Ancient History
Study of past societies through analysis of what people left behind.
Archaeology
Peasant farm workers tied to the land.
Serfs
Representing a person or thing in a way that is true to life.
Realism
What type of bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to help end WWII?
Bonus 100 points each for the name of the two bombs.
Atomic Bomb
Little Boy and Fat Man
Many wars during the Renaissance, Medeival period, and the Reformation were fought over what ideology?
Religion
What is the world's longest river at 4,160 miles?
The Nile
A disease spread by fleas on rats and is estimated to have killed 1/3 of the European population during the Middle Ages.
Black Death or Bubonic Plague
A technological method for printing using blocks of moveable type set on a mechanical press.
Gutenberg Press
During the start of WWI, Germany warned this Eastern country to demobilize, and when they didn't, war was declared on them.
Russia
A small, fast, maneuverable ship that had a large cargo hold and usually three masts with lateen sails.
Caravel
What is an ancient trading route across China and cross into Rome?
The Silk Road
Theology is best defined as:
The study of God and religious beliefs.
An inventor and artist, most famously known for the Mona Lisa.
Leonardo DaVinci
Was assassinated in 1914 and it triggered the beginning of WWI. (100 points for his title, 100 points for his first name, and 100 points for his last name)
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
A leader in the Spanish conquest of the Americas.
Conquistador
What is the fortified hilltop or citadel in a Greek city-state?
Acropolis
An exchange of land for loyalty and military aid became known as...
Feudalism
An English playwright, poet and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.
William Shakespeare
This treaty declared Germany responsible for WWI and forced them to pay France and other European countries reparations for the cost of the war.
Treaty of Versailles
More than 10,000,000 slaves in the early 16th century made the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean known as the ________ and was part of the __________.
(200 points for each correct answer=total 400)
Middle Passage/Atlantic Slave Trade
What was the social structure called in Ancient India?
The Caste System
Lower ranking lords that work for higher ranking lords or the king and often served in a military manner as knights are typically known as...
Vassals
Writing for an area that allowed the larger population to understand literature versus writing in latin, which meant that only scholars would have understood writings.
Vernacular
A type of trench warfare that relies on the "wearing down" of an opponent.
War of Attrition
Creator of the Universal Law of Gravitation.
Sir Isaac Newton