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This was a common religious event that took place in Mesoamerica before 1400 that usually involved prisoners of war in an attempt to please the gods
What is human sacrifice?
This is a common way that Native Americans tried to resolve disputes instead of going to war
What is sports?
What is lacrosse?
This document was created when King John abused his power as king and the barons tried to stop him
What is the Magna Carta?
This is the name for the code of honor that knights were expected to live by in Medieval Europe
What is chivalry?
This series of wars pitted Christian Europeans against Muslim Arabs for control of Jerusalem and Israel
What are the Crusades?
This was the event that killed about 50% of the population of Europe during the 14th century.
What is the Black Death?
This was the first country to invent gunpowder
What is China?
This is the term for someone who teaches doctrines that they claim are in line with Catholic theology but are in fact in direct opposition to it, they were often burned at the stake
What is a heretic?
This army of nomadic horseback archers may have conquered the largest empire in human history
What is the Mongolian Empire?
This class of Japanese warriors served their local daimyo and often killed themselves if they lost in battle or displeased their masters
Who are the samurai?
This ruler was the most significant ruler of the Frankish empire who conquered more land for the empire and made an effort to better educate the nobility
Who is Charlemagne?
The Mali Empire ruler Mansa Musa is famous for the following
What is being the richest man on earth or making a pilgrimage to Mecca and crashing the gold market by being so generous?
This is the name for a poor peasant who couldn't leave the land they were supposed to work unless they were given permission to leave from their local lord
What is a serf?
This was a governmental system were kings were relatively weak and local lords ruled over a small piece of land containing a church, farm fields and some peasants.
What is feudalism?
This is the practice of selling positions of authority within the Catholic church. So, if someone had enough money, they could buy their way into becoming a bishop in the Catholic church
What is simony?
This was the practice of secular leaders like kings, princes and lords appointing bishops to the Catholic Church, not the pope
What is lay investiture?