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This city was called "New Rome" because it was the new capital to the East where the Byzantine Empire was established.  It was placed their for its strategic location of military protection.

What is today called Istanbul or then called Constantinople?

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As Muslims and Catholics fought over the decades they moved around Europe and Africa. The result of these wars was...
What is the growth of trade, the growth of sharing of culture, food, music and ideas and also the growth of learning.
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This great leader of Mali expertly controlled the gold-salt trade routes; became exceedingly rich and famous and was known for a religious pilgrimage to Mecca.
Who was Mansa Musa?
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One aspect of Aztec society that was greatly influenced by religion was
What is warfare?
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The Chinese invented a method of block printing about 1045 that enabled a different piece of type for each character. This became very practical as a faster way of printing and advanced the volume of printed materials. It is called __________________.
What is movable type?
200
There was a separation in the Catholic church and this different religion was practiced in the Byzantine Empire. It is still practiced today and is led by a Patriarch. This religion is called...
What is the Eastern Orthodox Church?
200

The shift toward a more modern economy started when workers on the manor began to have surplus and trade.  In time, they formed associations of artisans, such as bakers.  These were called what?

What are guilds?

200
This was a great trading Empire of Africa. It was in charge of salt and gold trading for many decades but was conquered by a Muslim group and never recovered resulting in its as one of the great African trading Empires.
What was Ghana during the 1100s?
200
Among the most common cultural features that the Mayan, Aztec, and Inca Empires all shared was the
What is calendar?
200
Around 1440, ______________ from Germany developed a device that used the existing type technologies in a new way -- it made a process for printing whole pages of books thereby enabling them to be printed quickly and cheaply. This man's invention opened the door for the huge leap forward in literacy. Who was this man?
Who was Johann Gutenberg?
300
The name of the code of laws created by the Byzantine Empire is called...
What is the Justinian Code?
300
The political and economic system of the medieval society in which a noble (lord) granted land to a serf in exchange for working the land and in exchange for protection from invaders was called ______________.
What is a feudal society or feudalism.
300
The use of the camel helped make this African Empire wealthy as they became master traders controlling trade routes.
What is Ghana?
300
In contrast to the Aztecs, the Inca built their empire through
What is diplomacy and cultural exchange; whereas the Aztecs built their empire through warfare and conquest.
300
This man's protests over abuses in the Catholic church led to the founding of Protestant churches. Many people began to criticize the Catholic church for the selling of indulgences or pardons for sins.
Who is Martin Luther?
400
The icon controversy, or forbidding of the worship of icons (idols), and the separation of the Catholic church contributed to ___________ of the Byzantine Empire?
What is the downfall or demise of the Empire?
400
Two achievements that Charlemagne or Charles the Great was most known for were ______________
What were: 1) building a large Germanic empire, and 2) being crowned the Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo.
400
What metal was significant in the growth of the Empires of Africa?
What was gold?
400
This society has a well organized government; and the main demand that the ______ state placed on its subjects was the mita. Historians say that this culture had a type of welfare state that took care of all its citizens.
What the Inca?
400
A 16th-century movement leading to the founding of Protestant churches. It led to the founding of Christian churches that did NOT accept the Pope's authority.
What is the Reformation?
500

There were a series of a major wars in which Muslim and Catholics battled over the course of 200 years. The first of these started when the Catholics tried to capture Jerusalem. These wars were called the....

What is the Crusades?

500

The improvement in ___________ led to increased agricultural output; these improvements both increased life expectancy and populations which led to the growth of _____________.

What is farming?


What is towns and urban areas.

500
The most powerful people of the south America or Meso American region, the _____________dominated Andean Mountain region until the arrival of of the Europeans; was an extremely diverse culture cause it spanned north and south rather then east and west. It built thousands of miles of roads and maintained these also.
Who were the Inca?
500
If the Inca empire was still in existence today where would it be located?
Peru
500
The Scientific Revolution was about observation and discovery to explain the world, not faith. Name three or four major advances from the scientific revolution.
1) the earth revolves around the sun 2) Issac Newton's theory of gravity 3) Growth in medicine: treatments, scientific instruments, chemistry, inoculations 4) Advances changed view of government and society and led to the Enlightenment thinkers