Religions
What si the final authority for Muslims?
Koran
Muslim leader who regained Jeruslaem from the Crusaders
Saladin
What event caused the spread of literacy in Europe during the Renaissance?
the invention of the printing press
The taking away of a person's right of membership in the church
excommunication
Code of behavior for knights in Europe
chivalry
Which religion was dominant during the Mughal Empire?
Islam
English Renaissance-era playwright
William Shakespeare
Who conquered China around 1200?
The Mongols
focus on human potential and achievements
humanism
Pilgrimage to Mecca
hajj
The Kievan Rus adopted which religion?
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
French teenager who led French knights against the British during the Hundred Years' War
Joan of Arc
What was Martin Luther protesting when he posted the 95 Theses on the church door?
indulgences
The doctrine that God has decided everything beforehand
predestination
A symbolic picture used by the Maya people
glyph
What caused Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church?
Henry's desire for a divorce
Emperor of the Byzantine Empire who compiled a code of laws
Justinian
War that caused the end of feudalism
Hundred Years War
effort by Christians to drive Muslims out of Spain
Reconquista
Member of an elite fighting force in the Ottoman Empire
janissary
What caused the split between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims?
Disagreement over the choice of caliph
Muslim ruler of Mali who went on Hajj
Mansa Musa
The English monarch's power was limited by this document.
Magna Carta
government in which the ruler is viewed as divine, or one controlled by religious leaders
theocracy
The selling or buying of positions in the church
simony