Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Roots of Islam
Yuan & Ming Dynasties of China
Political & Social Change in the Later Middle Ages in Europe
100
Person who wrote the epics Iliad and Odyssey
Who is Homer?
100
a peninsula
trade & protection
good farmland
Tiber River
What is the geography of Rome that was helpful?
100
A prophet shared by Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
Who is Abraham?
100
ruler of a large part of Asia by 1225 CE
Who is Genghis Khan?
100
A creature that was key to the spread of the Black Plague
What is a rat?
200
The themes of good versus evil and people's rights
What are topics of Greek drama still seen today?
200
a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army
What is a mercenary?
200
The speed that Islam spread
What is quickly?
200
The pyramids are to Egypt as The Great Wall is to __________________.
What is China?
200
the teen hero during the Hundred Years war, a peasant girl, the person who gathered French troops together, built morale: and was later captured and burned at the stake by the British?
Who is Joan of Arc?
300
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What is architecture inspired by Ancient Greece?
300
Too big to govern and defend
What is one reason for the fall of the Roman Empire?
300
hot and dry, very little water (except oases), right between the Byzantine Empire and the Persian Empire, (who were in conflict), and with a regional influence of Judaism and Christianity
What is the geography of the Arabian Peninsula?
300
Mongol-led dynasty in China that allowed the blending of cultures
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
300
Document that guaranteed people access to courts & a fair trial, worked to eliminate unfair fines and punishments, and contributed to the eventual end of feudalism
What is the Magna Carta?
400
The beings that many Ancient Greeks believed controlled nature, but with personalities like regular people, the Ancient Greeks performed rituals for, and Ancient Greeks visited Oracles to ask questions of.
Who are Greek Gods and Goddesses?
400
Commodus bribed the army to support him and never sought the Senate's approval for anything. These are examples of what kind of leader?
What is a dictator?
400
the destination of many pilgrimages, both of ancient polytheistic cultures and Muslim people
What is Mecca?
400
policy that led to the fading of the Ming Dynasty's glory
What is isolationism?
400
The most famous part of the Magna Carta that said people can’t be imprisoned without a fair trial
What is Habeus Corpus?
500
Type of government that Rome used because they were inspired by the Ancient Greeks, in which the leader is not a king but is instead a person elected by citizens
What is a Republic?
500
Leaders who granted citizenship to very many outsiders and allowed them to vote & hold office.
Who are leaders of the Roman Republic?
500
Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Medina
What is the Hegira?
500
Place Genghis Khan was from
What is Mongolia?
500
3 events that weakened the rule of the upper class over the serfs or peasants
What are the Magna Carta, the Hundred Years War, and the Black Plague?