Medieval Japan
New World
Renaissance
Reformation
Social Studies Skills
100
They were between the Shogun and the Samurai on the Japanese social triangle.
What is the daimyo?
100
He was the conquistador who conquered the Inca empire.
Who was Pizarro?
100
The Renaissance began here. (What is this country's modern name?)
What is Italy?
100
It was the name of the document that Martin Luther nailed to the door of the church in Wittenberg.
What is "The 95 Theses?"
100
It is a map that details the physical features of a place rather than its borders.
What is a physical map?
200
It was the samurai's main job in Medieval Japan.
What is to protect the daimyo?
200
He was the explorer who set out to open a trade route with India, but ended up landing in the Islands of the Caribbean.
Who was Columbus?
200
He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who was Michelangelo?
200
It was the movement to change the church by Martin Luther, John Calvin, Henry VIII and others.
What is The Reformation?
200
Where was the Maya Empire located?
What is Southern Mexico? (or Yucatan Peninsula, or Central America)
300
It was the religion of the samurai.
What is Zen Buddhism?
300
It was the main food source of the Maya. It is known as corn in English speaking countries.
What is maize?
300
He was an artist, an engineer, a scientist, and a prolific journal writer. He is most famous for painting the Mona Lisa.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
300
It was because Henry VIII wanted to do this that he split from the Catholic Church and started his own.
What is get a divorce?
300
He was the 13th century explorer and writer whose books excited the imagination and made Europeans want goods from Asia.
Who was Marco Polo?
400
Medieval Japan borrowed many cultural elements from China and Korea, but this, the hierarchy that ran the country, was Japan's own creation.
What is the feudal government (or shogunate)
400
He was king of the Inca.
Who was Atahualpa?
400
This family ruthlessly ruled Florence for centuries and was patron to many famous artists.
What is the Medici family?
400
This invention made it possible to produce Bibles and other books more cheaply, which increased the desire to learn to read amongst the population of Europe.
What is Guttenberg's moveable type printing press?
400
Along with gold, fame, and power, this desire drove the Spanish conquistadores to invade the New World.
What is converting natives to Christianity?
500
Much like Medieval Europe with its peasants, knights, lords, and kings, Medieval Japan utilized this type of social structure.
What is feudalism?
500
The Aztecs had this type of economy.
What is barter?
500
Florence became extremely wealthy because of the banking industry and this new type of economy.
What is money-based economy?
500
It is a philosophy that emphasizes the worth of individuals and tries to balance faith with belief in the power of the human mind.
What is Humanism?
500
These two groups controlled trade in the Mediterranean during the Age of Exploration.
Who were the Egyptian Muslims and Italians.