Unit 8: Feudalism
What disease killed over 24 million people in Europe during the Middle Ages?
The Black Death (Bubonic Plague)
What resource was as valuable as salt and was found in the desert?
Gold
What is the name given to a time period of Chinese history where one family controls the country?
dynasty
What was the name of the city built with Chinampas by the Aztecs?
Tenochtitlan
How can you tell Renaissance art apart from Classical Art?
Light v. dark, perspective, emotion, etc.
What are the four levels of the feudal pyramid?
Peasant, Knight, Lord, Monarch
What was unique about trading with the Wangarans?
Silent bartering (banging on drums)
What was the name of the native religion in Japan?
Shinto
Which civilization in Central America lasted from c.2000 B.C.E. – 1500 C.E. and developed their own number system with a symbol for zero?
Maya
Geocentric or Heliocentric theory believes that Earth is the center of the universe?
Geocentric
Who heard voices from God and led the French to victory against the English in the Hundred Years War?
Joan of Arc
What resource is found in the African city of Taghaza? The villagers relied entirely on trade to survive.
Salt
What is the name of the fancy pottery that China made and sold for profit to Europeans?
Porcelain
What was the title for the head of Incan society?
Sapa Inca
Which monarch allowed Sir Frances Drake to steal from Spanish ships?
Queen Elizabeth I
Name two defensive features of castles.
Moat, Palisade Wall, Battlements, Murder Holes, Parapets, etc.
What were two of the advances Arabs made in the field of medicine?
First hospitals, antiseptics, drugs to sleep during surgery, separate wards, etc.
Name the type of government where officials help rule and they have proven themselves by passing civil service examinations.
meritocracy
What are two farming techniques of the Aztecs, Maya, and Inca?
Slash-and-burn, terrace, Chinampas
Dante Alighieri wrote in the vernacular. What does vernacular mean?
The common language
Who was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III in 800 C.E., also laid the foundations to Feudalism?
Charlemagne
What was the name of the city that Muslims should make a pilgrimage to once in their lifetime?
Mecca
Lady Murasaki was the most famous Japanese writer in the Heian period. What is the name of her famous novel?
Tale of Genji
Which two conquistadors conquered the Aztecs, Maya, and Inca?
Cortes and Pizarro
What is the name of the instrument that measures changes in atmospheric pressure?
Barometer