Crusades
Golden Age
Yuan Dynasty
Silk Road/ Feudalism
Miscellaneous
100
Describe the events in the Fourth Crusade.
The Christians of Europe turned their backs on the Byzantine empire. Instead of helping them regain and take back the city of Jerusalem, the Christians attacked the Byzantine capital, Constantinople.
100
List and describe two ways in which Muslims improved medicine.
Muslim pharmacists began to develop many medications, they developed hospitals, and they began to use surgery.
100
What is Feudalism?
Feudalism is a system of promises and loyalty.
100
List and describe two ways in which Muslims improved medicine.
Muslim pharmacists began to develop many medications, they developed hospitals, and they began to use surgery.
200
What are the Crusades?
A series of holy wars that were fought between the Christians of Europe, along with the help of the Byzantine Empire, against the Ottoman Turks of the Middle East.
200
List and describe two ways in which Muslims improved geography and navigation.
The Muslims figured out the Earth was not flat and calculated its circumference. They created accurate maps of the world, which would help out future explorers such as Christopher Columbus.
200
What type of people were the Mongols and why were they forced to live this way?
The Mongols were nomads. They were forced to live this way because their homeland was very cold which meant that they did not have fertile soil. They moved from place to place to find fertile land.
200
What is the fourth social class for Feudalism? What is their role?
The fourth social class is the peasants. Their role is to work the land or produce the food and they live on the manor.
200
What is the plaque and how did it spread?
The plaque was also known at the Black Death. It was a disease that started in Asia and spread to Europe along the Silk Road that killed thousands of people.
300
Explain why the First Crusade was a success but also a failure for the Christians.
The Christians regained power of Jerusalem but many of their people were killed along the way because their expedition was badly organized. Many were not properly equipped and people starved to death.
300
List and describe two ways in which Muslims improved mathematics.
They wrote a textbook on algebra, came up with Arabic numerals, and the concept of zero.
300
How long to Kublai Khan rule the Yuan Dynasty?
He ruled for more than 30 years.
300
What is the purpose of the Silk Road?
For trading goods and new ideas.
300
What does an open door policy mean?
An open door policy is when an area trades with others and allows foreigners into their area. They also allow their people to leave their territory.
400
What are two causes to the Crusades that lasted from 1095-1291?
1. The Ottoman Turks took the city of Jerusalem in 1095 and murdered many Christians on their pilgrimage to Jerusalem. 2. The Ottoman Turks were making advances in the east and were threatening Constantinople, so the Christians asked the Pope for help.
400
List and describe two ways in which Muslims made astronomy better.
The Muslims made advances in the astrolabe and the compass. They used these instruments to locate the direction of Mecca.
400
Did the Yuan Dynasty use an open door policy or a closed door policy?
Open door policy
400
What is the first social class for Feudalism? What is their role?
The first social class is the Monarchs. Their role is to own all the land and hand out fiefs (land grants) to the lords.
400
What is the Magna Carta?
The Magna Carta is a document that was signed by King John of England in 1215. Because of this document the power of the King is weakened and more power is given to the people. This document had an influence on the United State's Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution. This document also led to England becoming a unified state.
500
What are the two effects of the Crusades?
1. It hurt feudalism because lords were forced to sell manors to raise money for royal families to grow powder. 2. Western Europe was opened to new ideas from the east in such things as science, math, inventions, art, architecture, tools, etc which begins the Renaissance in Europe.
500
What is the Golden Age?
A time period in the Middle East when new inventions and ideas were being developed (modernizing).
500
Who developed the Yuan Dynasty?
Kublai Khan
500
What is the purpose of Feudalism?
The purpose of feudalism is to protect the people.
500
What is cultural diffusion?
The spreading of cultural elements from one culture to another.
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