World History Study Guide

The _______was an early trading route that connected the Roman Empire to China, and was primarily used to transport luxury goods.

• Indian Ocean trade route

• Silk Road

• Trans Saharan trade route

The _________ was a sea based trade route that connected East Africa, India, and China.

• Silk Road

• Indian Ocean trade route

• Trans Saharan trade route

The ___________was primarily used to move Gold and Salt to and from West African kingdoms to Northern Africa and the Middle East.

• Trans-Saharan Trade Route 

• Silk Road

• Indian Ocean trade route

Medieval Times is another name for the _________.

• Vasal

• Middle Ages

• Eurasia

___________ is a style known for its high pointed ceilings, tall towers, flying buttresses and stained glass windows. It is designed to make a person inside, think of God and heaven. Churches were often the largest building in the town, therefore demonstrating the greatness of God, but also the wealth of the kingdom since taxes paid for many churches.

• Gothic Architecture

• Crusades

• Vernacular Literature

• Reconquista

_________ was a loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owned military service and other support to a greater lord or king.

• Excommunication

• Scholasticism

• Feudalism

_______ is a large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia.

• Africa

• Eurasia

• Byzantine Empire

• North America

Plague spread by fleas on rats from Asia that killed half of Europe’s population.

• Black Death/Bubonic Plague

• Influenza

• Small Pox

Many soldiers who fought in the Crusades did so because they sought the ______, _________, or the _____________.

• adventure

• supported the cause

• All

• possibility of gain or riches

The belief that a king gets his power from God and are only responsible to God.

• armada

• baroque

• Mannerism

• Divine Right of Kings