In sub-Saharan Africa, beginning in the 700s, slaves began being traded. How did someone usually become a slave?
They were taken captive in a war.
100
Charlemagne established schools for
learning
100
Islamic holy book
Qu'ran
100
Japan's written language, religion, and government were based on ideas from China and __________.
Korea
200
One reason the ancient kingdoms in West Africa prospered was that they:
developed extensive trade in gold, ivory, and salt.
200
A poor farmer that was bound to the land on the manor
serf
200
Arabic word for "God"
Allah
200
They created a calendar, performed human sacrifices, and used pictographic writing/
Maya
200
Who was the ruler, or khan, who united the Mongol tribes?
Genghis
300
A method of farming used during the Middle Ages
three-field system
300
The Muslim Sunni and Shia split began with a disagreement over
choice of a leader (caliph)
300
If you violated rules of the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages, you could be
excommunicated
300
The religious type of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca.
polytheistic
300
The Ming Dynasty is known for its unique style in _______.
porcelain
400
This was the leader of Mali that showed the wealth of West Africa and eventually converted to Islam.
Mansa Musa
400
the charter that King John was forced to sign that said the king had to follow the law
Magna Carta
400
Muhammad was from
Mecca
400
The military leader in Japan that had the real power
shogun
400
Who conquered Constantinople in 1453?
Ottoman Turks
500
Land and home where the lord lived
manor
500
In the Muslim (Islamic) faith, the "People of the Book" are
Jews and Christians
500
The _________ __________ was a disease of the Middle Ages that was caused by fleas from rats.
Bubonic Plague (the "Black Death")
500
Once the Roman Empire was divided, the west declined, but the east became the __________ __________.
Byzantine Empire
500
The Roman Catholic Church (in the west) and the Eastern Orthodox Church (in the east) were the result of a split in the Christian faith. This split was called a _______.