Medieval West: Feudal Fiefs & Frankish Fables
This Frankish king was the first to convert to Christianity, uniting his people with the Church.
Who is Clovis I?
This West African King is remembered for his extravagant pilgrimage to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
The warrior class in feudal Japan.
What is the Samurai?
This Italian movement focused on classical learning and the potential of the individual.
What is the Renaissance?
Founded in 1960, this is Mr. Grant's favorite Football team.
What is the Minnesota Vikings?
This system of pledges tied nobles, vassals, and serfs together in a rigid social hierarchy.
What is Feudalism?
These Islamic empires are led by a political and religious successor to Muhammad.
What is a Caliphate?
This explorer’s writings amazed Europeans with tales of Chinese wealth and wonders.
Who is Marco Polo?
This empire’s conquest of Constantinople in 1453 helped spark the search for sea routes to Asia.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
A period of Peace, Progress, and Prosperity
What is a Golden Age?
The "raid, trade, and assimilate" tactic is associated with this European people.
What/Who are the Vikings/Norse?
The Third Crusade is remembered for the clash between Richard the Lionheart and this Muslim leader.
Who is Salah al-Din (Saladin)?
The Mongols failed to conquer this island nation due to storms known as "kamikaze" (divine winds).
What is Japan?
This term describes the global movement of plants, animals, people, and diseases after 1492.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This was the last emperor of Rome and he was deposed in 476 ce.
Who is Romulus Augustulus?
"The Great Schism" of 1054 marked the split of which popular religion?
What is Christianity?
Muslim merchants spread Islam across this ocean-based trade network.
What is the Indian Ocean Trade Complex?
Due to the harsh, open geography of the Eurasian Steppe, Mongol society adopted this mobile lifestyle centered around herding and warfare.
What is Nomadic?
In 1494, the Pope mediated The Treaty of Tordesillas which broke up claims on the new world between these two European nation-states.
What is Spain & Portugal?
These "3 G's" are considered the primary motivations of Colonialization.
What is God, Gold, & Glory?
This holy city was captured by crusaders in 1099, ending the First Crusade.
What is Jerusalem?
This is the name of Islamic religious law.
What is Sharia?
Genghis Khan's birth-name.
What is Temujin?
This social system created by the Spanish organized their colonies into racially organized castes.
What is the encomienda system?
This ritual act of suicide was practiced by the samurai.
What is Seppuku?