Historical Connections
A major schism in the Catholic Church that occurred during the rule of the Ming Dynasty in China
What is the Reformation?
Medieval European King who conquered most of Western Europe around 800 CE.
Who is Charlemagne?
What is Colombia?
A colonial region with harsh winters and poor, rocky soil.
What is New England?
The last two states admitted to the Union.
What are Alaska and Hawaii?
The Imperial Dynasty that ruled China at the time of the Black Death.
What is the Yuan Dynasty.
The social and political system that was dominant in Europe during the Middle Ages.
What is Feudalism?
A medical facility first developed by medieval Muslim Empires.
What is a hospital?
The main pull factor drawing people the Southern and Middle Atlantic colonies.
What is economic opportunity?
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
Who is Bill Clinton?
A major European city that was conquered around the time the printing press was invented
What is Constantinople.
A major disease pandemic that affected Europe in the 1300s.
What is the Black Death?
A device for navigation first developed in Medieval China.
What is the compass?
What are the colonies in the Middle Colonial Region.
What are New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and Delaware
What are Massachusetts (Maine) and Virginia (West Virginia).
Empire that ruled most of Europe at the time that Trans Saharnan trade first became possible.
What is the Roman Empire?
The country in Europe where the Renaissance began.
What is Italy?
A common type of government developed by Enlightenment thinkers in which elections are held to choose the people who make and enforce laws.
What is Representative Democracy?
The month that the Mayflower arrived in the Americas.
What is November?
The second largest U.S. state.
What is Texas?
The Empire that ruled Jerusalem at the time that the Prophet Muhammad founded Islam.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
A series of Medieval religious conflicts that led to increased trade and cultural diffusion in Europe.
What are the Crusades?
A boardgame that arrived in Europe following the Crusades.
What is Chess?
The two main industries of the Middle Colonies.
What are farming and mining?
The U.S. state with the least populated capital city.
What is Vermont?