Rome and Greece
Europe in the Middle Ages
Old World Trade Routes
History of Islam and Africa
Religion
100

This ancient Greek city was known for having a militaristic government and being the strongest city-state after the Peloppenisian war.

What is Sparta?

100

This disease, based off the Yesenia Pestis infection would wipe out nearly half of Western Europe after initial infection in 1347.

What is the Black Plague or What is the Bubonic Plague?

100

Mansa Musa, the richest man to ever live, made his money on what TWO major trade goods?

What is Gold and Salt

100

This caliphate would be responsible for bringing about the cultural renaissance of ideas in the Islamic civilizations with its capital in Baghdad.

What is the Abassid caliphate?

100

This is the holy book of Islam.

What is the Q'uran?

200

He was the first emperor of Rome and established the "Pax Romana" or "Roman Peace".

Who is Augustus?

200
This hierarchal system was successful in the European Middle ages as a way to govern small kingdoms with Kings, Lords, Vassals, Knights, and Peasants.

What is the Feudal System?

200

This trade route would stretch from West to North Africa using camels to bring goods like gold, salt, and ivory in addition to slavery and Islam.

What is the Trans-Saharan trade route?

200

This rich king of the Mali Empire would cross the Sahara desert on his pilgrimage to Mecca, devastating the economy of every city he visited.

Who is Mansa Musa?

200
He began Islam with his revelations from Allah.

Who is the Prophet Muhammad?

300

This group of people was responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Who are the Roman Authorities?

300

This system that describes cities growing larger in population would contribute to the devastation of the Bubonic Plague.

What is urbanization?

300

On the Silk road, this region was the major souce for Silk and Porcelein.

What is China?

300

This was where Muhammad first received his revelations from the Archangel Gabriel.

What is Mt. Hira?

300

The God of this patriarch is the God of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.

Who was Abraham?

400

Alexander "The Great" was known for spreading Hellenistic culture across the Mediterranean and into the Levant region. He is known as "The Great" because he ____________ many lands.

What is conquered?
400

This leader in the middle ages started as the King of Francia, then spread his empire building places of learning and conquering most of Western Europe.

Who is Charlemagne or "Charles the Great"

400

This trade route would spread from Eastern China to the Mediterranean trading in lightweight, high value, non-perishable goods, ideas, and people.

What is the Silk Road?

400

These people would bring Iron technology, Agriculture, and a Language system to sub-Saharan Africa.

Who are the Bantu people?

400

He was  one of Jesus's disciples and was known for spreading the religion of Christianity.

Who was Paul the Apostle?

500

This was the one aspect Athens and Sparta had in common.

What are powerful city-states?

500

The Seljuk Turks would spark conflict in "The Holy Land" leading to the Pope in the Eastern Roman Empire to call for aid from Western Europe leading to these major conflicts in history.

What is the Crusades?

500

This would lead to the decline of the Trans-Saharan trade routes.

What is European maritime technology and/or European sea trade routes

500

This muslim scholar was known as an important developer of medical science, including the first ideas about a very small source of disease and the process of quarantine for infectious disease.

Who is Ibn Sina?

500

Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have this in common.

What is monotheism?