Ancient Rome and The Origins of Christianity
The Son of God and Founder of the Roman Catholic Church.
The absolute most powerful entity in Medieval Christian Europe.
What was the Roman Catholic Church/Pope?
The prophet of islam.
Who was muhamad?
The inventions from these Chinese dynasties traveled along Mongol-controlled Silk Roads and made into Europe, helping the Europeans enter into the Renaissance and Age of Exploration.
What were the Tang and the Song? (CHANG ALSO ACCEPTABLE C:)
Wealthy supporters of the arts were known as this.
What were patrons of the arts?
The phrase "Bread and Circuses" is often used referring to this time of Roman prosperity.
What was the Pax Romana?
A hierarchical system which governed political, social, and economic aspects of Medieval life, based on land ownership.
What is Feudalism?
The ruler of Mali estimated to be the richest man alive at the time, gained riches from the Gold-Salt ivory trade in West Africa.
Who was Mansa Musa?
The person who held real power in Japanese society.
What was a Shogun?
German monk who wrote 95 Theses against selling indulgences, a practice now considered simony (a mortal sin) in the Roman Catholic Church.
Who was Martin Luther?
This trio made up the first Triumvirate.
Who were Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus?
The man, the myth, the Blessed who launched the first Crusade in 1095.
Who was Pope Blessed Urban II?
The three islamic gunpowder empires.
What were the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires?
Founder of Sikhism.
Who was Guru Nanak?
An assistant of Tycho Brahe who took over his observatory after his death. He supported Copernicus' heliocentric and Ptolemy's elliptical orbit theories.
Who was Johannes Kepler?
This trio made up the second Triumvirate.
Who were Octavian (Augustus), Marc Antony, and Lepidus?
During the Showdown at Canossa, Henry IV feuded with this Pope who would go on to end lay investiture (and leave Henry IV in the snow begging for forgiveness).
Who was Saint Pope Gregory VII?
Famous West-African trading kingdom most known for bronzeworking.
What was Benin?
Korea mastered the art of making this, a type of glazed porcelain with a distinct green color.
What is celadon?
Spoke the famous line, "God gave us the papacy. Let us enjoy it." Also known for excommunicating Martin Luther in 1521.
Who was Pope Leo X?
Mythological twin characters believed to have founded the Roman Empire.
Who were Romulus and Remus?
A great document forged by nobles limiting the king's power, forcefully signed by King John "softsword."
What was the Magna Carta?
Declaration, pilgrimage, charity (alms), fasting, prayer.
The Japanese credited this source to keeping them safe from Mongol Invasions by sending a typhoon to wash them out.
What was the Kamikaze?
The Pope's personal favorite Renaissance artist.
Who was Raphael?
The top class of the hierarchical Roman society.
BONUS (100 pts): Name the other two!
What were the Patricians?
BONUS: PLEBIANS and SLAVES.
Who was Saint Pope Leo III?
The Golden age of islam was a time of great cultural and economic achievements for Muslims under this Dynasty, from 750 to 1258.
What was the Abbasid Dynasty?
Chinese explorer most known for making a series of grand seafaring expeditions.
Who was Zheng He?
Anglican church's archbishop which annulled King Henry VIII's marriage. Was later burned at the stake for heresy under Catholic Queen Mary Tudor.
Who was Thomas Cranmer?