First Semester
Who is above the entire Medieval European Feudal system hierarchy?
God
__________ of Medieval Europe fought for their lords to whom they had sworn allegiance.
knights
On which continent were the empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai located?
Africa
How many wives did Henry VIII have?
6
Because of her persecution of Protestants in England, Queen Mary I had this nickname?
Bloody Mary
What was the name of the battle in 732, that stopped the expansion of the Islamic Umayyad Caliphate into French territory?
Battle of Tours
According to legend, King ________ was a British leader in the late 400s and early 500s. His story tells of adventure and romance. This story also celebrates chivalry.
Arthur
He was a member of the Portuguese royal family and was a major sponsor of sea exploration and navigation in the early 1400s. He funded voyages, established a school for navigation, and fostered innovation in shipbuilding and cartography (map making).
Henry the Navigator
He married Catherine of Aragon at 15 years old, and in 1502, after a couple of months of marriage he died of some sort of illness, leaving the thrown to his younger brother.
Arthur
She was the 2nd of King Henry VIII's children to reign as monarch of England. She was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558, and her mother was Catherine of Aragon.
Mary I
What is the land called that accompanies a medieval manor?
fief
Who was the Roman Catholic pope who called on Christians to free the Holy Land on a Crusade?
This Middle Ages empire, ruled mostly along the western coast of the continent of South America stretching about 2,000 miles down the coast.They had solid well built roads and ruins of this empire were found Andes Mountains in 1911.
Inca
This King of England wanted to ensure his sons and their sons would be king, while also creating an alliance against France, so he orchestrated a wedding between his son and the princess of Spain Catherine of Aragon while they were babies.
Henry VII
She was the 3rd of King Henry VIII's children to reign as monarch of England. She was the longest reigning of his children. She was Queen of England from 1558 to 1603, and her mother was Anne Boleyn.
Elizabeth 1
Which Roman Emperor ended the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, after professing to be a Christian?
Constantine
On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted his ___________________ to the Castle Church door in Wittenberg, Germany.
Ninety-Five Thesis
This city of the Songhai Empire became a major city center for trade and Islamic culture and was home to Islamic scholars and numerous schools.
He is the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. After his father’s death, he ruled for 6 years, but died at the age of 15 years old. As a Protestant, he tried to leave the throne to his Protestant cousin, Lady Jane Grey over his Catholic sister Mary.
Edward VI
Mary I married __________, her Catholic cousin, and the son of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. He was also heir to Spanish throne and was named "King of England."
Philip
Which pope sent missionaries to England to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons?
Gregory I
The __________ was a “tax on sons” imposed on Christian families in the Balkans. Ottoman soldiers took male children from their families and send them to Constantinople. There they were converted to Islam, educated in one of the best schools, and introduced to Turkish culture.
devshirme
The Inca had a “knot language” called __________ made up of numerous knotted strings hanging from horizontal cords.
quipu
He was responsible for helping Henry VIII close all the monasteries in England. He was also Henry VIII's religious and political advisor, and encouraged Henry to marry, Anne, the sister of a Protestant German noble. Henry resented him for this marriage, and after a few years Henry had him arrested, condemned without a trial, and executed within a few short weeks.
Philip II of Spain built a fleet of 130 giant, well-armed warships and planned to use them and 30,000 men to overwhelm England’s ships and invade England in 1588. This invasion force was called the _____________________.
Spanish Armada