent Mound in present-day Ohio built
c. AD 1085 - Anasazi built pueblos in North America
c. AD 1100 - Mississippians built Cahokia in present-day Illinois
c. AD 1325 - Aztecs built Tenochtitlan on an island in Lake Texcoco in central Mexico
c. AD 1400 - Height of Inca civilization in South America
c. AD 1500 - Apache and Navajo settle in present-day southwestern United States
2. Which event occurred first?
a. Inca reached height of civilization in S. America b. Last Ice Age ended
c. Great Serpent Mound built d. Mississipians built Cahokia
3. Which entry on the time line comes after the building of Cahokia?
a. Olmec civilization developed in Mexico b. Anasazi built pueblos in North America
c. Great Serpent Mound built d Aztecs built Tenochtitlan
4. You would be more likely to find Navajos in - a. NY b. WV c. MT d. AZ
5. This time line covers - a. 1,500 years b. 29,500 years c. 4,300 years d. 43,000 years
6. Between which two events was there a larger gap in years?
a. From when people crossed Beringia to the rise of the Olmec civilization
b. From the end of the last Ice Age to the building of the Great Serpent Mound
c. From the height of the Mayan civilization to the height of the Inca civilization
d. From the rise of the Olmec civilization to the time when the Mississipians built Cahokia
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