Middle Ages
What were the series of holy wars fought between Christians and Muslims called?
The Crusades
What modern-day country did the Mongolian Empire originate from?
Mongolia
In what year did the Black Death begin in Europe?
AD 1347
Which European first discovered the Americas during the Age of Exploration?
Chirstopher Columbus
Who was the true ruler during the Shogunate period in Japan?
Shogun
What was the political and social hierarchy called during the Middle Ages?
The Feudal system
What was the name of the first leader of the Mongolian Empire?
Ghengis Khan
Where did the Black Death originate?
Which two civilisations blocked trade between Western Europe and Asia?
(One of the causes of the Age of Discovery)
The Venetian monopoly and the Ottoman Empire
Who was at the bottom of the social ladder in Feudal Japan?
Merchants
What was the economic system that people experienced in their day to day lives during the Middle Ages?
The Manor system
What was the name of the famous trade route that ran through the Mongolian empire into Europe?
The Silk Road
What was the scientific name of the bacteria that caused the Black Death?
Yersinia Pestis
Who was the first European to successfully reach Asia by sea?
Vasco De Gama
What was the name of the local Lords in the Japanese social hierarchy?
Daimyo
What was the name of the document that King John signed in AD 1215?
The Magna Carta
What was the name of the period of time during which the Mongolian Empire brought peace and security to the lands it controlled?
Pax Mongolica
What was the name of the European city that fell to the Black Plague first?
Caffa
What were the three American civilisation conquered by the Spanish?
Mayans, Aztecs and Incas
Identify one of the environmental policies under the Tokugawa government
Night soil collection, Planting willow trees on river banks, Terrace farming, Forest conservation
In what year was Charlemagne crowned emperor?
AD 800
What was the revolutionary Mongolian postal system called?
The Yamb system
What was the origin of the word quarantine?
Quaranta - Italian for forty. Forty days in isolation if you had the plague.
What was the name of the economic system imposed by the Spanish on the native Americans whereby they were forced to work for colonist overseers as slaves?
Encomienda
What were the names of the different time periods during Feudal Japan?
Heian, Kamakura, Ashikaga, Tokugawa