Crusades* Review for quiz
The Crusades were fought over control of _____ with Christians invading this land ruled by Muslims
Holy Land (Jerusalem)
How many stripes are on an American flag?
13
The Columbian Exchange began in this year, with the arrival of Columbus in the Caribbean
1492
During the Middle Ages it was believed who gave kings the right to rule?
God
What was the name of the German priest who broke away from the Catholic Church in 1517, beginning the Protestant Reformation? What technology allowed his ideas to become more popular?
Martin Luther/Printing press
What was one motivating factor for the Crusaders
Belief that it was their duty as Christians
Seljuk Turk leadership
Forgiveness of sin
Adventure
Wealth
Freedom from the feudal system for peasants
What is the main food source for pandas?
Bamboo
Provide two examples of food items that were brought over from the Old World/Eastern Hemisphere (Europe, Africa, Asia) to the New World (the Americas)
Coffee
Olives
Peaches
Onions
Wheat
Rica
Barley
Oats
Cattle
Sheep
Pigs
Sugar
Bananas
Citrus
Grapes
In the medieval Europe, the clergy (church) used a bible that was printed in ____ (language) so it was not accessible to everyday people. They relied on church sermons to understand the bible in their common vernacular (English, Spanish, French, etc.).
Latin
Where in Italy did the Medici family become patrons of great artists, sparking the Renaissance
Florence
What was the name of the Pope who called on Christians to participate in the first Crusade?
Pope Urban II
What is the fastest land animal?
Cheetah
Provide three examples of food items brought from the New World/Western Hemisphere (Americas) to the Old World (Europe, Asia, Africa)
Potatoes
Cacao (chocolate)
Beans
Vanilla
Pineapple
Pumpkin
Turkey
Corn
Tomatoes
Peanuts
Squash
Peppers
As Christianity became more and more powerful in Europe during the Middle Ages, discrimination and violence towards European Jews increased. What is the term for hatred towards Jewish people?
Anti-semtism
What practice of the Catholic Church in particular upset people who joined the Protestant Reformation?
The crusades began in the late
A.) 1300s
B.) 1100s
C.) 1400s
D.) 1000s
E.) 1500s
F.) 900s
1000s- 1095
What was the first toy to be advertised on television? Hint-It used to be a real vegetable.
Mr. Potato Head
Indigenous people lacked ____ to the many diseases brought over by Europeans
Immunity
What disease ravaged Europe during the Middle Ages (1347-1350), killing between 30-50% of the population of Europe. This set the scene for the Renaissance because fewer people could advocate for better wages, disrupting the old feudal system.
Bubonic plague (black death)
Who painted the Mona Lisa
Da Vinci
What was one important effect of the Crusades?
- Feudalism weakened/Kings became more powerful
-Italian trading cities became more powerful (Venice/Florence)
-Exchange of ideas from the Middle East to Europe and vice versa
Who is depicted on a US $100 Bill?
Benjamin Franklin
Which food product in particular from the New World is credited with a population boom in Ireland, and Eastern Europe
Potato
System of hierarchy in which king gave land to nobilities, which was protected by knights, and worked by peasants.
Feudalism
What was the name of the famous political thinker and advisor to Italian princes, who argued that leaders do not necessarily need to be moral
Niccolo Machiavelli