The Crusades
This was the city the Crusaders sought to liberate from the Muslims
What is Jerusalem?
From 1200-1206 a clan leader named this tried to unify the Mongols.
Who is Genghis Khan?
Who is Zheng He?
These parasites are believed to have been the cause of the Black Death.
What are fleas?
He was the explorer that spent 17 years in the court of Kublai Khan in China.
Who is Marco Polo?
They took back Jerusalem during the Second Crusade.
Who are the Muslims
Genghis Khan's army was built on these two tactics.
What is speed and archery?
During his 7 voyages, Zheng He travelled on huge boats.
What are "junks"?
The plague is believed to have originated in this country.
What is China?
The plague created this which allowed the survivors to demand higher wages & more rights.
What is a labor shortage?
The name of the Pope that ordered the Crusades to begin in 1095.
Pope Urban II
The Mongols were ruthless conquerors, however they were tolerant of this.
What are other religions?
During his voyages, Zheng He explored these two areas.
What are the Indian Ocean and Africa?
What are trade routes
After the first Crusade, the Crusaders failed to recapture Jerusalem, but these holy wars increased this throughout Europe and brought an end to the Middle Ages.
Many Crusaders hoped to gain these two things
What is land and wealth?
He was Genghis Khan's grandson and established this dynasty in China.
Who is Kublai Khan and what is the Yuan dynasty?
After Zheng He's 7th and final expedition, China retreated into a policy of this.
What is isolationism?
Three plague symptoms
In 1480 this Russian ruler gained independence from Mongol rule and started the Romanov Dynasty.
Who is Ivan III or Ivan the Great?
He was the general of the Muslim forces during the third Crusade
Who is Saladin?
In 1368 this Chinese dynasty overthrew the Mongols in China.
What is the Ming dynasty?
China's geography and government policies kept it relatively isolated for the next 300 years until 1800, when they demanded access to Chinese trade.
Who are European merchants?
Three plague "cures"
Genghis Khan used this to promote people rather than family position.
What is merit or meritocracy?