Early Europe, Africa and Asia

A long series of wars between Christians & Muslims in the Holy Land

• Crusades

• Hundred Years War

• Middle Ages

• Bubonic Plague

Which was one effect of the Crusades?

• The Muslims were no longer in control of the Holy Land.

• New trade routes opened to the east.

• All of Europe became Muslim.

• Christianity came to an end.

Along with luxury items such as gold, ivory, and hardwoods, Arab merchants traveled to East Africa to get 

• gunpowder

• perfume

• enslaved Africans

• silks

The Renaissance occurred as a direct result of 

• European voyages of exploration.

• Chinese inventions.

• trade with the Middle East.

• Greek and Latin learning. 

Why did people travel in caravans on the Silk Road?

• for company

• it was cheaper

• for safety

• it was a law

How were the Crusades connected to European voyages of exploration?

• They spurred a European desire for Asian goods.

• They led Europeans to learn that they could conquer other regions.

• They created a fierce rivalry between European and Muslim merchants.

• Transporting troops to the Middle East improved European sailing technology.

Which of the following was a result of the Crusades?

• Christians took over the Holy Land.

• Muslims took over much of Portugal and Spain.

• Middle Easterners adopted European technologies.

• Europeans adopted Middle Eastern technologies.

The Renaissance occurred as a direct result of

• European voyages of exploration.

• Chinese inventions.

• trade with the Middle East.

• Greek and Latin learning.

In Europe during the Middle Ages, the people most likely to be able to read and write were

• Peasants

• Clergymen

• Traders

• Freemen

The astrolabe had an impact on America because it

• was adopted by the Native Americans.

• was an important trade good brought by the Europeans.

• was brought to America from the Muslim world.

• enabled Europeans to travel across the Atlantic.