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Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Byzantine/Muslim
Crusades
Renaissance
100
A member of a rich and powerful family
What is an aristocrat?
100
An ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman Republic
What is a plebeian?
100
This Roman emperor became a Christian and stopped the persecution of Christians in the empire.
Who is Constantine?
100
A series of military expeditions to win back the Holy Land from Muslim control
What is the Crusades?
100
The years the Renaissance took place
What is 1300-1650?
200
During the Dark Ages of Greece people often fortified this near them.
What is an acropolis?
200
A structure that carries water over long distances
What is an aqueduct?
200
Disputes between Byzantine Christians and the pope led to this split in the Christian church
What is a schism?
200
200 years
What is the length of time the Crusades lasted?
200
Leonardo daVinci was a painter, scientist and a
What is an inventor?
300
A Greek drama that ends in disaster for the main character?
What is a tragedy?
300
A member of an wealthy family in the ancient Roman Republic
What is a patrician?
300
People who constantly move from place to place are known as
What is a nomad?
300
Muslim Turks were conquering much of the Byzantine Empire
What is the reason the Byzantine emperor asked Pope Urban II for help
300
Michaelangelo was famous for painting the
What is the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
400
A ruler supported by the middle and working classes?
What is a tyrant?
400
a person appointed to rule for 6 months in times of emergency, with all the powers of a king
What is a dictator?
400
The Muslim holy book
What is the Quran?
400
The Pope wanted the Holy Land to be under Christian control and he wanted pilgrims to visit the Holy Land
What are two religious reason the pope wanted to capture the Holy Land
400
The country the Renaissance began in
What is Italy?
500
In Ancient Greece they used reason to try and explain natural events.
What is a philosopher?
500
a curved structure used as a support over an open space such as a doorway
What is an arch?
500
A Muslim ruler
What is a caliph?
500
Two important changes the Crusades brought to Europe
What are increased trade and new ideas?
500
Art during the Renaissance focused on
What is nature and the human form?