Question | Answer |
Who invaded and united most of England in 1066? | William the Conqueror |
Common law had its beginnings under whom? | Henry II |
What document did King John sign that limited the king's power? | Magna Carta |
The Hundred Years War was between which two countries? | England and France |
Who established the French throne in Paris? | Hugh Capet |
Who unified Spain and expelled the Jews and Moors? | Ferdinand and Isabella |
Who expanded the Spanish Empire in the Western Hemisphere? | Charles V |
In Russia, who threw off the rule of the Mongols, centralized power in Moscow, and expanded the Russian nation? | Ivan the Great |
What were the crusades? | Christians trying to regain control of the Holy Land from the Muslims |
Which group conquered the Byzantine Empire? | Ottoman Turks |
What decimated the population of much of Asia and then Europe? | Black Death (Bubonic plague) |
The Crusades began after a speech by which pope? | Pope Urban II |
When the Ottoman Empire conquered Byzantine, what did they rename Constantinople? | Istanbul |
What happened to the Hagia Sophia when the Ottomans came to Byzantine? | It was changed to an Islamic mosque |
How did the Black Death spread? | fleas |
Who helped unify the French army and led France to victory in the Hundred Years War? | Joan of Arc |
Who was the leader of the Ottoman Turks who renamed Constantinople? | Muhammad II (Mehmet II) |
In the 1300s, what happened that caused a shorter growing season and an increase in famine? | "little ice age" |
The use of what made castles obsolete? | cannons |
How many people died from the Black Death between 1347 and 1352? | 25 million |
Which religious groups did Ferdinand and Isabella expel from its country's borders? | Muslim Moors and Jews |
Which city became the capital of the Russian empire under the tsars? | Moscow |
Monasteries in Europe laid the foundation for the first _____. | universities |
What battle is associated with William the Conqueror? | Battle of Hastings |
Where was William the Conqueror from? | Normandy |
In what year was the Battle of Hastings? | 1066 |
City that was sacked by Crusaders. | Constantinople |
Muslim leader who reconquered Jerusalem after the first Crusade | Saladin |
Using reason to support Christian beliefs | scholasticism |