Vocabulary
Important People
Important Places
Important Events
Important Dates
100
In the Middle Ages, a noble warrior who fought on horseback.
What is a knight?
100
Eastern Germany and Spain.
Where did Charlemagne invade?
100
Europe.
Which continent did the Black Death take place in?
100
The Black Death.
What is the terrible plague that passed through Europe in the 1300s?
100
1270's.
What time period did Marco Polo go to China?
200
("rebirth") period of renews interest in art and learning in Europe.
What was the Renaissance?
200
His travels throughout Asia and his book that described his journeys.
What was Marco Polo best known for?
200
Crécy.
Where did the Hundred Years' War take place?
200
Declaration of Independence was signed.
What happened in 1776, that we still admire today?
200
1300's.
What time period did Humanism appear?
300
Orderly way of collecting and analyzing evidence.
What is the scientific method?
300
Battle fo Tours, in which he defeated the Moorish army and halted northward and expanded into western Europe.
What battle is Charles Martel known for and what did he earn from the battle?
300
Flanders.
What country is a region in northern Belgium today and first developed oil painting?
300
The Battle of Hastings.
What battle caused combined arms attack over an army of infantry, demonstrating the effectiveness of archers,cavalry and infantry working cooperatively together.
300
1346.
When did the Black Death arrive in Europe?
400
("rebirth") Christian struggle to take back the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims.
What is Reconquista?
400
Tragedy-Romeo and Juliet. Comedy- A Mid-Summer Night's Dream.
What was William Shakespeare's best known tragedy and comedy?
400
Geneva.
What is the Protestant city in Switzerland, where Clavin finally found safety.
400
To gain control over the lands of France.
What was the reason why the 100 years war, English vs. French, was started?
400
Start- 1350. End- 1343.
When did the Renaissance begin and end?
500
Everyday language used in a country or a region.
What is a vernacular?
500
Issac Newton was an English mathematics, he developed his theory of gravity and he invented calculus. He also discovered that white light is made up of all different colors of light.
Who is Issac Newton and what did he discover?
500
Quebec.
What did Samuel de Champlain name the trading post that is now in Canada?
500
Captured Antioch in Syria, then they entered Palestine. Reaching Jerusalem in 1099. After a fight, they stormed the city, killing Muslims, Jews, and Christians.
What happened during the First Crusade?
500
1st crusade-1096-1099. 2nd crusade-1147-1149. 3rd crusade-1189-1192.
From what time periods were the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd crusades?