Government!
In this government system, a single person serves as the ruler and power is passed down hereditarily
What is Monarchy?
This trade route went across central Asia and some of its top exports included paper, silk, and tea
What is the Silk Road?
These wars caused an increase in European trade with Asia, which exposed Europeans to many new goods and ideas
What are the Crusades?
Animal responsible for spreading infected fleas throughout Europe, resulting in the Black Death
What are Rats?
A first-hand account or artifact created by someone who directly experienced or witnessed an event
What is a Primary Source?
A government system run by a sequence of rulers or leaders who belong to the same ruling family
What is Dynasty?
This trade system spanned across western and northern Africa, and its largest exports included gold and salt
What is the Trans-Saharan Trade?
Religion practiced by European Crusaders
What is Christianity?
Disease, spread by a microscopic bacterium often carried by rodents, causing flu-like symptoms and painful, swollen lymph nodes
What is Bubonic Plague?
A second-hand account written by someone who analyzes, interprets, or summarizes primary sources
What is a Secondary Source?
In this government system, a god or deity is the ruler, and the state is governed by “divine guidance” through religious leaders
What is Theocracy?
These trade routes, which were mostly by sea, helped bring things like black pepper and cinnamon into Europe
What are the Spice Routes?
This pope spearheaded the start of the Crusades in Western Europe
Who is Pope Urban II?
Infrastructure majorly responsible for the spread of Bubonic Plague from Asia to Europe
What are Trade Routes?
Period of European history ranging from around 500 CE to 1500 CE
What are the Middle Ages/is the Medieval Period?
A government system where power is held by a small, elite group of people
What is Oligarchy?
This substance was commonly traded along the Trans-Saharan trade routes, used as both a currency and for preserving food
What is Salt?
What is Islam?
A microscopic bacterium which caused the Bubonic Plague
What is Yersinia Pestis?
Element of a map which tells you what symbols on the map mean
What is a Map Legend/Map Key?
Legal document created in 1215 to limit the power of King John of England when he taxed people too heavily after the Crusades
What is Magna Carta?
A centralized position between Europe, Asia, and African made this region superior for trade
What is Arabia?
City-states in this country became extremely rich after the Crusades better developed trade routes
What is Italy?
Name for the Bubonic Plague when it spread into one's lungs
What is the Pneumonic Plague?
Abbreviated as "CE," this is the name given to years which fall into the modern period (ex: 1456 CE)
What is the Common Era?