Religion
All of these were MAINLY designed for what purpose:
· The Inquisition
· The Jesuits
· The Council of Trent
Restore the power of the Catholic Church
Which figure was MOST significant in the English Reformation and the subsequent creation of the Church of England?
King Henry VIII
Historians generally agree that the first international slave trade in Africa was across the
Sahara Desert
As a result of the Protestant Reformation, this church's power was weakened:
the Catholic Church
What brought the Bubonic Plague to Europe from Asia?
Merchant ships with infested rodents.
These are four of the most important requirements of what religion:
· Give charity to the needy.
· Make a pilgrimage.
· Fasting during the holy month.
· Pray five times each day.
Islam
All of these items are describing:
Catherine of Aragon
Which society is MOST closely associated with feudalism, which was a political system based on lords, vassals, and fiefs?
European
A major goal of the Christian Church during the Crusades was to...
capture the Holy Lands
As African merchants traded with people in the Middle East prior to the 1500s, which religion spread to west Africa, combining with African traditions to become the dominant faith?
Islam
The word syncretism refers to...
the mixture of beliefs and faiths.
He was known as the "Father of Christian Humanism"
Erasmus
Michelangelo was one of the Renaissance's most important artists who painted on the ceiling of...
the Sistine Chapel.
After the Germanic invasion that took down the Roman Empire began, European landowners found protection by entering into...
feudal arrangements
Historically, kingdoms in northern Africa were able to attain great wealth by controlling the trans-Saharan trade of what biologically important mineral?
Salt
During the Middle Ages, Bibles and other Christian literature were generally written in...
This Muslim scholar studied at the House of Wisdom, adopted the Hindu-Arabic number system, and is known as the Father of Algebra:
Al-Khwarizmi
The Renaissance is said to have began in which city?
Florence, Italy
After the fall of Constantinople, the Hagia Sophia went from being a Christian church to a...
mosque.
Other than salt, name the commodities that were traded along the trans-Saharan trade route.
Gold, horses, and slaves
Which 3 religions are considered "Abrahamic religions"?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Which ruler is MOST associated with the Songhai Empire?
Sunni Ali
The Songhai Empire existed from the mid-1400s until 1591. Its economy would have MOST impacted by...
disruptions in trans-Saharan trade.
Which event brought down the feudal system by killing a high number of peasants who were dependent upon to work the land?
The Bubonic Plague
Who facilitated trade across the Sahara Desert?
The Berber People