| A | B |
|---|
| became the basis of many modern European languages | Latin |
| moved the capital from Rome to Constantinople | Constantine |
| a very influential law code of the Byzantine Empire | Justinian Code |
| Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Franks, Vandals, Angles and Saxons | Germanic Tribes |
| form of Christianity based on Greek heritage, practiced in the Byzantine Empire | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| acts of worship all Muslims must fulfill | Pillars of Faith |
| holy book of Islam | Quran |
| the spread of African culture around the world by enslaved Africans | African Diaspora |
| grew wealthy from the salt and gold trade | Ghana |
| a plague that swept across Europe and Asia and killed millions of people | Black Death |
| signed the Magna Carta in 1215 which limited the power of the king | King John |
| a guide for knights good behavior | Code of Chivalry |
| a young French peasant girl who led a group of soldiers in the Hundred Years’ War | Joan of Arc |
| called for a meeting of people from different parts of England, which came to be called the Parliament | Edward I |
| a time of rebirth of interest in art and learning | Renaissance |
| English playwright who wrote tragedies and comedies | William Shakespeare |
| developed a printing press with moveable type | Johannes Gutenberg |
| Catholic attempt to convince people to return to the Catholic Church | Counter-Reformation |
| Rome’s first written laws | Twelve Tables |
| includes four accounts of Jesus’ life. | New Testament |
| leader of the Roman Catholic Church. | Pope |
| means "surrendering to the will of God" | Islam |
| earliest African art form known | cave painting |
| a Church court that tried heretics | Inquisition |
| everyday language | vernacular |
| a peninsula shaped like a boot | Italy |
| Roman emperor that ended the persecution of Christians | Constantine |
| belief that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have in common | there is one God |
| an Italian scientist and artist | Leonardo da Vinci |
| painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel | Michelangelo |
