Book 1, Chapter 4, Set 3

Question 1

When were Norway, England, and Denmark united under King Canute? (page 155)

Answer 1

1016 CE.

Question 2

When did the Umayyad caliphate in Spain fall during a Christian reconquest of Spain? (page 155)

Answer 2

1031 CE.

Question 3

When was the formula for gunpowder published in China? (page 155)

Answer 3

1044 CE.

Question 4

When was there the first printing with movable type in China? (page 155)

Answer 4

1045 CE.

Question 5

When did the Norman conquest of southern Italy and Sicily begin? (page 155)

Answer 5

1047 CE.

Question 6

When did the Fatimids lose control of Libya? (page 155)

Answer 6

1048 CE.

Question 7

When was the final schism between Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Christian churches? (page 156)

Answer 7

1054 CE.

Question 8

When did the Seljuk Turks conquer Baghdad? (page 156)

Answer 8

1055 CE.

Question 9

When did the Battle of Hastings lead to the Norman conquest of England? (page 156)

Answer 9

1066 CE.

Question 10

When was the Almoravid capital founded at Marrakesh, North Africa? (page 156)

Answer 10

1070 CE.

Question 11

During what battle did the Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantines and when did this occur? (page 156)

Answer 11

The Battle of Manzikert occurred 1071 CE.

Question 12

When did the Normans capture the last Byzantine possessions in Italy? (page 156)

Answer 12

1071 CE.

Question 13

When did the empire of Ghana in West Africa fall to the Almoravids? (page 156)

Answer 13

1076 CE.

Question 14

When was the investiture controversy and what was it? What happened at the beginning of this controversy? (page 156)

Answer 14

The most important controversy between secular and religious powers in medieval Europe and occurred in 1076 CE. Pope Gregory VII excommunicated King Henry IV, the Holy Roman Emperor and the other disputant at the beginning of the controversy.

Question 15

When was capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade? (page 156)

Answer 15

1099 CE.

Question 16

When was the order of the Knights Templar founded? (page 156)

Answer 16

c. 1118 CE.

Question 17

When was the Chinese Liao dynasty defeated by Jin from Manchuria? (page 156)

Answer 17

1125 CE.

Question 18

When did the Chinese Song dynasty move the capital to Hangzhou after the Jin took control of northern China? (page 156)

Answer 18

1130 CE.

Question 19

When did the Concordant of Worms end the investure controversy? (page 156)

Answer 19

1122 CE.

Question 20

When did the Crusader state of Edessa fall to Muslims? (page 156)

Answer 20

1144 CE.

Question 21

When was the Start of the Second Crusade? (page 156)

Answer 21

1145 CE.

Question 22

When did the Almohads conquer the city of Marrakesh from the Almoravids and take control of North Africa? (page 156)

Answer 22

1147 CE.

Question 23

When were the Almohads established in southern Spain? (page 156)

Answer 23

1147 CE.

Question 24

When was the first university in Paris established? (page 156)

Answer 24

c. 1150 CE.

Question 25

When was the birth of Ghenghis Khan? (page 156)

Answer 25

c. 1162 CE.

Question 26

When was the English conquest of Ireland launched? (page 156)

Answer 26

1169 CE.

Question 27

When did the Ayyubid sultan Saladin overthrow the Fatimid caliphate in Egypt? (page 156)

Answer 27

1171 CE.

Question 28

When did the Angkor empire reach its greatest extent under Jayavarman VII? (page 156)

Answer 28

c. 1180 CE.

Question 29

When was the Kamakura shogunate founded? (page 156)

Answer 29

1185 CE.

Question 30

When did the Incas under Manco Capac settle in the Andes near Cuzco? (page 156)

Answer 30

c. 1200 CE.