The Khan-queror
When in Rome
Medieval Times
Fate of the Caliphate
Miscellaneous
100

What was the most important animal to the Mongol way of life?

The horse 

100

What Roman emperor moved the capitol to modern day Istanbul (aka Constantinople) 

Constantine 

100

What event officially begins the Medieval Ages? 

The fall of Rome

100

Who is the founder of Islam?

The Prophet Muhammad 

100

What was the largest empire in all of history?

The Mongol Empire

200

What station in the tribe did Yesugei (Genghis's father) have before he was poisoned?

Kahn 

200

What is the colloquial name of the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of Rome? 

The Byzantines 

200

What class of people were at the bottom of society in feudal Europe? 

Serfs

200

What is the name for the time period between the 8th and 13th century in the Islamic Caliphate? (hint: not all that glitters is _______")

The Golden Age of Islam

200

When did the Bubonic plague officially disappear? 

It Never did (don't pet chipmunks they can carry it)

300

What does the Name Genghis Kahn mean?

Universal Ruler

300

What is the name of this famous former church in Constantinople?


Hagia Sophia  

300

What was the primary way that the black plague was transmitted throughout Medieval Europe? 

Through flea bites

300

What is Al Khwarizmi partially credited with inventing? 

Algebra 

300

What is the name of this actor who played the Mongolian Genghis Kahn in the 1956 movie titled "The Conqueror"  

Who is John Wayne

400

How were the nomadic Mongols able to successfully lay siege upon walled cities?

They enlisted enemy engineers to use siege weapons like trebuchets. 

400

What was the most common language spoken in the Byzantine Empire?

Greek

400

After the Great Schism, what type of Christianity did the Byzantines adopt?  

Eastern Orthodoxy 

400

What is the name of the numbers that scholars in the Islamic Caliphate invented? (hint: we still use them...1,2,3)

Arabic Numerals 

400

What is my favorite invention from the Islamic caliphate? (hint: it proved that light moves in straight lines)

Camera Obscura 

500

What is Genghis Kahn's real name?

Temujin 

500

What year did Rome fall to the Visigoths? 

476 AD

500

What war between France and England is considered to lead to the end of Feudalism? 

The Hundred Years war

500

What group of people end the Islamic Caliphate by invasion?

The Seljuk Turks 

500

What is the term used to describe the separation between the eastern orthodox and catholic church in 1054 AD? 

The Great Schism 

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