Muslims observe this month of fasting each year to bring them closer to God.
What is Ramadan?
100
After the Fall of the Roman Empire, this institution stepped in to fill the hole left in European society.
What is the Church?
100
Crowned himself Holy Roman Emperor in 800 A.D. after helping spread Chrisitianity and literacy throughout his European kingdom.
Who is Charlemagne?
100
The goal of the Crusades was the recapture of this Middle Eastern city.
What is Jerusalem?
200
He founded the first Protestant religion after posting his 95 Theses in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517.
Who is Martin Luther?
200
Both Jews and Muslims practice this rite of initiation for baby boys into their religions.
What is circumcision?
200
This series of meetings over the span of nearly 20 years led the Catholic church to evaluate the behavior of the clergy and to get rid of indulgences as a way of silencing criticism of past behaviors.
What is the Council of Trent?
200
Led by St. Ignatius of Loyola, this group of clergymen were responsible for spreading the Catholic faith to other parts of the world such as South America.
Who are the Jesuits?
200
Joan of Arc was asked by Charles VII to step into the middle of the Hundred Years War, which was fought between these two countries.
What are England and France?
300
He left the Catholic Church to found the Anglican Church after the Pope refused him a divorce from one of six wives.
Who is Henry VIII?
300
The three branches of Christianity include Roman Catholic, Orthodox and this third branch.
What is Protestant?
300
The British made this promise in 1917, stating that the land in Palestine would be divided to provide a homeland for Jews in the future.
What is the Balfour Declaration?
300
Helped to save Roman law by using it to create a legal code that is the basis for Western law to this day.
Who is Justinian?
300
In 1095, this Pope was asked by the Byzantine Emperor Alexius to send Christian troops to get into the middle of the First Crusade... which the Christians later won.
Who is Urban II?
400
Believed in presdestination, or the idea that God had decided your fate before you were born.
Who is John Calvin?
400
Practicing Jews may follow a kosher diet which forbids the mixing of which two types of food at one meal?
What is meat and dairy?
400
This arrangement in Medieval Europe helped lords, vassals, knights and peasants to live together amicably... in theory anyways!
What is feudalism?
400
The Inquisition attempted to eliminate "non-believers" in the Christian church from Europe... they, including Joan of Arc, were better known by this term.
What is a heretic?
400
This Middle Eastern site is better known as the "Wailing Wall" to Jewish pilgrims, but was originally part of the Temple built to honor this important person in Jewish history.
Who is David?
500
The most prominent leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, known as a terrrorist before sitting down at the Oslo Accords in the 1990's.
Who is Yassir Arafat?
500
This symbol allowed Christians in the Roman Empire to meet in secret prior to Constantine's recognition of Christianity as the preferred religion in 312.
What is an icthus?
500
This agreement in 1555 stated that local rulers in Germany would be able to choose between Catholic and Protestant religion for their people.
What is the Peace of Augsburg?
500
The most important of the Christian humanists, he wrote "In Praise of Folly," a satire of the corruption that had arisen over time in Rome.
Who is Erasmus?
500
The first notable attempt at peace in the Middle East occured when this American president hosted Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menacham Begin at Camp David.