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Who were the North African Muslims?
Moors
Who were the followers of John Wycliffe?
Lollards
Who were the Norsemen?
Vikings
"Scourge of Europe"
Magyars
Who were Arab nomads?
Bedouins
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
The "Crusade of Kings" was what crusade?
Third
Why did knights wear a coat of arms?
to identify themselves in battle
Why was the term Renaissance appropriate for the age?
Renaissance means "rebirth" and there was a rebirth in learning, art, and eventually the Bible.
Which was not a part of feudalism?
prophets
Why was the Battle of Tours so important?
The Muslim advance in Europe was stopped, saving Europe from being swallowed up in the Muslim Empire
Which crusade captured Asia Minor and Jerusalem?
First
For what is Jerome best remembered?
translating the Bible
Who is the author of The Canterbury Tales?
Chaucer
What two nations were formed by the Treaty of Verdun?
France and Germany
What was the protective trench that surrounded a castle called?
moat
A page became a squire while training to be what?
knight
What were the certificates from the pope that excused a person from doing penance or shortened his stay in purgatory?
indulgences
Who was crowned "Emperor of the Romans," beginning the Holy Roman Empire?
Otto the Great
Around what year did the Middle Ages begin?
500
What was a court that judged heretics?
inquisitions
Who worked the manors for the nobles?
serfs
Who is the god of Islam?
Allah
The Lord's supper
Eucharist
What was donated to the Pope by Pepin?
Papal States
What means, withdrawing from society?
monasticism
What mixed church doctrine with Greek philosophy?
scholasticism
"highly praised"
Mohammed
What is the Muslims holy book?
Koran
What is the Islamic city in Arabia?
Mecca
The talented painter of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling was Michelangelo
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The Greek philosopher Socrates, admired by many Europeans, was known as "The Philosopher"
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Saladin was a leader of Christian forces during the Crusades
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Jihad is the Muslim word for holy book
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Chivalry was the code of conduct for many knights during the middle ages
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The Black Death was a terrible plague that killed from one third to one half the population of Europe
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Richard the Lion-Hearted was a valiant leader in the Third Crusade
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John Huss was a powerful pope from Bohemia
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Charlemagne's name means "Charles the Hammer"
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Machiavelli wrote a book called The Prince
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