Places & Empires
This huge empire was started by Genghis Khan and became the largest connected empire ever.
What is the Mongol Empire?
This was a famous network of paths used by traders to bring silk and spices from Asia to Europe.
What was teh Silk road
This explosive powder was invented in China and changed how people fought wars.
What is gunpowder?
These medieval European warriors wore heavy metal armor and rode horses into battle.
Who are knights?
This famous strategic board game about kings and queens was brought from India and spread across the medieval world.
What is chess?
This African kingdom became super famous because its king, Mansa Musa, had tons of gold.
What is the Mali Empire?
This Italian traveler went all the way to China, stayed for years, and wrote a book about it.
What is Marco Polo?
This huge library in Baghdad was a place where world scientists met to share ideas.
What is the House of Wisdom?
This was the most common job in the Middle Ages, where people worked the land to grow food for their lords.
What is a farmer (or peasant)?
Invented in China, these paper items were originally used for games and tricks before spreading to Europe.
What is playing cards?
This was the Eastern half of the old Roman Empire, and its capital was Constantinople.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
This Muslim explorer traveled over 73,000 miles to visit almost the whole medieval world.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
This handheld tool helped sailors look at the stars to find their way home.
What is the astrolabe?
This type of colorful glass window was used to tell stories to people in medieval churches who couldn't read.
What is stained glass?
These huge, outdoor events brought traders, performers, and games to medieval towns once or twice a year.
What are fairs?
This famous group of people built their capital city right on an island in a lake in Mexico.
What is the Aztec Empire?
Traders sailed across this ocean using special winds to swap goods between Africa and Asia.
What is the Indian Ocean?
A Persian doctor wrote a massive textbook about this subject that doctors used for hundreds of years.
What is medicine?
This sport, where two knights on horses rode at each other with long wooden poles, was a favorite medieval entertainment.
What is jousting?
This popular target sport used a bow and arrow and was practiced by everyone from peasants to kings.
What is Archery?
This empire is called the "Golden Age of India" because it made great discoveries in math.
What is teh Gupta Empire?
This Chinese admiral led a giant fleet of massive "treasure ships" across the ocean.
Who is Zheng He?
This easy alphabet was made by a Korean king so regular citizens could learn to read.
What is Hangul?
These traveling poets and musicians went from castle to castle singing songs and telling stories.
Who are troubadours?
This strategic board game, where players try to surround each other's pieces with stones, was very popular in medieval Japan and China.
What is Go?