Middle Ages
Russia
Which country is most closely associated with the title, "Czar"?
Camels
What animal replaced donkeys, oxen, and horses as pack animals in the Sahara?
Passed through fleas
How was the Bubonic Plague spread?
patriarch
What term describes the leader of the Greek Orthodox Church or the Christian church in Rome?
Maize
What was a staple crop for many Native Americans (we now call it corn)?
100 AD to 600AD
What are the dates for the Middle Ages?
Vikings
Who were the Norsemen?
Tithe
What term describes a church tax, which would be equal to about one-tenth of a peasant's income?
Schism
What term describes a split in a religious group?
The Prince
What work of literature was produced by Niccolo Machiavelli?
learning declined
What happened to learning during the Middle Ages?
Scandinavia
Where were the Norsemen from?
Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century
What were the dates for the Renaissance?
Pope
Johannes Guttenberg
Who was the European inventor of the movable type or the printing press?
Lord
Mansa Musa
Which African ruler controlled Mali from 1312 to 1332?
Rebirth of learning
What is the Renaissance?
Excommunication
What term best describes the process of being removed from a church?
Monasteries
What name is given to the building or structures that monks live in to study and serve God?
Manor
What term refers to the lords estate during feudal times?
Ibn Batutta
Who is the historian that traveled through the Islamic world?
Italy
Where the Renaissance was "born"?
Eastern Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic
What two main religions emerged out of the split in the Christian Church in 1054 AD?
Vernacular
What term describes the use of a person's native language?