Renaissance
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a. Dark Age
b. Rebirth
c. Revolution
What is Rebirth
Name two items traded in Africa?
gold, salt, ivory,
What two civilizations lived in what is now Central Mexico? (there will be two answers)
a. Maya
b. Aztec
c. Inca
What is Maya and Aztec
The Black Death killed how many people in Europe.
1/3
What is a caravan?
Large groups of people and goods
What are the characteristics of a Renaissance Man:
a. A Renaissance Man was someone who was well-rounded and skilled in many areas.
b.He was educated in the humanities, could write, create art, study science, and be physically capable.
c. both a and b
both a and b
Richest Man to have ever live?
Mansa Musa
What contenient did the Inca's reside on?
What is South America
What are three things that ended the Middle Ages?
The Black Death, The Crusades, and The Great Famine
What is Humanism?
A way of thinking that focuses on people, their abilities, and their value, not just religion.
The Renaissance is best described as:
a. A religious war between Christians and Muslims
b. A period of rebirth in learning, art, and culture
c. A time of widespread famine and disease
A period of rebirth in learning, art, and culture
True or False: Songhai took over Mali while Mansa Musa was Ruler.
False
They took over AFTER he died.
True or False: The Aztec Empire lasted for 300 years.
True
Why were there no cures for the black death?
Bonus Point: How did the black death spread?
Medicine and health care were very different. Hygiene was very poor, towns and villages were dirty.
Bonus Answer: Rats
What is Reformation?
Why did the Renaissance happen? (3 reasons)
Population Decline, Questioning the Church, and Education and Trade
What did Ghana do to make themselves so powerful?
They have gold or salt to trade, but they could charge traders for safe travel.
Who created the foamy chocoalately drink that had chili peppers added to it?
What is the Aztecs
This lead to fewer workers and higher wages, which helped the rise of a wealthy middle class
What is the Black Death
What is Feudalism?
Social and economic system where Kings gave land to nobles in exchange for loyalty and protection.
What were the four classes in the Feudal System
Kings/Queens
Nobles
Knights
Peasants
Name a body of water north of Africa, a river in Africa and the name of the desert.
Saharan Desert
Explain the human sacrifice ritual that the Aztecs would perform?
When the Aztecs sacrificed people to Huitzilopochtli (the god with warlike aspects) the victim would be placed on a sacrificial stone. The priest would then cut through the chest with an obsidian or flint blade. The heart would be torn out still beating and held towards the sky in honor to the Sun-God.
Bonus points if you can tell me how long it lasted.
Christians and Muslims were having a war for the holy land. This lasted for 200 years. Over a million people died
What is Secularism?
The idea that religion should be seperate from government, schools, and other parts of daily life.