EARLY EXPLORERS
He was a Venetian merchant who traveled the Silk Road between the Mediterranean and China and spent 17 years serving Kublai Khan.
Marco Polo
Scholasticism asserted that _________ and faith are compatible.
Reason
He was a Scottish patriot who fought for independence from England and was later executed.
William Wallace
The Hundred Years War was between which two countries?
England and France
What is another name for the Black Plague?
The Black Death
This Italian explorer is the namesake of the Americas because he discovered much of South America.
Amerigo Vespucci
He was a Christian theologian & philosopher who used the logic of Aristotle to prove the existence of God.
Thomas Aquinas
He was the King of Scotland who finally helped gain Scotland’s independence.
Robert the Bruce
What new weapon did the English use in the Hundred Years War that helped them win most of their battles?
The longbow
This animal and insect are to blame for the spread of the plague.
Rats and fleas
Norse fathern and son who were navigators and discovered Vinland and Greenland, respectively.
Eric the Red and Leif Ericsson
He was an English poet whose most famous work was The Canterbury Tales.
Geoffrey Chaucer
This is the name of the famous battle that finally helped gain Scotland's independence from England. The Scottish poet, Robert Burns, wrote a poem about it.
Bannockburn
This guy was the "dauphin" of France who later was crowned King after Joan of Arc's victory.
Charles VII
How much of Europe was wiped out due to the plague?
1/3 - 1/2
This Spanish adventurer and explorer discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
Balboa
This is considered the ancestor of modern chemistry in which people tried to turn 1 material into a different material (like gold) using a mix of magic & chemistry.
Alchemy
This is the meaning of the French word "dauphin."
Prince.
He was the son of King Edward III of England, who at 16 was told by his dad to “win his spurs” and beat the French.
The Black Prince
What system, originally established by William the Conqueror, collapsed as a result of the Black Plague?
The Feudal System
He discovered a strait off the coast of South America which is now named after him. His crew was the 1st to circumnavigate the world after he died in the Philippines.
Ferdinand Magellan
This English monk & scientist stressed the importance of experiments & was the first to use lenses to correct vision.
Roger Bacon
The name of the people group/empire founded by Genghis Khan which stretched from the China Sea to the Danube.
Mongols
This battle was the turning point in the war when Joan of Arc beat the English & made the way for the "dauphin" to become king. She also received her nickname from this battle.
Battle of Orleans
In what century did the Black Plague first appear on the scene?
14th century (1347-1351)