Birds That Rhyme with Smidgen (2X)
This Mountain in Japan, famed in various pictures and drawings, is actually an active Volcano.
What is Mt. Fuji?
This was Rome's first Emperor, and one of your first Vocabulary words!
Who is Augustus?
A period of time where disease runs rampant through a society or civilization.
What is a plague?
This invention from China allowed for various artworks and the written word to develop at a faster rate, and is still widely used to this day.
What is paper?
Salt was traded for gold in this specific ratio.
X:X
Oz for Oz / 1:1
These wealthy Italian city states are where the Renaissance first started.
Florence & Venice
This code of Honor was followed by Samurai in Medieval Japan.
What is the Bushido Code?
This combination of materials were used to create Roman Concrete, an invention that allows ancient Roman structures to be seen to this day!
Water, Ash, Limestone
The understanding and knowledge of Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, and other microbes, and their ability to cause illness, is known as...
What is Germ Theory?
This Chinese invention changed the way wars were fought, an invention that is still used in wars to this very day.
What is Gunpowder?
Salt mines were primarily found in this "compass" region of Africa.
What is West Africa?
This wealthy family of Bankers funded the arts and are hailed for supporting the start of the Renaissance.
Who are the Medici?
In Feudal Europe, Knights followed this warrior code, that guided noblemen towards being respectful and well behaved subjects of Honor.
What is Chivalry?
These large bridge like structures allowed for water to be transported into Rome from long distances away!
What are Aqueducts?
These creatures were responsible for transmitting and carrying the Plague known as the "Black Death."
What is the Flea?
What aspect of Japan's terrain made land extremely valuable, and farming extremely difficult?
What are Mountains?
These oral historians tell the stories of previous generations through Song & Dance.
What are Griots?
This Individual is famed for his artistry and development of the dome atop the Florence Cathedral.
Who is Filippo Brunelleschi?
King John signed this document at the location of Runnymede. It was amongst the first documents to hold a king or ruling class to the same laws as their subjects.
What is Magna Carta?
What is Minting?
The Black Plague is known historically and Medically as the Bubonic plague, named after the Buboes it would cause. However, it was not the only plague at the time. This Plague took place during the same time, but was a far more lethal airborne variant... also named after a symptom it caused in its victims.
What was the Pneumonic Plague?
This nation managed to capture China, but failed to conquer Japan.
Who were the Mongolians?
This colorful cloth was typically worn by African Royalty and Tribal leaders.
What is Kente Cloth?
This art style uses mathematically guided lines to created three dimensional depth in a flat painting.
What is Linear Perspective?
This Muslim day of celebration limits eating from Sunrise to Sunset for 30 days... satisfying the pillar of "fasting" in the Islamic Faith.
What is Ramadan?
From Augustus' rule, to about 180 A.D. Roman experienced this long era of peace.
What is Pax Romana?
This Bacteria was responsible for causing the Black Plague.
What is Yersinia Pestis?
Japan suffers from this extreme Atlantic storm. Its power even inspired the name of specific Samurai.
What is a typhoon?
This individual made his Pilgrimage to Mecca, spreading wealth to such a high degree that he unintentionally created numerous inflation events.
Who is Mansa Musa?
Following the Black Plague, people started to focus on their present lives, rather than focusing on the afterlife. A process also known by this name...
What is Secular?