Vocabulary

Question 1

military general that became emperor; boosted Economy; created reforms

Answer 1

Diocletion

Question 2

“Roman Peace” ; lasted for over 200 years

Answer 2

Pax Romana

Question 3

wanted to reunite Roman Empire; changed and reformed law code; conquered too much too quickly

Answer 3

Justinian

Question 4

one of the five “good” emperors of Rome; built _______ wall to stop expansion of Europe

Answer 4

Hadrian

Question 5

pictures of Jesus, Mary, or of saints; some people didn’t worship them because they thought the were idols

Answer 5

icons

Question 6

green areas fed by underground water

Answer 6

oases

Question 7

Muslim houses of worship

Answer 7

mosque

Question 8

took charge of Japan on behalf of his aunt; made a strong central government

Answer 8

Prince Shotoku

Question 9

powerful military lords; pledged loyalty to shogun and emperor but lived in an independent society

Answer 9

Daimyo

Question 10

“to serve”, fought for nobles for land;followed Bushido

Answer 10

Samurai

Question 11

military leaders who run the government

Answer 11

Warlords

Question 12

Mongol conqueror; conquered people in steppes; brought together mongol laws in a law code

Answer 12

Genghis Khan

Question 13

“divine wind”; typhoons that smashed mongol ships

Answer 13

Kamikaze

Question 14

controller of all Japanese military forces; emperor gave this title to Yoritomo so that he would not revolt

Answer 14

Shogun

Question 15

wide rolling grassy plains that stretched from the black sea to Northern Europe

Answer 15

steppes

Question 16

political system based on bonds between lords and vassals; stopped by black death and Crusades

Answer 16

Feudalism

Question 17

law that was the same throughout the whole kingdom

Answer 17

Common Law

Question 18

Church court where people where accused of heresy

Answer 18

Spanish Inquisition

Question 19

series of ten holy wars that were meant to take back Christian land

Answer 19

Crusades

Question 20

originated in Gobi Desert; killed 1:2 people

Answer 20

Black Death

Question 21

the struggle to take back the Iberian Peninsula territory

Answer 21

Reconquista

Question 22

great sea captain; went to trade to show off China

Answer 22

Zheng He

Question 23

document that King John was forced to sign; gave people more rights but the government less rights

Answer 23

Magna Carta

Question 24

famous European traveler; wrote a book about his travels

Answer 24

Marco Polo

Question 25

raised taxes in Europe and punished enemies without trial

Answer 25

King John

Question 26

military general; reunited China by force

Answer 26

Wendi

Question 27

noble who served a lord of a higher ranking for protection in return

Answer 27

vassal

Question 28

warriors from Scandinavia who raided Europe

Answer 28

Vikings

Question 29

most powerful mayor of Europe; won battle of tours which kept Europe Christian

Answer 29

Charles Martel