Medieval Age
The meaning of "medieval"
What is "middle ages"
Nomadic life
What is moving from place to place following animals herds.
Head of the Catholic Church
Who is the Pope
Renaissance meaning
What is "rebirth"
Purpose of Columbus' exploration
What is to find a water route to Asia
Effect of the decline of the Roman Empire
A power vacuum was created which gave rise to the Feudal system.
What allowed humans to settle down?
What is animal domestication and learning to farm/ grow crops.
Islam, Christianity & Judaism commonality
What is monotheistic religions
Renaissance location start
What is Florance, Italy
Two technological advances contributing to Age of Exploration.
What is the astrolabe and caravel ship
King gave land/fief to nobles for protection; nobles gave land to knights; knights defended kingdom; peasants/serf worked and lived on the land
An "eye for an eye"
Equally harsh punishment based on Hammurabi's Code.
In 1095, Pope Urban II called Christians to take back the "Holy Land" from Muslims.
Ancient civilizations used by artists and painters
What is ancient Greece and Rome.
Transport of enslaved Africans to the "new world"
During Dark Ages, what authority direct Kings and Nobles to obey?
Who is the Pope
Four river valley civilizations
Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India
What is the Eastern Orthodox Church
What is increase of literacy rates, reading the Bible and questioning the Catholic Church
Describe the "Columbian Exchange"
What is the exchange of animals, plants, ideas, diseases from Europe to the Americas during The Age of Exploration.
Why did the Crusades fail?
What is to use water from nearby rivers to irrigate their crops/
Martin Luther's main complaint against Catholic Church
What is the selling of indulgencies to get into heaven.
Humanism philosophy
What is humans are the center of their universe.
Cultural Diffusion
What is the exchange of ideas, languages, goods, religions between people along trade roads, i.e., the Silk Road