Ancient Rome
The first dictator of Rome assassinated by his fellow senators for fear of him becoming a king
Who is Julius Caesar
The king of the Carolingian Empire, also named "the Father of Europe"
Who is Charlemagne
The meaning of the word renaissance
What is Rebirth
The name of the Angel who gave Muhammad his revelation form Allah
Who is Gabriel
Mr. V is the ________ child in his family
What is Youngest
The Punic wars wars were fought between Rome and this North African empire.
What is Carthage
The disease that killed between 30-50% of Europe's population from 1315-1317
What is the Black Death/Black Plague/Bubonic Plague
The document written by Martin Luther of his complaints with the Catholic Church.
What are the 95 theses
The struggle of Islamic believers to survive, also used to justify the Arab conquests
What is Jihad
Mr. V's favorite Sport
What is Track and Field - Hurdling
The formal division between the Roman Catholic church and Eastern Orthodox church
What is the Great Schism
The system of Lords and Ladies owning estates and hiring peasants to work on it
what is the Manorial system
an approach to life based on reason and the recognition that morals come from experience
What is Humanism
The name of the Empire after the Arab empire ruled by General Mu'ahwiah
What is the Umayyad Empire
The name of the camp that Mr V has worked at and will be working at this summer.
What is Eagle Lake Camp
The non-Jewish population according to the Christian missionaries
Who are Gentiles
The document written in Medieval England stating that no person was above the law
What is the Magna Carta
In The Prince, Machiavelli espoused the belief that a leader must do ____ when possible, but be ready to do ____ as necessary to gain, maintain, or retain power.
What is Good and Evil
What are: Belief, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, and Pilgrimage
Mr. V's Basketball number
What is 33
The first Triumvirate was made of these three individuals
Who are: Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar
The female leader of France during the 100 years war said to have been commissioned by God to lead France to victory.
Who is Joan of Arc
Name 4 Renaissance Painters
Who are: Donatello, Michelangelo, da Vinci, Raphael, Durer, Botticelli,
The reasons for the decline of the Abbasid Dynasty
What is
Caliphs began to live more lavishly and remove themselves from the politics and troubles of the dynasty
More positions were being filled by foreigners who cared more for personal gain than the protection of the empire
Through this instability a group called the Seljuk Turks began to gain control of the empire and in 1055 a Turkish leader took control of Baghdad and named themself Sultan.
Mr. VandeWege's time on his half marathon this past October.
What is 3:02:55 (85/275 runners)