Questions 1-10
Mali followed an Arabian religion: ________________
Islam
The ________________ empire, with its remote mountain village of Machu Picchu, was sought after by Conquistadors for its legendary reserves of gold.
Incan
What are the 3 stages of the Medieval era?
Dark Ages
High Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
True or false, the English reformation was a smooth and easy process of a nation accepting a change in how the Christian religion was practiced and led.
True False
False
Whose crew circled the world in 3 years–the first known sailors to do so?
Ferdinand Magellan
Can you name an ancient empire from the Dark continent?
Mali, Ghana, Songhi
Who first translated the Vulgate from Latin to English?
John Calvin John Whycliffe
John Whycliffe
What are the 4 (I will give credit if you can name 3) endpoints of the Medieval era according to scholars?
Renaissance
Printing Press
Age of Discovery
Fall of Constantinople
Because she married King Phillip of Spain and started her own version of the Spanish Inquisition, Mary was called _______________ Mary.
Bloody
The ________________ empire, with its remote mountain village of Machu Picchu, was sought after by Conquistadors for its legendary reserves of gold.
Incan
The ancient Aztec civilization located in modern:
Greece China Mexico Spain
Mexico
Shortly after Columbus’s journey, sugarcane farms became popular in The New World (mostly in modern day Brazil and Haiti). This led to over 300 years of the Trans Atlantic S______________ T_________________.
Trans Atlantic Slave Trade
Who invented the first printing press, famously printing the __________ Bibles around 1450?
Johannes Gutenburg
Did Queen Elizabeth ever marry?
No
Who funded Christopher Columbus’s journeys?
Ferdinand and Issabella
What empire defeated Constantinople?
The Ottoman empire
How long did it take to defeat the Moors and reconquer the Iberian Peninsula?
5 years 50 years 100 years 770 years
770
Can you name the Ninja Turtles/great artists of the Renaissance?
Michael Angelo
Donatello
Leonardo (Da Vinchi)
Raphael
How many plays did Shakespear write between 1590 and 1613?
10 25 37
37
Who painted the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling and sculpted the famous rendition of king David?
Michael Angelo
What do you call a trader who could cross the Sahara desert by creating a string of villages, each at an oasis, that they could stop at along the way?
Tuaregs
True or false, during the Spanish Inquisition, all Jews in Spain were ordered to leave the country without bringing any money with them.
True False
True
Nicholaus Copernicus started the _________________ revolution, that argued that the _________ was the center of the universe and not the ___________.
Copernican, sun, earth.
True or false, “dead as a doornail” and “for goodness sake!” were phrases that Shakespeare came up with
True False
True
Who painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper?
Leonardo da Vinchi