Genghis Khan
What was the most important animal to the Mongols?
Horses
How did the Silk Road transport the Black Death?
The disease travelled along trade routes from China and India to Europe
What tax helped cause the Peasants' Revolt?
Poll Tax
What do you call a journey to a holy place?
A pilgrimage
Who was Mansa Musa?
A Malian emperor who is often said to be the richest man who ever lived
What does Genghis Khan mean?
Universal Rulers
Why did people use public baths once the Black Death had entered their town/village?
They had no understanding of how diseases spread as germs had not been discovered
What disease was a long term cause of the Peasants' Revolt?
Black Death
What is social history?
The study of how people lived their daily life in the past
What two cities did Mansa Musa take on the way back from his Hajj?
Gao and Timbuktu
What is a nomad?
Someone that doesn't live in the same place all year round
If a peasant inherited land after a noble family died, what could they stop doing?
Farming land, paying rent, giving their profit to the nobility
Who was king during the Peasants' Revolt?
Richard II
How were medieval women expected to behave?
Quiet and motherly
What is the Hajj?
A pilgrimage to Mecca
What was the name of the law code introduced by Genghis Khan
The Yasa
Why did the Black Death not completely change the Medieval World
The feudal system still remained despite peasants having more power
Arrested and then executed
What is special about the Book of Margery Kempe?
It is the first autobiography written in English
Catalan Atlas
What was Genghis Khan's view on the religion of the people in his empire?
They could worship whatever they liked provided that they obeyed the khan
What problems did the Black Death cause the nobility? (Choose three)
- The amount of people to farm the land decreased
- As the amount of people descreased, the nobles could not collect as many taxes
- The nobility had to increase wages so they could keep peasants working for them
What was a result of the Peasants' Revolt?
The Poll Tax was never again used in the Middle Ages
What was the Hanseatic League?
An alliance of towns who traded with eachother
What does the story of how Mansa Musa became emperor reveal to us about medieval Mali?
It was ambitious, wealthy and had rules about who could be king