Africa
What is iron?
This was the first Chinese Dynasty.
What is the Shang Dynasty?
This was the estate upon which most people lived in Europe under feudalism.
What is a manor?
This German inventor created the movable type printing press, which opened the door for widespread education and the mass production of books.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
This German monk is widely regarded as having started the Reformation when he posted his 95 Theses on the church doors.
Who is Martin Luther?
This was the largest family group in Africa and included everyone who could trace his ancestry to a common relative.
What is a clan?
This man was known as the "Great Leader" and united the Mongol clans so they could invade China.
This was the title given to the leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
What is a pope?
This artist is best known for his painting of the Sistine Chapel and his sculpture of David.
Who is Michelangelo?
This was a practice of the Roman Catholic church which involved selling a piece of paper which granted forgiveness for sins.
What are Indulgences?
This man made a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 and brought so much gold it nearly crashed the local economy.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This Asian religion focused on getting away from suffering by following the 4 Noble Truths.
What is Buddhism?
These were a series of missions to liberate the Holy Land from the infidels.
What are the Crusades?
This artist is best known for his painting of the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper - he was also a prolific inventor.
Who is Leonardo DaVinci?
This was a Roman Catholic teaching that the bread and wine of communion become the actual body and blood of Jesus upon consumption.
What is transubstantiation?
This language became a common trade language in ancient Africa.
What is Swahili?
This Mongol leader conquered parts of Russia and Eastern Europe, whose army was known as the "Golden Horde".
Who is Batu Khan?
Also known as the "Great Charter", this document started as a protection of the rights of certain nobles, but later became a symbol that the king's power was limited.
What is the Magna Carta?
This artistic technique was used to add dimension to art through the use of darker and lighter coloring.
What is shading?
This was a practice of the Roman Catholic Church which involved dismissing someone from the church, which was also associated with the loss of salvation.
What is excommunication?
This ancient African city was abandoned by most of its occupants in the 1450s.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
This Chinese Dynasty, known as the "Brilliant Dynasty" was established after the Mongols left China.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
This major calamity resulted in the slowest and most painful deaths of all of the calamities of Medieval Europe.
What is the Great Famine of 1315?
This was a collection of subjects that covered literature, philosophy, art, history, grammar and speech.
What are the Humanities?
This was a group of monks tasked with suppressing heresy and converting people to Roman Catholicism.
Who are the Jesuits?