The Medici's
The Plague
The Silk Road
The Crusades
Mixed Bag
100
The city where the Medici family ruled.
What is Florence?
100
The name of the most common variant of the plague. It was spread by rats.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
100
He traveled the silk road and wrote a book about it.
Who is Marco Polo?
100
To be considered a true crusade, it must be announced by him.
Who is the Pope?
100
When people move from rural areas to the city.
What is urbanization?
200
He finished the free standing dome in Florence.
Who is Boccacio?
200
The sores that appeared on the body that could be as large as an apple.
What are Buboes?
200
They preserved most of the greek and roman ideas and invented new forms of algebra.
What is the Islamic Empire?
200
These people made up the majority of the crusaders.
Who are the peasants?
200
The class system that existed in the middle ages.
What is feudalism?
300
He was a young sculptor who came to live with the Medici family at an early age.
Who is Michaelangelo?
300
He wrote about the plague, thinking that it came from the Land of Darkness and was a form of punishment.
Who is Ibin Al Wardi?
300
These were the most important trade items of the time.
What are silk and spices?
300
These were what the pope said that you could earn by completing the a crusade.
What is an indulgence?
300
A small group of people having control over the governance of an area.
What is an oligarchy?
400
He painted pagan images of the goddess Venus (and many others) with support from the Medici family.
Who is Botticcelli?
400
These were rules created to help stop the spread of the black death including banning people from leaving or entering the area.
What are The Ordinances of Pistoa?
400
This place benefited greatly from the trade along the silk road. They were perfectly placed near water and land trade routes.
What is Italy?
400
This is the reason that people need at least one indulgence to be able to avoid being stuck in purgatory.
What is Original Sin?
400
This is a person who funds artists and their work.
What is a Patron of the Arts?
500
This was the system that the Medici family used to create their rule. They were interacting with the poor and it was much like the mafia today.
What are the "friends of friends"?
500
The plague that was spread by breathing and killed you in only 2 days.
What is the pneumatic plague?
500
They were a group of nomadic warriors who protected the Silk Road and prospered greatly because of it.
What are the Mongolians?
500
This crusade sold many children into slavery
What is the Children's Crusade?
500
The people who run the church, including the pope.
What is the Papacy
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