Unit 1
Geco-Macedonian ruler who never lost a battle and died at 32
Alexander the Great
This monotheistic faith follows the Five Pillars and the Hajj
Islam
This person is known as the Renaissance Man, for his achievements in painting, architecture, and mathematics
Leonardo da Vinci
The first person to publish on the heliocentric theory, the idea that the sun was the center of the universe.
Copernicus
What is Mr. T's favorite color?
Blue
Paul and Peter were significant in the spread of this outlawed religion in the Roman Empire
Christianity
This monotheistic faith has a holy text known as the Torah
Judaism
This invention led to incredible accessibility of the Bible and helped spawn the Protestant Reformation
Printing Press
Almost executed by the Catholic Inquisition for publishing his work about heliocentric theory.
Galileo
What is the name of Mr. T's dog?
Luna
Greek philosophers did not like Democracy because they feared it would be easily hijacked by what?
Mob Rule
This monotheistic faith believes that Jesus is the son of God
Christianity
Martin Luther and John Calvin agreed on most things except for what?
Predestination
This person wrote about the natural rights of man. Life, Liberty, and property
John Locke
What is Mr. T's degree in?
History
Ancient Greeks honored their gods through games known as what?
Olympics
Went on a legendary pilgrimage to Mecca and ruled the Mali Empire. Also known as the richest man in the world
Mansa Musa
He is the most important figure in the English Reformation because he started the first protestant church in England.
King Henry VIII
This revolution began as a slave revolt in 1791 in a French colony in the Caribbean.
Haitian Revolution
Where did Mr. T go to high school?
Harris County High
The eastern part of the Roman Empire that did not fall to invaders.
Byzantine Empire
This is a system in Medieval Europe where peasants had to make everything they needed on their lord's land.
Feudal System
This group finally conquered the Byzantine Empire in 1453.
Ottoman Turks
Napoleon was defeated by combined British and Prussian forces at which battle?
Battle of Waterloo
What is Mr. T's favorite fast food restaurant?
Chickfila