What is the religious book of Islam?
the Qu'ran
What is the name of the empire that came from the classical Roman empire and established Orthodox Christianity?
The Byzantine Empire
What is the Chinese Empire that succeeded the Tang?
Song
Who unified the Mongol tribes and set them on a path of expansion?
Ghengis Khan
What are two major trading exports of the early African civilizations?
Ivory and Gold
What are the 2 divisions of Islam called?
Shia and Sunni
Who was the son of Pepin who started the Holy Roman Empire?
Charlemagne
What is a widespread practice in China that established the subordination of women?
footbinding
Who was the Mongol leader who swept through India, destroying many towns and villages?
Timur Lang
What are the three major kingdoms of western Africa?
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
What is the name of the head of state of the Islamic empire?
caliph
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
What is the major invention that resulted in an increase in literacy?
Moveable Type
Who was the mongol ruler in China?
Kublai Khan
Which African nation maintained Christianity as its belief system?
Ethiopia
What is the name of the dynasty that replaced the Umayyad Dynasty?
The Abbasid Dynasty
Who were the first monarchs established on the throne in Spain in 1469?
Queen Isabella and Ferdinand
What is the Chinese dynasty that was created by the Mongols in 1279?
the Yuan Dynasty
What are the small, independent empires called within the Mongol Empire (examples include the White and Golden)?
Hordes
Who was one of the greatest Mali rulers who built the capital at Timbuktu and expanded the kingdom?
Mansa Musa
What were the Islamic mystic missionary groups called?
Sufi Brotherhoods
What is the economic alliance that controlled trade throughout much of northern Europe during the Middle Ages?
The Hanseatic League
The first and only Japanese ruling family?
Yamato Clan
Which Russian prince of Novgorod made an alliance of tribute with the Mongols?
Alexander Nevskii
What society in southern Africa built a huge compound for its king surrounding by a wall 17 feet high?
Great Zimbabwe