Rulers
Who started the Reconquista/Spanish Inqusition to ensure everyone in Spain was Catholic?
Hint- they also funded Columbus' exploration voyage
Ferdinand and Isabel
What religion was begun by Muhammad around 500 AD?
Islam
What were the Crusades?
A fight between Christians and Muslims over the holy land (Jerusalem)
What body of water separates England from France?
The English Channel
What were some positive impacts of the plague?
AKA Black Death
increase in wages due to a shortage of workers
weakened feudalism
food surplus
created a new middle class because people now had more money
Who was the first Holy Roman Emperor?
Charlemagne AKA Charles the Great
What is the great Schism?
The first split in Christianity. A group left the Catholic Church and formed the East Orthodox Church in the eastern part of the Roman Empire.
Fought for France and became a national symbol during the Hundred Year's War?
Joan of Arc
What is the name of the pennisula where Spain and Portugal are located?
Iberian Peninsula
How did the Black Plague arrive in Europe?
On trade ships, and carried by the fleas on rats
Who announced the Crusades?
Hint- a religious leader
Pope Urban II
What religion connects strongly to nature and was practiced primarily in Japan?
Shintoism
What brutal group conquered China and went on to create an empire carried on by the leader's grandson?
The Mongols
Leader- Genghis Khan
Grandson- Kublai Khan
What was the major overland trade route used during the middle ages?
Hint- it spanned from China to Europe
The Silk Road
What was a Shogun?
A military leader in Japan that had more power than the emperor.
Who conquered England by winning the Battle of Hastings?
William of Normandy
AKA William the Conquerer
What religion was founded by Siddhartha Gautama in India and is the primary religion in China?
Buddhism
How were the Spanish conquistadors able to so easily conquer the indigenous people of South and Central America?
They had weapons that the native people did not have. The Europeans also brought diseases that the Americans did not have immunity to.
Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
What did the Magna Carta change?
It stated that rulers (monarchs) were no longer above the law. They had to obey the laws and could be prosecuted for breaking laws.
Which very rich muslim king made a historic haji to Mecca?
Mansa Musa
Who was the Chinese philosopher that influenced government and family relationships in China during the middle ages?
Hint- the 5 relationships
Confucius
This empire, created by Mehmed the Conquerer, had the capital city of Constantinople renamed Istanbul.
The Ottoman Empire
What large desert was difficult to cross but had a major trade route that could lead you to Timbuktu?
Timbuktu means "where the camel meets the canoe"
The Sahara Desert
The Trans Saharan Trade Route
Who traveled from Europe (Italy) to China, worked for Kublai Khan, later writing a book about his adventures and sparking European interest Chinese goods?
Marco Polo