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This was a serious, potentially fatal infection caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, typically transmitted to humans via flea bites from infected rodents during the Middle Ages.
What was the Black Death or Bubonic Plague
100
The religion is based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. It began in the Roman province of Judea.
What is Christianity?
100
This continent includes Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, and the Holy Roman Empire.
What is Europe?
100
People in the Arabian Desert built deep wells, dams, and systems to bring water to dry places. This is called__________________.
What is irrigation, or to irrigate?
100
an instrument containing a magnetized pointer which shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.
What is a compass?
100
He was a Venetian merchant and explorer. He is most famous for his 24-year journey along the Silk Road to China between 1271 and 1295, where he served in the court of Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan
Who was Marco Polo?
200
This was a series of wars that the European Christians fought in for the Holy Lands.
What were the Crusades?
200
This religion began with a man named Muhammad in the city of Mecca. He was visited by the angel Gabriel to spread God's word.
What is Islam?
200
A huge desert stretching across most of North Africa
What is the Sahara Desert?
200
1400–1600 this was a fervent "rebirth" of European culture, art, science, and learning, bridging the Middle Ages and modernity
What is the Renaissance?
200
an imaginary line circling the center of the Earth, dividing the planet into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the equator?
200
She was the last active ruler of Egypt's Ptolemaic dynasty. She navigated Roman politics through strategic alliances and romantic relationships with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
Who was Cleopatra?
300
He led the Roman armies through the Gallic Wars and defeated his political rival Pompey. Unfortunately, a group of senators led by Brutus and Cassius assassinated him on the Ides of March.
Who was Julius Caesar?
300
This is the name of Islam's holy book.
What is the Quran?
300
The longest river in West Africa, and a kind of trading highway in early times
What is the Niger River?
300
A series of steps is followed to solve problems, including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.
What is the Scientific Method?
300
the world's designated 0° longitude line, acting as the starting point for measuring distance east and west across Earth
What is the Prime Meridian?
300
He was a Roman gladiator who led the most serious slave revolt in Roman history from 73-71 BC.
Who was Spartacus?
400
This famous man was the King of Macedonia who conquered Greece, Egypt, and Persia. He thought he was the son of Zeus.
Who was Alexander the Great?
400
He initiated the Protestant Reformation, fundamentally altering Western Christianity. His most famous action was posting the "Ninety-five Theses" in 1517, which criticized the Roman Catholic Church's sale of indulgences.
Who was Martin Luther?
400
This Peninsula is where the prophet Muhammad was from and where he started the religion of Islam.
What is the Arabian Peninsula?
400
Who invented gunpowder?
Who are the Chinese (The Tang dynasty)?
400
The 1st amendment
What is the freedom of speech, religion, and press?
400
He was the founder of the Mali empire. He crushed his enemies and won control of the gold trade routes. The story "The Lion King" was based on his life.
Who was Sundiata?
500
Between 1337 and 1453, England and France fought in a series of Wars over French lands. The long conflict helped weaken feudalism in these countries. A 17-year-old peasant girl, Joan of Arc, helped France win this war.
What was the Hundred Years War?
500
This term means to be thrown out of the church or excluded from participation.
What is to excommunicate or excommunication?
500
What is Nebraska?
500
This African kingdom is most associated with using silent barter to keep gold locations a secret.
What is Ghana?
500
The 5th Amendment (name two parts)
What is the right to not self-incriminate, double jeopardy, and protects people from being held for a crime unless accused.
500
He was the founder of the Holy Roman Empire (760 AD) and considered an ideal ruler.
Who was Charlemagne or Charles the Great?