Crusades
Golden Age
Yuan Dynasty
Silk Road/Feudalism
Miscellaneous
100
What are the Crusades?
A series of holy wars fought between Muslims and Christians.
100
What is the Golden age?
A time period in the Middle East when new ideas and inventions were being developed.
100
What were Mongols called?
Nomads
100
What is the Silk Road?
It is a trade route.
100
What is the Magna Carta? Where was it made?
The Magna Carta is a charter. It was signed in the modern day country of England.
200
Why was the First crusade a success and a failure?
The Christians regained power of Jerusalem, many were killed and was badly organized.
200
What two ways were geography and navigation improved?
The Muslims figured out the earth was not flat, and they created accurate world maps.
200
Who unified the mongols and how?
Genghis Kahn unified them, he dot it by taking members of different tribes and putting them into units to insure loyalty.
200
What is the purpose of Feudalism?
Feudalism was used to protect that people of Western Europe.
200
Who signed the Magna Carta and in what year was it signed?
King John signed it in 1215
300
During the fourth crusade, the Christians destroyed Constantinople, what did this lead to?
After Constantinople was destroyed, the Ottoman Turks eventually conquered it in 1453
300
What four subjects did Muslims improve?
Mathematics, Geography, Navigation, and Medication
300
How did the Yuan dynasty government change?
Kublai Kahn got rid of the civil service exam and appointed mongols to be government officials
300
What were the four feudalism social classes?
1) Monarch 2) Nobles 3) Knights 4) Peasants
300
Name two historical events that the Magna Carta had.
It had influenced the Declaration of Independence of the U.S and the American Revolution.
400
What were the major events of the third and second crusades?
The Turks conquered the city of Edessa. The Christians launched the second crusade, the were defeated. Saladin conquered Jerusalem in 1187, so King Richard led the third crusade. Saladin and King Richard made a truce that they could pilgrimage to Jerusalem without having to pay tribute.
400
Which two explorers were helped out by the Muslims in geography?
Christopher Columbus and Vasco de Gama.
400
What type of society did the Yuan dynasty have?
Open door society
400
What were the jobs of the social classes?
Monarch; owns all the land & hands out fiefs Nobles; set up manors & hire knights to protect people Knights; provide protection in exchange for food Peasants; work the land, make food & tools
400
What type of nickname did the Ming Dynasty have?
Red turbans
500
Name two effects of the crusades
It hurt feudalism because lords were forced to sell their manors to raise money, and royal families began to grow power. Another effect was Western Europe was popular to new ideas from the east, such as science, math, art, architecture, tools, etc.
500
In the Golden Age, many ideas were also being spread. What is this called?
Cultural Diffusion
500
What society was the Yuan dynasty?
Closed door
500
What was the reason why Europe made feudalism?
The Germanic invasions
500
Which dynasty had a closed door society?
The Ming dynasty.
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