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S.S.-MiddleAges-Rena
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was an explorer that was looking for another route to India? | Christopher Columbus |
| The Philosophers at Athens was painted by ________? | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Who wrote a book that inspired Europeans to learn more about Chinese inventions, customs, and institutions of government? | Marco Polo |
| Where did Pope Urban II give his sermon that was a rallying cry to wage war against the Muslims under the banner of the Roman Catholic church? | France |
| Who was popularly know as "sea dog"? | John Hawkins |
| The Ottoman Empire is now modern day _________. | Turkey |
| Which group of people were completely wiped out by the Khans? | Tartans |
| Between what centuries did the Renaissance span? | 14th - 17th centuries |
| What was the name of the holy city governed by Muslims that was denied access by the Jews and Christians? | Jerusalem |
| Who forced everyone to work, negotiated with the Native Americans, and guaranteed Jamestown's initial survival? | John Smith |
| Raised roads across water or wet ground are ___________. | causeways |
| The Mona Lisa was painted by ____________. | Leonardo da Vinci |
| The _________(or bushi) were the warriors of premodern Japan. They later made up the ruling military class that eventually became the highest ranking social caste. | Samurai |
| ___________ is a kind of government in which people worked and sometimes fought for a local landowner (lord) in return for protection and the use of land. | feudalism |
| Who was believed to be the first European in Texas? | Alonso Alvarez de Pineda |
| Wallachia is now modern day _____________. | Romania |
| _____________ invented the microscope. | Zacharias Janssen |
| One of the most important values of the Khan culture was that of ___________. | loyalty |
| __________________ received a plea for help from the Imperial Court of Constantinople. | Pope Urban the II |
| __________ _____ was the leader of the Roanoke people who disappeared. | John White |
| As a result of the fall of Constantinople the trade routes to India were __________. | closed |
| _________is a musical instrument that is like a piano, but the strings are plucked rather than hit like a piano. | harpsichord |
| In addition to a road system, the Mongols built a ________ _______. It was much like the Pony Express in the United States during the 1800's. | postal system |
| ________ _____ is a series of laws establishing the rights of English landowners and Barons that limited the absolute power of the King. | Magna Charta |
| The four most prized spices to Europeans during the Age of Exploration were ________, ______, _______, and ________. | cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, and ginger |
| Before it was conquered, Istanbul was called _____________. | Constantinople |
| A type of choir in which three to six singers, sing several melodies at the same time. | madrigal |
| What animal was highly prized by the Khans as well as modern day Mongolians? | horses |
| Magna Charta means what in Latin? | "great charter" |
| The Spanish explorer who was the first European to explore Southeast America. | Hernando de Soto |
| Who was the man that conquered the city of Constantinople in 1453? | Mehmed II |
| Leonardo da Vinci is considered a __________. | genius |
| The Silk Road's main route began in Xian and ended in Antioch and __________. | Tyre |
| Saladin let the Knight's Templar go _______ after the fall of Jerusalem to the Muslims. | free |
| The Spanish explorer that established the oldest European settlement in Puerto Rico | Juan Ponce de Leon |
| The most famous leader of the Romanian people | Vlad Dracula |
| During the Renaissance, children were treated like ______ _______. | small adults |
| The merchants, artists, and clergymen were professions that were given high ranking by the ________ culture. | Mongol |
| Who sailed to New Foundland? | John Cabot |
| A _________ government is a government in which the state (government) has total control over businesses and the lives of the people. | totalitarian |
| The ________ _____ is a stringed instrument that's sound is similiar to a violin. | Hurdy Gurdy |
| ________ is a word used to mean "blood brother" by Genghis Khan. | anda |
| Present day Indonesia was known as the ________ _______ during the Age of Exploration. | Spice Islands |
| _________ was the capital of the Aztec Empire. | Tenochtitlan |
| Leonardo da Vinci used a turtle as a model to design his _________. | tank |
| The ancient trade route between Europe and China. | The Silk Road |
| The Hudson River is named after this explorer | Henry Hudson |
| The inventor of the printing press | Johann Gutenburg |
| Is quoted as saying, "make the tangents vanish". | Ghengis Khan |
| An explorer who sailed around the world | Ferdinand Magellan |
| A Renaissance family that is most famous for its patronage to the arts. Were patrons for Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Rapheal, and Donatelo. | The Medici Family |
| The Samurai were supposed to lead their lives according to the ethic code of _______ "the way of the warrior". | bushido |
| Juan Ponce de Leon was famous for looking for the __________ ____ __________. | Fountain of Youth |
| Galileo is many times thought to be the inventor of the telescope, however, the true inventor was a Dutchman named _______ ________. | Hans Lippershy |
| Genghis Khan's blood brother was _________. | Jamuka |
| The cash crop of tobacco was introduced by _________ _______. | John Rolfe |
| Marco Polo was famous for a book he wrote about his travels to _________. | China |
| __________ is where a wealthy person or family pays for an artist to do their work. | patronage |
| The main weapon and symbol for the Samurai was the _________. | katana |
| A waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans | Northwest Passage |
| All land touching the tributaries of the Mississippi River and were claimed for France by _________ ____ _________. | Robert de LaSalle |
| Michelangelo painted the ________ _______. | Sistene Chapel |
| The Mongols were a ________ people. | nomadic |
| Explorer that founded Lima, Peru | Francisco Pizarro |
| Purchased the island of Mahattan (now in present day New York City) from the Native Americans for a cost of approximately $24. | Peter Minuit |
| Some people think that Leonardo da Vinci based the Mona Lisa on _________. | himself |
| The period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth. | The Renaissance |
| An approach to knowledge that focused on worldly rather than religious values. | humanism |
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