The Renaissance!
Important Names
Important Events
Talkin' and Prayin'
Miscellaneous
100

This was the invention which helped spread knowledge throughout the Renaissance. 

The Printing Press

100

This is the man that led the assassination on Julius Caesar

Brutus

100

Monsoon Season means a season of intense what?

Rainfall

100

Who was the prophet for the deity Allah in Islam?

Muhammad

100

This was the capital city of the Aztec Empire. 

Tenochtitlan

200

This was the movement behind the Renaissance, the shift in mindset of the people. 

Humanism

200

The Book "The Odyssey" was written about whose epic journey home?

Odysseus

200

The Crusades were fought between what two groups? AND how many were there? Must have both. 

Muslim Turks and Roman Catholics, 8.

200

Why was the Phoenecian alphabet different than most?

It had no Vowels 

200

Who was forced to sign the Magna Carta by the British?

King John

300

This man was the first great humanist.

Francesco Petrarch

300

This is the man that built the Taj Mahal

Shah Jahan

300

What is the name of the pilgrimage to Mecca?

The Hajj

300

What is the ultimate reality which occurs in every aspect of life in the Hindu religion?

Brahman

300

What did Caesar say when Brutus and enemies murdered him? And, what does this translate to?

Et Tu, Brute? ... You too, Brutus?

400

What is the word for the study of the human body?

Anatomy

400

This was the real, full name of the Buddha 

Siddartha Gautama. 

400

The Great Schism separated the Christian faith into what two branches?

Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox 

400

What is the Giant black relic that Muslims process around in Mecca?

The Kabba

400

The samurai used one sword for seppuku only called what?

The Wakizashi

500

Sir Thomas More wrote what book detailing his perfect society?

Utopia

500

This was the last Mongol ruler before the Silk Road was disassembled. 

Kublai Khan

500

Who was the Pelopponesian War fought between?

Athens and Sparta

500

What are the three languages written on the Rosetta Stone from top to bottom? (Must have all 3)

Demotic, Hieroglyphics, Greek

500

A guild is a group of people who have the same what?

Occupation/Job

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