Geography
The land occupied by the Angles and the Saxons is now known as this country.
England
The medieval empire in India was ruled for many years by the _______ dynasty.
Gupta
This is the prophet who founded the Islamic religion and established Mecca as the holy city of Islam.
Muhammad
_______________ , a French girl who believed she was sent by God to fight for the Dauphin until he became the king, was eventually captured by the English and put to death.
Joan of Arc
Clovis was the leader of the ________, and united his empire into the country that we now call France.
Franks
The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) was ____________.
Constantinople.
This dynasty ruled during the “golden age” of China.
Tang
This “great” king of Wessex in southern England stopped the invading Viking army from defeating the Anglo-Saxons.
Alfred the Great
The ________________ was a period of artistic, scientific, and intellectual growth following the Middle Ages.
Renaissance
This king of England fought in the Crusades but was imprisoned by the Duke of Austria in his castle. His friend found him after he had been missing for many years.
Richard the Lionheart
The scattering of the Jewish people throughout the world after the Roman conquest of Jerusalem is called the ____________.
Diaspora
_____________ is the man who challenged Richard III and took over as the King of England.
Henry Tudor
Knights in Japan were known as __________.
Samurai
Tariq bin Ziyad was a Muslim commander who conquered the southern part of the country of _______ after ordering his army to burn their ships.
Spain
_________________ was the cruel Russian ruler who established a “secret police” to search for people who might be plotting against him.
Ivan the Terrible
The country of ________ was conquered by China. The country of ________ adopted many Chinese customs, but eventually broke ties with China.
Korea, China
After the Mongol empire, the _______ dynasty ruled China and built the Forbidden City.
Ming
This bearded Spanish warrior helped to recapture Spain from the Muslim armies.
El Cid
This priest started the Protestant Reformation after nailing his “95 Theses,” or criticisms, to the door of the Catholic church.
Martin Luther
The greatest Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, __________, unified the laws, declared himself Caliph (spiritual leader of the Muslims), and built a wall to protect the holy parts of Jerusalem
Suleiman
The walled fortress known as the ____________ was in Moscow, and is still the center of Russian government today.
Kremlin
These three kingdoms were the most powerful empires in West Africa during the Middle Ages.
Ghana, Mali, Songhay
_______ was a Muslim soldier who took back the city of Jerusalem from the Christians, but allowed them to continue to visit the city.
Saladin
________________ was a Renaissance scientist who became known as the “Father of Astronomy” after he discovered that the Earth revolved around the sun.
The English King ___________ defeated the French King Charles VI at the Battle of Agincourt (he was pretty mad about being sent tennis balls), but he died before he was able to rule France and his baby son was made king.
Henry V