Middle Ages 500-1500 AD
The time period in history that lasts from 500-1000 AD. It was called this for having few written records.
Dark Ages
The king/queen of a kingdom in 500-1500 AD Europe would share the most power with which group?
The Christian Church
What is another name for the Black Plague?
Black Death
Bubonic Plague
After the Black Plague was over by the 1400s, Europe was beginning to experience a “rebirth” in art and culture from 1400-1600 AD. What is the name of this time period in history?
Renaissance
The first European explorer to find North America around 1000 AD was _____________.
Viking Italian
Spanish English
(Bonus 100 if you get his name)
Viking
Leif Eriksson
The name of the social system where land in a kingdom is loaned to lords and vassals. Growing food is the only job of the lower class.
Feudalism
What were the two most powerful religions in Europe and the Middle East from 500-1500AD? (two answers)
Christianity and Islam
Which Asian people invaded both the Middle East and Eastern Europe during the 1200s AD and formed one of the largest empires in history? (they also helped spread the Black Plague)
What was the name of their leader?
Mongols, Genghis Khan
Name two famous people of the Renaissance.
Bonus 200: What were they famous for?
Leonardo Da Vinci - Inventor and Artist
Michelangelo - Painted the Sistine Chapel Ceiling William Shakespeare - Famous playwright
Albrect Durer - Artist that used lots of detail
Queen Elizabeth - Very successful and powerful English ruler
Queen Isabella of Spain - Sponsored Columbus' voyage
Andreas Vesalius - Dissected human bodies to accurately label their parts
The European explorer that first sailed to the Americas in 1492 was _________________.
Bonus 100: What non-European country had a ship find the Americas before Columbus?
Christopher Columbus
China had ships that found North America in 1421
The code of honor that knights are expected to live by, includes courage, honor, justice, and protecting the weak.
Chivalry
Who is the leader of the Catholic Church?
What was the name for the series of religious wars from 1096-1295 that this leader called for?
Which side won these religious wars?
The Pope
The Crusades
The Muslims defeated the Christians by the end of the Crusades
Around how many people were killed by the Black Plague?
25-200 million
Before the 1500-1600s AD, people believed that our solar system followed the Geocentric Theory, which stated that all of the planets orbited around the ____________.
Earth
Which European country had explorers sail around Africa and conquered the modern day country of Brazil?
Portugal
What is the language the Romans spoke that became the basis for the "Romance languages" today?
List three other languages that are "Roman languages".
Bonus 100: In Europe, if a language is not a "Romance language", then it is likely a __________.
Latin
Romance Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Romanian
Germanic Languages: (German, Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Russian, Norwegian)
In 1054, the Christian Church split into two different groups, one group in Western Europe and the other in Eastern Europe. What were these two Christian groups called?
Catholic and Orthodox
Who or what did the Europeans at the time think was responsible for the Black Plague?
Punishment from God for their sins, or the Jews
Who were the 2 astronomers that pushed for the Heliocentric Theory of the solar system and were very disliked by the Christian Church?
Nicolas Copernicus is also acceptable
Galileo Galilei
The Spanish conquistador who conquered modern day Mexico was named _____________ and the native people he conquered were called the ______________.
Hernan Cortez
Aztecs
Name 5 different social classes that existed during the Middle Ages.
Kings
Priests & Lords/Nobles
Knights & Minor Lords/Nobles
Peasants & Serfs
In 1517-1648 AD, the Christian Church split up for a 2nd time. What two religions were part of this split and what was the name of the monk that caused it?
Catholic and Protestant
Martin Luther
How did the Black Plague spread so quickly across Europe? (3 answers)
Spread by fleas, which were carried by rats
Spread across land and sea trade routes
Eventually became an airborne virus
Europe was full of cities and people, which helped germs and disease spread quickly.
What were the two most influential inventions of the Renaissance?
Why were they so important?
Printing Press - Allowed many books to be made, lots more knowledge could be taught to more people.
Gunpowder - Weapons required little skill to use, armor was not as useful, cannons could destroy walls and castles.
What were the European countries such as Spain, Portugal, France, and Britain trying to find when they sent explorers to sail across the Atlantic Ocean?
A sea route to China and India, which had trade goods such as silks and spices that Europe didn't have.