Unit 2 Key People

Question 0

• Mecca
• founder of Islam
• Mesopotamia to Indus River
• Hejira

Answer 0

Muhammad

Question 1

• France and Germany
• unified Christian empire
• blended roman, Christian, and Germanic culture

Answer 1

Charlemagne

Question 2

• Europe
• Vikings, Muslims, disrupting settled communities
• kept governments from developing

Answer 2

Barbarians

Question 3

• Normandy to England
• Norman Conquest
• Battle of Hastings
• Brought French ideas to England

Answer 3

William the Conqueror

Question 4

Byzantine Empire
Golden age ruler
Justinian’s code
Hagia Sophia

Answer 4

Justinian

Question 5

Mongolia
Conquered great empire using Mongol fighters
Peace + Prosperity
‘Pax Mongolia’

Answer 5

Genghis Khan

Question 6

Italy( Venice)
Traveled to China, and returned
Silk Road
Opened European eyes to the world beyond (CHINA)

Answer 6

Marco Polo

Question 7

Mughal India
Created a Golden Age of art + lit
Religious toleration
Peace + prosperity

Answer 7

Akbar

Question 8

France and Rome
1st crusade
Expedition to the Holy Land

Answer 8

Pope Urban II

Question 9

England 1215
Magna Carta
^Limited the power

Answer 9

King John

Question 10

Ottoman Empire
“The Law Giver “
Expanded empire + codified rule
Ruled Ottoman Empire at its greatest

Answer 10

Suleiman the Magnificent

Question 11

Iraq
Defender of Jerusalem
Muslims
Earned the respect of crusaders

Answer 11

Saladin

Question 12

I- 1474-1504
F- 1452-1576
Marriage unified Spain 
Reconquista, eliminated Christians from Spain 
Ended Muslim presence in W. Europe

Answer 12

Isabell & Ferdinand

Question 13

Japan
Unified Japan under strict control
Shogun
Isolated and unified Japan

Answer 13

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Question 14

Mali- west Africa
Went on hajj to Mecca + spread word of his kingdom
Gold-Salt Trade

Answer 14

Mansa Musa