World Religions
This is the local Muslim place of worship.
What is a mosque?
These were the two stages of preparation a young man underwent to become a knight.
What are page and squire?
These Japanese warriors followed the code of Bushido.
Who are samurai?
This period of change in Europe from the 14th to 16th century means “rebirth.”
What is the Renaissance?
These brothers made the first successful airplane flight in 1903.
Who are Orville and Wilbur Wright?
This is the name of the holy book of Islam.
What is the Qur’an?
These were the three classes of members within each craft guild in Medieval Europe.
What are apprentices, journeymen, and masters?
This policy involves burning everything useful to the enemy.
What is the scorched-earth policy?
This movement protested corruption in the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century.
What is the Reformation?
This King of Scotland became known by the same name in England after assuming the throne, but as a first instead of sixth.
Who is King James I?
This man claimed to be the last and greatest of the prophets of Allah.
Who is Muhammad?
This was the punishment of being deprived of sacraments and excluded from the Roman Church.
What is excommunication?
This substance was the key ingredient in the Song dynasty’s military weapons.
What is gunpowder?
These were the names of the two churches formed by the Great Schism, and the region each belonged to.
What are the Roman Catholic Church in the West and the Eastern Orthodox Church in the East?
These two rulers came to the throne in a "bloodless" revolution.
Who are William III and Mary II?
These religious leaders were looked to by Native American Indians.
Who are shamans or medicine men (or women)?
These terms describe members of the Roman Catholic Church: one for the church leaders, the other for the congregation.
Who are the clergy and the laity?
This man crowned himself Emperor of France.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This man is considered the founder of the Methodist Church.
Who is John Wesley?
This palace was built southwest of Paris by royal decree.
What is the Palace of Versailles?
This Aztec god's name meant "feathered serpent."
Who is Quetzalcoatl?
This was the unwritten military code followed by Japanese samurai warriors.
What is Bushido?
This was Korea's first ruling dynasty.
What is the Koryŏ dynasty?
This man was known as the "Morning Star of the Reformation" and was burned for translating the Bible.
Who is John Wycliffe?
These two authors, who share the same initials and first name, wrote many books that are still read today. One applied his evolutionary theory to humans in "The Descent of Man", the other was an English novelist who attacked social injustice in industrial society through vivid depictions.
Who are Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin?