Japan, Southwest Asia, Tang & Song China:
This warrior code emphasized loyalty, bravery, and honor in medieval Japan.
Bushido
This Germanic tribe spread Christianity in France under King Clovis.
Who were the Franks?
This 1122 agreement gave the Pope spiritual authority while emperors retained political power.
What was the Concordat of Worms?
This farming method rotated winter crops, spring crops, and fallow fields to boost food production.
What is the 3-field system?
This fruit was once so rare and expensive in Europe that people rented them to show off at parties instead of eating them.
What is a pineapple?
He was the military ruler of Japan, while these warriors pledged loyalty and military service to him.
Who are the Shogun and Samurai?
Crowned “Emperor of the Romans” in 800, he united much of Western Europe.
Who was Charlemagne?
The Pope used this punishment to cut people off from the Church and sacraments.
What is excommunication?
This economic shift included banking, guilds, and the rise of towns.
What was the Commercial Revolution?
This animal can hold its breath longer than a dolphin — up to 5 minutes while sleeping upside down.
What is a sloth?
In medieval China, this painful practice symbolized beauty and obedience for women.
What is foot binding?
This social system placed kings at the top, then nobles, knights, and peasants at the bottom.
What is feudalism (the feudal pyramid)?
These wars were launched to reclaim the Holy Land and increased trade, weakened feudalism, and created Christian-Muslim tensions.
What were the Crusades?
This knightly code emphasized bravery, loyalty, protecting the weak, and devotion to God.
What is chivalry?
This U.S. state is the only one with a one-syllable name.
What is Maine?
This trade network connected Asia with Europe and spread goods, ideas, and technologies.
What is the Silk Road?
This economic system had self-sufficient estates where serfs worked for protection.
What is the manor system?
This movement ended in 1492 when Christians drove Muslims from Spain.
What was the Reconquista?
These women managed estates but had limited rights, while these women worked in fields and homes with little education.
Who were noble women and peasant women?
This planet spins so fast on its axis that a day there is only about 10 hours long.
What is Jupiter?
These elite Japanese landowners commanded samurai and were powerful under the shogun’s rule.
Who were the daimyo?
This battle in 732 stopped the Muslim advance into Western Europe and was led by Charles Martel.
What was the Battle of Tours?
This medieval court investigated and punished heresy, often using harsh methods to enforce church authority.
What was the Inquisition?
These organizations of artisans and merchants controlled trade, set prices, and established standards for quality.
What were guilds?
This board game was invented in 1935 and has caused countless family arguments ever since.
What is Monopoly?