Medieval Kingdoms
in Europe
in Europe
This document was signed by King John in 1215. Its purpose was to limit the monarch's power, making it a staple to future government documents, such as the Constitution.
What is the Magna Carta?
These were military expeditions carried out by European Christians to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims.
What are the Crusades?
This was the capital city of the Incas.
What is Cuzco?
This war was fought between the U.S. and Spain over Cuba's independence.
What is the Spanish-American War?
Mr. Saunders graduated WCA in this year.
This political and social order prohibited royal governments to defend their subjects. Instead, a system was in place where a group offered another group either military service or rent in exchange for protection.
What is feudalism?
This period in time hurt the Church's power by having multiple popes at once in office.
What is the Great Schism?
By 1500, as many as four million people lived in this valley.
What is the valley of Mexico?
These two houses make up Congress in the legislative branch.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
This team from Texas is Mr. Saunders' favorite NFL team/sports team.
What are the Dallas Cowboys?
These two language groups merged into one, creating the English language.
What are the French and Anglo-Saxon?
This theologian reconciled Aristotle with the doctrines of Christianity and wrote Summa Theologica.
Who is Thomas Aquinas?
What is polytheistic?
This time period was a huge milestone for the U.S. that immensely improved the American economy. Events that happened were Thomas Edison's invention of the light bulb, laissez-faire economics, and the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
As of now, Mr. Saunders holds the school record for this field event at 114' 3".
What is discus?
This Christian conquest took place in Spain in rebellion against the Muslim control.
What is the Reconquista?
These two shrines were very popular in the High Middle Ages that contained the relics of Peter and Paul and the supposedly the site of the tomb of the apostle James.
What are Rome and Santiago de Compostela?
The Nazca culture appeared in southern Peru around this year.
What is 200 BC?
Later to become ghost towns, these towns were constructed during a time of rapid economic growth in the West after the Comstock Lode struck $400 million worth of silver in Virginia City, Nevada.
What are boomtowns?
One of his high school years, some might have forgotten that Mr. Saunders broke this in the hallway coming back from lunch.
What is a clock?
This name was given to the middle class during the revival of trade (they were also called burghers).
What is bourgeoisie?
This practice allowed secular rules to both choose nominees to church offices and give them the symbols of their office.
This pope fought against this practice in order to reform the papacy.
What is lay investiture?
Who is Pope Gregory VII?
This group abandoned their settlement because of a severe drought.
What are the Anasazi?
An amendment in 1789 regarding congressional pay raises that was eventually enacted in 1992 was proposed by this U.S. President.
Who is James Madison?
Before he became a substitute teacher, Mr. Saunders started his career as a content creator in 2023 focusing on Twitch streaming, being identified as this username.
Who is KingBarel?