Islam
Feudalism
Crusades and Black Death
Renaissance
Age of Exploration
Enlightenment and Reformation
100
The number of gods that Muslims believe in.
What is 1?
100
What group A owed to group B in the feudal class pyramid.
What is land in the form of fiefs, and protection.
100
Which of the following was one of the effects of the Black Death?
A. Fewer workers meant that landowners had to pay workers more, weakening feudalism.
B. Fewer workers meant that landowners controlled workers even more, strengthening feudalism.
C. Advancement of scientific and medical knowledge.
D. Increased agricultural productivity.
What is A, Fewer workers meant that landowners had to pay workers more, weakening feudalism.
100
The Renaissance started in Italy instead of somewhere else in Europe because:
A. Italy was more urban and wealthy than the rest of Europe.
B. Italy was less violent than the rest of Europe.
C. Italy had not been as affected by the Black Death.
D. Italy was less Catholic than the rest of Europe.
What is A, Italy was more urban and wealthy than the rest of Europe.
100
The role of European monarchies in the age of Exploration.
A. They traveled during exploration themselves.
B. They funded and sponsored exploration.
C. They discouraged exploration.
D. They profited from the exploration, but weren't directly involved.
What is B, they funded and sponsored exploration?
100
Which country did not have a large Protestant presence after the Reformation?
What is Spain (or Italy)?
200
The final prophet of Islam, and the leader of the early Islamic State.
Who is Muhammad?
200
This group (labeled D) provides work for knights and nobles (labeled C) in return for labor.
Who were peasants/serfs?
200
A disease that killed over 50% of the population of Europe during the 1300's.
What is the Black Death?
200
Related to worldly things, the opposite of religious.
A. humanism
B. secular
C. Age of Exploration
D. Medieval
What is B, secular?
200
This advancement made by Greeks helped Europeans start overseas exploration, many years after it was first created.
A. Astrolabe
B. Compass
C. Triangular sails
D. Ptolemy's map
What is D, Ptolemy's maps?
200
Why were the 1700's in Europe known as the "Age of Enlightenment"?
A. People were using reason as a "light" to show truth.
B. People were using religious belief as a "light" to show truth.
C. New inventions in lighting allowed people to work longer days.
D. European monarchs had absolute power.
What is A, People were using reason as a "light" to show truth.
300
The main source of guidance and teachings for Muslims.
What is the Quran.
300
This group provided schools, hospitals, and spiritual guidance to people. However, they did not stop serfs from being exploited by feudalism.
What is the Catholic Church?
Or just "The Church"
300
A series of wars fought between the Christian nations of Europe and Muslims over the Holy Land.
What were the Crusades?
300
An understanding of the world that places importance on the individual and human society.
What is humanism?
300
Why Europeans wanted to find a water route to Asia.
The overland route was longer and more dangerous (because the Mongols lost power).
300
During the Renaissance, some people were upset with the Catholic Church because they thought it was too concerned with this.
What is money?
400
The rules and instructions that guide Muslim life.
What are the 5 Pillars of Islam?
400
These groups eventually settled and became the first kingdoms of Europe in the Middle Ages.
Who are/were barbarians?
Franks, Celts, Vandals, etc.
400
Europe gained new _________________ and _________ _________ from Asia.
What are knowledge and trade goods?
400
An artistic technique that allowed artists to add dimension and depth to their art.
What is perspective?
400
The key idea behind the concept of mercantilism is that countries:
A. Wanted to import more goods.
B. No longer needed entrepreneurs.
C. Did not need colonies
D. Wanted to export more goods.
What is D, Wanted to export more goods?
400
To unite their Kingdom, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain did this (has to do with religion).
They required their subjects to practice Catholicism.
500
The holiest city in Islam, and the location of the Kabba.
What is Mecca?
500
This document has ideas similar to those of the founding U.S. documents, such as placing limits on the power of the central government.
What is the Magna Carta?
This is something we didn't get a chance to talk about in class.
500
This Christian city was looted by Crusaders on their way to the Crusades.
What is Constantinople?
500
This invention by Gutenberg was important during the Renaissance to allow ideas and books to become more available to people.
What is the printing press?
500
The first person (or at least, his crew) to sail all the way around the world.
Who is Magellan?
500
Martin Luther's 95 Theses included the following:
21. Therefore those [supporters] of indulgences are in error, who say that by the pope's indulgences a man is freed from every penalty...
36. Every truly repentant Christian has a right to full remission of penalty [forgiveness] and guilt, even without letters of pardon.
Summarize Luther's position.
Christians can be forgiven without indulgences.
600
The leaders of Italian city-states during the Renaissance.
What are merchants?
600
The European realization that they needed to use mathematics and experiments to made advances.
What is the Scientific Revolution?