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Chapters 16-42
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| After the Normans came to England, every person in England served someone else and the person that they served had a duty to give something in exchange. What type of system is this called? | The Feudal System (p. 145) |
| The English language was forever changed during this period of time. Where does the English language borrow some words from? | Latin, French, Scandinavian, Greek |
| What do we call Japanese knights? | Samurai |
| English knights had to follow a code of _______________________? | Chivalry |
| In order to become a knight you had to first become a __________________ then a _____________________. | Page, Squire |
| During the Age of the Crusades the Jews, Christians and Muslims all wanted to go to what city? | Jerusalem |
| The knights of the First Crusade had a difficult time entering the city. How did they finally enter? | By building tall towers called siege towers. |
| Which king went off to fight in the Crusades during his reign? | Richard the Lionhearted |
| King John had to sign a special agreement saying he would follow the rules even though he was king. What was this special agreement or "charter" called? | The Magna Carta |
| Name the Mongol leader that united all of the Mongol tribes. | Genghis Khan |
| The Jews of Jerusalem revolted against the Romans. These Jewish freedom fighters were called? | Zealots |
| The Romans destroyed the Jewish temple and forced the Jewish people to leave. They feared they would no longer be Jews without the Temple to worship in. They were able to continue to follow there Jewish tradition under the leadership of? | Rabbis |
| Kublai Khan conquered China and created a huge empire, this was the beginning of what dynasty? | Mongol Dynasty |
| Who wrote of his travels to China and the things he saw there? | Marco Polo |
| Where in China did many merchants come to trade and sell their goods? | The Silk Road |
| The Ming Emperors did not want outsiders in their country, this led them to built what? | The Forbidden City |
| What are the sacred writings of the Jews is called? | Torah |
| The Rus sailed to attack Constantinople. The kingdom of the Rus people became known as ____________________. | Russia |
| Two rulers of Russia shared the same name, one was "Great" and the other "Terrible." What was their name? | Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible |
| The Ottoman Turks were nomads from_________________. | Asia |
| Constantinople was renamed ____________________. | Istanbul |
| The ________________________ spread throughout the Middle Ages leaving the world different and changed in many ways. | The Bubonic Plague or Black Death |
| The plague helped to end the _______________ system. The noblemen became poor and the peasants became a little richer. | feudal |
| France and England had been at war with one another for nearly 100 years. What do we call this war? | 100 Years' War |
| There were 2 potential kings for France, Henry and the Dauphin. Who did God call to come to the aid of the Dauphin? | Joan of Arc |
| The Wars of Roses was a civil war fought between 2 groups of cousins. They were called the ______________________ and the ______________________. | Lancastrians and Yorks |
| Edward the V was only 12 when being appointed to the throne. His uncle came to help him rule, but eventually claimed the throne for himself. What was his name? | Richard III |
| Princess Isabella of Castile and her husband Ferdinand united many small kingdoms into a unified country. It was called_______________. | Spain |
| Portugal remained an independent country and became home to many great navigators. Name one. | Henry the Navigator |
| List some words related to navigation on the sea. | Astrolabe, knots, compass, map |
| Define circumnavigate. Ferdinand Magellan's ship was the first to circumnavigate the world. | To completely go around, in this case the world. |
| ________________ was one of the richest kingdoms in Africa. | Ghana |
| Name 2 things mined in Africa. | Salt and Gold |
| Who was the famous king of Mali? | Mansa Musa |
| Babur united India into the _________________ dynasty. | Moghul |
| Christopher Columbus was trying to find a trade route to what country? | India |
| Name the 3 ships Christopher Columbus took on his journey. | Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria |
| Christopher Columbus mistakenly called the Native Americans _______________, thinking he had arrived in India. | Indians |
| America is named after the mapmaker who realized Columbus found a new continent. What is his name? | Amerigo Vespucci |
| Who paid for the expeditions that Christopher Columbus made? | Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain |
| Who settled on marshy land, creating a city called Tenochtitlan? They had water canals for streets and discovered chocolate. | The Aztecs |
| Who settled in Central America and built great pyramids and large cities? | The Mayans |
| Who settled in South America creating good roads and traded many goods such as cloth, pottery and jewelry? | The Incas |
| Spain and Portugal wanted to do what in the New World? | Build colonies |
| The Aztecs thought they were being visited by gods when Cortes arrived. What was really happening? | They were being invaded. |
| A German monk criticized the Catholic Church and then nailed 95 Theses to the door of Wittenberg Church. Who was this monk? | Martin Luther |
| The people following Martin Luther were called __________________________. | Reformers or Protestants, they were considered heretics by the Catholic Church |
| Who invented the printing press? | Johannes Gutenberg |
| What do we call the period of time when ideas such as science, art, and philosophy were "reborn"? | The Renaissance |
| The Catholic Church responded to Luther and the reformation by doing what? | Forming the Council of Trent and meeting lasting 18 years to define what the Catholic taught and believed. |
| Who believed the planets revolved around the sun? | Nicholas Copernicus |
| This inventor was born in Italy and considered "The Father of Modern Physics". | Galileo Galilei |
| England had a queen so magnificent there is a period of time named after her, who is she? | Queen Elizabeth |
| What was Queen Mary's nickname? | Bloody Mary |
| William Shakespeare was a great _________________________. | play writer |
| What was England's first colony in the Americas called? | Virginia on an island in North Carolina called Roanoke Island |
| John Cabot, an English explorer found what country? | Newfoundland |
| A French explorer set off to claim new land for France, his name was __________________________. | Jacques Cartier |
| Spain was so large it was called __________________________. | “Mistress of the World and Queen of the Ocean” |
| King Philip of Spain wanted to attack England, he built a huge fleet of ships called the ________________________. | Spanish Armada |
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