Unit #1
The Fall of Rome and Medieval Europe
The Fall of Rome and Medieval Europe
Who made up the majority of people in the medieval village?
What are peasants?
What is the birthplace of Muhammad?
What is Mecca?
Where did the Renaissance begin?
What are Italian city-states?
Where did the Mayan live?
What is Mesoamerica?
Today Prince Henry is known as what?
What is Henry the Navigator?
What were most villages centered around?
What is a lord's manor?
Baghdad is located on the Tigris River where the ancient city of ____________ once stood.
What is Babylon?
What was Martin Luther's profession (job) after the storm?
What is a monk?
What crops did the Mayans grow?
What is corn, squash, beans?
Who was the captain that agreed to take on the risky voyage?
What is Gil Eanes?
True or false?
Life was easy for the peasants on a medieval manor.
What is false?
During their prayers (5 times a day) Muslims must face toward what?
What is Mecca?
When Luther questions some of the actions of the church, what does he write and post to the church door?
What is 95 Theses?
Which civilization did the Mayans learn from?
What is the Olmecs?
What is the name for the tip of Africa?
What is The Cape of Good Hope?
Which religion was practiced by the majority of the villagers?
What is Catholicism/Christianity?
The official language of the Muslim empire was _________________, which served as yet another method of unification.
What is Arabic?
How were books produced?
What is by hand?
True or False: The Mayan King believed he was related to the gods.
What is true?
Who successfully sailed from Portugal to Calcutta, India?
What is Da Gama?
What major historical event took place that led to the deaths of many villagers, the need for less crops and provided peasants the opportunity to request more wages?
What is the Bubonic Plague disease?
The Ghana empire was very rich due to what two products?
What is Salt and Gold?
What was one of the earliest printing techniques?
What is woodcuts?
Which century was considered the final collapse of the Mayan Civilization?
What is 11th century?
Which languages are most common?
What is English, Spanish, Portuguese?