Dar al Islam
Medieval
Renaissance
Reformation
European Exploration
100
The year 632CE
What year did the Prophet Mohammad die?
100
How did a person come to belong to a social class in medieval Europe?
social classes were usually inherited
100
The Renaissance artist Michelangelo created his greatest works in what century?
16th
100
Martin Luther wrote his 95 Theses in what century?
16th
100
The Conquistador credited with conquering the Aztec was who?
Cortez
200
In what present day country is Mecca?
Saudi Arabia
200
the exterior support structures on a Gothic Cathedral were called what?
buttresses
200
A person that financially supports the arts is called what?
patron
200
Eventually, the Catholic Church had an organized response to the Protestant split within the Christian Church. Reforms within the Catholic Church and a system of active responses were decided at what historic gathering during the 16th century?
Council of Trent
200
After Bartolomeu Dias and his crew sailed around the southern tip of Africa they turned around and sailed home to Portugal do starvation, lack of supplies and what malady (often associated with long sea voyages)?
scurvy
300
In the 8th century this Muslim caliphate controlled much of Spain
Umayyad
300
an area of land granted to a lords is called what?
fief or fiefdom
300
What Renaissance philosophy promoted intellectual growth and knowledge of ancient Greece and Rome as acceptable practices that could accompany Christianity?
humanism
300
Under the umbrella of Protestant faith was ________________ which was popular in northern Europe and Scotland. It required followers to adjust appearances to avoid flamboyance, to study the spiritual philosophy of one man, and encourage theocracy.
Calvinism
300
Daily Double
Risk one of the following amounts: 300, 600, 900
Leonardo Da Vinci
400
Why are Muslims discouraged from depicting living beings in their artwork?
They believed only Allah could create these beings so their reproductive images were to be avoided
400
Prior to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the predominant faith within the city was called what specifically?
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
400
What Florentine family supported the work and life of Michelangelo?
Medici
400
Name two reasons why the Protestant faith did not take hold in what is today South America (prior to the twentieth century).
Spain and or Portugal took that territory and the were Catholic, Spreading the Catholic faith was a tenet of the faith, Protestant countries such as Netherlands, England, and in some part France were busy with North America and other world regions (aside from holding islands in the Caribbean), forced conversion of native populations was attempted,
400
Name three inventions critical to the success of European exploration in the 1400s and 1500s.
Astrolabe, magnetic compass, sextant, triangular sails, caravel, sternpost rudder,
500
What caliphate overthrew the Umayyads and brought in what is considered the Golden Age of Islam?
Abbasid
500
What was the saying that was used by Crusaders to motivate them for battle, justify their violence, and justify the attempt to take the Holy Land?
"God wills it!"
500
"It is better to be feared than loved" is a sentiment expressed by what Renaissance writer?
Machiavelli
500
The Reformation would likely have never happened on the scale it did without this 15th century invention.
printing press
500
A system of labor used by the Spanish to control and exploit native populations in the new world was called what?
Encomienda