Medieval Europe
The hierarchical system where there are peasants, knights, nobles/lords, and kings.
What is feudalism.
The middle eastern religion that believes Mohammad is a messenger of god
What is Islam?
The period of the Maya between 200 to 900 CE where achievements flourished.
What is the classic era?
The philosophy that people's worth is balanced with their faith in the power of the mind.
What is humanism?
The period of discovery that lasted from 1418 to 1620.
What is the age of exploration?
Sacred rites that were believed to help gain salvation.
What are sacraments.
The Ancient place of worship that all Muslims make a pilgrimage to.
What is Mecca?
The ceremonies that boys undergo at 12 and girls at 14 that involves confessing, cleansing with water, and reciting the rules of behavior.
What is the coming-of-age ceremony?
The city in Italy that accelerated the growth of the renaissance.
What is Florence?
The explorer who rounded the tip of Africa to get to India.
Who is Vasco Da Gama?
The wars that were fought to spread religions such as Christianity.
What are the crusades.
The first great West African empire
What is Ghana?
The capital city of the Aztec empire.
What is Tenochtitlan?
The scientist that created the theory that the planets revolve around the sun.
Who is Copernicus?
The shift in thinking to using modern science to gain knowledge about the world.
What is the scientific revolution?
Large churches headed by bishops that used several advanced building techniques.
What is a cathedral.
The trade that made Ghana considered one of the richest empires in the world.
What is the gold-salt trade?
The farming technique used by the Mayans to clear harvested land and add nutrients to the soil.
What is the slash and burn technique?
The monk that started the protestant reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
The scientist who discovered the laws of gravity along with other revolutionary theories.
Who is Issac Newton?
What is Thomas Aquinas
The system of trade used by the Wangarans to protect the location of their mines and trade gold.
What is silent trade?
The agricultural technique used by the Mayans to increase farming area and to farm on mountains.
What is terrace farming?
The practice of receiving money for promises of salvation.
What are indulgences?
The explorer who found the strait at the southern tip of South America.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan