Global History & Geography for 14-15 Yr olds USA) (Thomas Caswell)

The world’s largest desert, located in North Africa.

(1930) Passive resistance campaign of Mohandas Gandhi where many Indians protested the British tax on salt by marching to the sea to make their own salt.

In Hinduism, the term given to the endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.

The extinct language of ancient India. Spoken between fourteenth and fifth centuries BCE. Still used today in classic literature.

Members of any of the ancient Scandinavian peoples. Vikings raided various parts of northwestern Europe from the 8th to 11th centuries CE. They were good sailors who invaded by sea in long ships, and often settled in the areas they invaded, as in Great Britain.

Uses observation and experimentation to explain theories on the workings of the universe.

An offshoot of the Renaissance in which scientists questioned traditional beliefs about the workings of the universe. One of the main ideas to come out of the Scientific Revolution was the use of the Scientific Method. The Scientific Method uses observation and experimentation to explain theories on how the universe works.

Term given for the rapid invasion of Africa by the various European powers. This began imperialism in Africa.

Dynasty that controlled Turkey during the 11th and 12th centuries. The Seljuk disruption of European travel to the Holy Lands resulted in the Crusades.

A soldier working for the British East India Company, recruited from the native population of India.