Crusades
Golden age
Yuan dynasty
Silk Road/feudalism
Misc.
100
What are the crusades?
What is The crusades are a series of holy wars that were fought between the Christians of Europe, along with the help of the byzintine empire, and the Turks of the Middle East.
100
Explain what the golden age is.
What is The golden age is a time-period in the Middle East when new inventions and ideas were being developed (modernizing)
100
Who invented the Yuan Dynasty? How did he change the government?
What is Kublai Khan. He appointed Mongol's as government officials, he also got rid of the civil service exams.
100
Which empire was in the middle of the slik road?
What is the Byzintine Empire.
100
Who was fighting for Jerusalem?
What is the Muslims and Christians.
200
During the Forth Crusade the Christians destroyed Constantinople, which eventually led to what?
What is After Constantinople was destroyed during the forth crusade, the ottoman Turks eventually conquered it in 1453.
200
list and describe two ways the Muslims made astronomy better.
What is The Muslims made advances in the astrolabe and the compass. They used these instruments to locate the direction of Mecca.
200
In Kublai Khans economy what did he focus much of his attention towards?
What is The development of agriculture and water conservancy construction.
200
how was the Silk Road dangerous?
What is Because the sand storms and robers.
200
What was the military advantages that the Mongols had over China, Korea, and Japan?
What is The Mongols advantage were the bow and arrows, horses, and gunpowder.
300
Names two effects of the crusades.
What is 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 opened to new ideas from the east in such things as scienc, math, inventions, arts, architecture, tools, ect. Which begins the Renaissance in Europe.
300
List and describe two ways in which Muslims improved geography and navigation.
What is The Muslims figured out that the earth was not flat and calculated its circumference. They created accurate maps of the world, which would help future explorers such as Christopher Columbus.
300
Why did the Yuan dynasty begin to decline?
What is The power struggle within the ruling class became intense the yuan dynasty could not stop its declining of population.
300
Discuss The roles of Japan's feudal system. Also list two differences between Japan and europes feudal system.
What is The purpose of the Japanese feudal system is to protect its people. At the top of the feudal system is the emperor, which acts as the figurehead of Japan. Second is the Shogun and he hires the Diamyo. Third also over see the land. The samurai protect the people. The peasants produce the food or hunt for the food.
300
Constantinople was the capital of the byzintine empire. Why did Constantine choose this site?
What is Constantinople is surrounded by water on three different sides, which makes it easy to defend. It also is in the middle between Europe and Asia and many traders stop at this city on their journeys. This made it a popular and rich city. They had a sewer system, hospitals, and homes for the elderly.
400
What are two causes to the crusades?
What is One of the causes of the crusades was the Turks who took the city of Jerusalem in 1095 and murdered many Christians on their pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The other cause was the Turks were making advances in the east and were threatening Constantinople so they asked the pope for help.
400
List and describe two ways in which Muslims improved mathematics.
What is They wrote a textbook on algebra, came up with Arabic numerals, and the concept of zero.
400
How long did Kublai Khan rule for?
What is more than 30 years.
400
What is the Silk Road? What are some goods that came from Asia to Europe?
What is The Silk Road is interlinking trade routes between Asia, Europe, and Africa. It was used to pass along goods and ideas such as gunpowder, silk, paper, gold, and Christianity.
400
Europe was forced to do what after the Ottoman Turks took control of Constantinople?
What is Europe was forced to find new trade routes to Asia because they were afraid of crossing the Middle East. They thought the Turks would attack them if they entered their territory. Because of this, Europeans began exploring and finding new trade routes to Asia by sea instead of land.
500
What are the major events of the Second and Third Crusade and also tell their results?
What is The Turks conquered the city of Edessa so the Christians launched another crusade (the 2nd) but were badly defeated. Saladin (sultan of Egypt) conquered Jerusalem in 1187 so king Richard led the third crusade. At the end of the third crusade the Turks and the Christians came up with a truce. Saladin said Christians could pilgrimage to Jerusalem safely and also without having to pay tribute. The city of Jerusalem however, was completely under Muslim control.
500
List and describe two ways Muslims improved medicine.
What is Muslims pharmacists began to develop many medications, they developed hospitals, and began to use surgery.
500
Where in China was agriculture a problem?
What is the northern areas.
500
What is the purpose of feudalism? Also list each social class and the role that each of them had.
What is The purpose was to protect the people of Western Europe. Monarch owns all the land and hands out fiefs (land grants) to the lords, nobles then set up the manors and they are responsible for hiring the Knights to protect the land and also the peasants to work the land, Knights protect the people in exchange for food and a place to live, peasants work the land or produce the food and they live in manor.
500
Who was Marco polo and what was he famous for?
What is Marco Polo was a European explorer who traveled to Asia along the Silk Road. While he was in China he exchanged ideas with Kublai Khan. He is most famous for writing a book called "The Travels of Marco Polo". In the book he tells the people of Europe about all the things he saw in China (including inventions). Most of the people in Europe do not believe him.
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