Mongol Empire
Who was the first to unite the Mongols?
Genghis Khan/Temujin
Which peninsula had converted to Islam by the time of Muhammed's death in 632?
The Arabian Peninsula
What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople
The action of buying and selling goods and services.
Trade
What is the national animal of Scotland?
A unicorn
At their height, the Mongols controlled a majority of which continent?
Asia
What Middle Eastern city was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate?
Baghdad, Iraq
Who was the most famous leader of the Byzantine Empire?
Justinian I
The trade route connecting China to the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
Which dinosaur supposedly hand the smallest brain?
Stegosaurus
What disease was largely responsible for the demise of the Mongol Empire?
The bubonic plague/Black Death
What are the two main branches of Islam?
Shia and Sunni
Refers to the destruction of icons and monuments.
Iconoclasm
When a bow or other weapon is made from more than one material, it is called this.
Composite
What mythical pet does Dumbledore have in his office in Harry Potter?
A phoenix
To control the empire, the Mongols split the empire into four of these.
Khanates
Accomplishments in mathematics, astronomy, and the Abbasid Caliphate were characteristic of this period of the Muslim Empire.
Golden Age of Islam
This was the principal church in the city of Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire. It became a mosque in the 1400s under the Ottomans.
The Hagia Sophia
A term for the leader of the Mongols
Khan
In Lord of the Rings, how many heroes are a part of the initial fellowship at the start of the series?
Nine
Established under Kublai Khan, this dynasty was the first in China to be controlled by a "foreign" power.
Yuan Dynasty
He was a famed Muslim explorer who documented his travels throughout the empire.
Ibn Battuta
What was the official religion/church of the Byzantine Empire?
Eastern Orthodoxy/Eastern Orthodox Church
People who wander to new pastures and settlements to support their livestock (traditionally speaking).
Nomads
How many US states DON'T have a known species of poisonous snake?
Four (Hawaii, Maine, Alaska, and Rhode Island)