Unit 1
What was the name of the social hierarchy system during the middle ages?
Feudal System
Who was the "leader that never sleeps"?
Justinian
Who was the founder of Islam?
Muhammad
The Maya were from what geographical region?
MesoAmerica/Central America
The Renaissance was focused in which European country (shaped like a boot)?
Italy
The manorial system that was at the heart of the Feudal economy made manors what kind of communities
Self-Sufficient
How many years was Constantinople the captial of the Byzantine Empire
1123
In West Africa, what was worth the same as gold?
Salt
What two types of calendars were used by the Maya
Solar and Ritual
Martin Luther is famous for writing how many theses regarding Church issues?
95
The black death killed what percentage of Europe?
1/3
The Declaration of Independence
The Gold-Salt trade
What rituals did the Maya use to please their Gods?
Pierce themselves with stone knives
What piece of equipment revolutionized the way in which we receive and spread information?
Guttenberg printing press
What role was given almost solely to Jews during the Medieval period?
Lending money at interest
Why is Byzantine history compared to an accordian?
It would expand and collapse
After the death of Muhammad, Islam split into 2 factions, name those factions
Sunni and Shiite
Why did the Maya have to carry all their goods by hand?
They had no horses, donkeys or beasts of burden
The main difference between Lutheranism and Calvinism is pre...
Predestination
in 1215, King John signed the Magna Carta in England, committing himself to the idea that...
Monarchs were obliged to obey the law.
What are the 3 names used for the Capitol of the Byzantine Eempire
Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul
What was the name of the Maya ritual Calendar?
Tzolkin
Copernicus was known announcing a radical perspective about the universe. What was it called?
Heliocentric perspective