Medieval Europe & Feudalism
Question: What three classes of people shaped life in medieval Europe?
Answer: Clergy, nobility, and peasantry
Question: What was one of the three reasons that motivated European explorers during the Age of Exploration?
Answer: Search for new trade routes, quest for gold, desire for adventure and glory (any)
Question: What three ships sailed with Columbus in 1492?
Answer: Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
Question: What agreement did the Pilgrims draft aboard the Mayflower to establish civil authority?
Answer: The Mayflower Compact
Question: What four factors led to World War I?
Answer: Extreme nationalism, militarism, imperialism, rival alliances
Question: In what year did Clovis become head of a Frankish tribe and unite the Franks?
Answer: 481
Question: What navigational instrument measured the angle between the sun or star and the horizon to determine latitude?
Answer: Astrolabe, quadrant, or cross-staff
Question: What date did Columbus sight land and name it San Salvador?
Answer: October 12, 1492
Question: What protest occurred in Boston Harbor in December 1773?
Answer: The Boston Tea Party
Question: Who was assassinated on June 28, 1914, triggering the start of WWI?
Answer: Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
Question: What famous battle in 732 stopped the Muslim advance into Europe?
Answer: Battle of Tours (by Charles Martel)
Question: What versatile ship developed in the mid-15th century was ideal for long ocean voyages?
Answer: Caravel
Question: What papal document in 1493 divided the world between Spain and Portugal?
Answer: The Line of Demarcation
Question: What was the turning point of the Revolutionary War?
Answer: Battle of Saratoga (October 1777)
Question: What was Germany's military strategy to avoid fighting on two fronts called? (WWII)
Answer: The Schlieffen Plan
Question: What is a fief, and what did a vassal receive in exchange for military service?
Answer: Land granted by a king to a vassal as payment for service
Question: Prince Henry the Navigator founded what to advance Portuguese exploration?
Answer: A school of navigation on the Portuguese coast
Question: What Aztec god did Montezuma believe Hernando Cortés might be when he arrived in Mexico?
Answer: Quetzalcoatl
Question: What principle did the Constitution establish to divide power between national and state governments?
Answer: Federalism
Question: On what date did the armistice ending WWI take effect?
Answer: November 11, 1918, at 11:00 AM
Question: What self-contained farming community controlled by a lord was the center of medieval society?
Answer: The Manor
Question: What did Vasco da Gama accomplish, and how long did his voyage take?
Answer: Sailed around Cape of Good Hope to India; took nearly a year
Question: What did Francisco Pizarro do to the Inca ruler Atahualpa after receiving ransom?
Answer: He executed him (despite promising to spare him in exchange for ransom)
Question: What were the first ten amendments to the Constitution called, and what did they protect?
Answer: The Bill of Rights; they defined personal and religious liberties
Question: Name three dictators who threatened world peace in the 1930s before WWII.
Answer: Adolf Hitler (Germany), Benito Mussolini (Italy), Hideki Tojo (Japan)