Islam
Europe
Asia
Mongols
Africa
100

What is the religious book of Islam?

the Qu'ran

100

What is the name of the empire that came from the classical Roman empire and established Orthodox Christianity?

The Byzantine Empire

100

What is the Chinese Empire that succeeded the Tang?

Song

100

Who unified the Mongol tribes and set them on a path of expansion?

Ghengis Khan

100

What are two major trading exports of the early African civilizations?

Ivory and Gold

200

What are the 2 divisions of Islam called?

Shia and Sunni

200

Who was the son of Pepin who started the Holy Roman Empire?

Charlemagne

200

What is a widespread practice in China that established the subordination of women?

footbinding

200

Who was the Mongol leader who swept through India, destroying many towns and villages?

Timur Lang

200

What are the three major kingdoms of western Africa?

Ghana, Mali, Songhai

300

What is the name of the head of state of the Islamic empire?

caliph

300

What is the document that reinstated the rights of the nobles during the rule of King John in England in the early 1200's?

Magna Carta

300

What is the major invention that resulted in an increase in literacy?

Moveable Type

300

Who was the mongol ruler in China?

Kublai Khan

300

Which African nation maintained Christianity as its belief system?

Ethiopia

400

What is the name of the dynasty that replaced the Umayyad Dynasty?

The Abbasid Dynasty

400

Who were the first monarchs established on the throne in Spain in 1469?

Queen Isabella and Ferdinand

400

What is the Chinese dynasty that was created by the Mongols in 1279?

the Yuan Dynasty

400

What are the small, independent empires called within the Mongol Empire (examples include the White and Golden)?

Hordes

400

Who was one of the greatest Mali rulers who built the capital at Timbuktu and expanded the kingdom?

Mansa Musa

500

What were the Islamic mystic missionary groups called?

Sufi Brotherhoods

500

What is the economic alliance that controlled trade throughout much of northern Europe during the Middle Ages?

The Hanseatic League

500

The first and only Japanese ruling family?

Yamato Clan

500

Which Russian prince of Novgorod made an alliance of tribute with the Mongols?

Alexander Nevskii

500

What society in southern Africa built a huge compound for its king surrounding by a wall 17 feet high?

Great Zimbabwe