World Seven Wonders
This wall in China is over 13,000 miles long.
What is the Great Wall of China?
Christianity began under the rule of this powerful ancient empire.
What is the Roman Empire?
European exploration is often explained using these "Three G's."
What are God, Gold, and Glory?
The Renaissance began in this European country.
What is Italy?
This person usually stood at the top of the political hierarchy in a medieval European kingdom.
Who is the king or monarch?
Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, this is the only one still standing today.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Prayer, charity, fasting, faith, and pilgrimage are collectively known as these.
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
Portuguese control of strategic ports allowed Portugal to influence trade across this major body of water.
What is the Indian Ocean?
I painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, but I was also interested in science, anatomy, and inventions.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This institution was one of the most influential forces in medieval European life.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
Christ the Redeemer overlooks the city of Rio de Janeiro in this country.
What is Brazil?
A Jewish house of worship is called this.
What is a synagogue?
Name ONE crop from the Americas that spread to Europe, Africa, or Asia.
Examples include corn/maize, potatoes, tomatoes, cacao, or tobacco.
I broke with the Roman Catholic Church after the pope refused to annul my marriage.
Who is Henry VIII?
England and France fought this lengthy series of conflicts beginning in the 1300s.
What is the Hundred Years' War?
The Taj Mahal is famous for being built primarily from what material?
What is white marble?
This belief describes the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
What is reincarnation?
This term describes the movement of plants, animals, diseases, people, and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The religious groups that emerged from the Reformation became collectively known by this name.
What are Protestants?
This deadly pandemic devastated Europe's population during the 1300s.
What is the Black Death?
I am an ancient city built high in the mountains. The Inca built me without modern construction equipment. What am I?
Machu Picchu
These teachings explain suffering, its causes, and how it can be overcome.
What are the Four Noble Truths?
Explain one-way European expansion changed existing African or Asian trade networks.
European powers established coastal trading posts, attempted to control important ports and sea routes, and connected existing regional trade networks more directly to expanding global markets.
This German monk challenged practices of the Catholic Church and helped launch the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
As medieval towns grew, increased trade contributed to the growth of this social class.
What is the merchant/middle class?