This event caused an increase in wages and prices throughout Europe.
What is the Black Death?
100
This is the holy book of Islam.
What is the Qur'an?
100
Tolls collected from trade of these two resources helped build the kingdom of Ghana.
What are gold and salt?
100
These two organisms were the carriers of germs that caused bubonic plague in humans.
What are fleas and rats?
200
A 10% tax imposed by the Church.
What is a tithe?
200
This war, between England and France, was the first war in Europe to use gunpowder causing the European feudal system to start to fail.
What is The Hundred Years War?
200
The Crusades were fought between these two religions.
What are Christianity and Islam (Muslims)?
200
The University of Timbuktu was founded after the hajj of this king.
Who is Mansa Musa?
200
Japan's ________________ provided protection from unwanted visitors, especially the Mongols!
What is geography?
300
These people worked in fields, growing crops and taking care of livestock.
Who are peasants?
300
This idea can be summed up as the pope having authority over all kings and emperors.
What is papal supremacy?
300
This city, where Muhammad rededicated the Kaaba to Allah, became the holiest city of Islam.
What is Mecca?
300
Which African kingdom developed in the African Savannas?
What is Mali?
300
The emperor in this Asian civilization was a powerless figurehead.
What is Japan?
400
This group of people were primarily responsible for the survival of literacy in Europe during the dark ages.
Who are monks?
400
Emperor Justinian's refusal to acknowledge the authority of the Pope led to a schism within the Christian Church. As a result, these two Christian churches were formed.
What are the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church?
400
During the period of the Crusades, this capital was where Christians fought other Christians.
What is Constantinople?
400
The trade of which two items contributed to the development of the Ghana Empire?
Gold & Salt
400
This group stabilized China and increased trade during the 1200s and 1300s.
Who are the Mongols?
500
People who die for their beliefs.
What are martyrs?
500
This code of conduct told European knights how they were supposed to behave.
What is chivalry?
500
A king who was a Muslim and used his pilgrimage to showcase the wealth of his empire.
Who is Mansa Musa?
500
This man recorded everything from his travels in journals which historians value a lot today.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
500
This developed as a way for medieval societies to protect themselves.