Chapter 27

Question 1

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 1

Cathay (China)

Question 2

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 2

Venice

Question 3

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 3

Peking

Question 4

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 4

Genoa

Question 5

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 5

Black Sea

Question 6

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 6

China Sea

Question 7

Find Cathay (China).

Answer 7

Question 8

Find Venice.

Answer 8

Question 9

Find Peking.

Answer 9

Question 10

Find Genoa.

Answer 10

Question 11

Find the Black Sea

Answer 11

Question 12

Find the China Sea

Answer 12

Question 13

Venetian merchant and explorer; wrote famous account of life in China

Answer 13

Marco Polo

Question 14

emperor of China during Polo’s stay

Answer 14

Kublai Khan

Question 15

“Now, my friends, I will show you something that will please you.”

Answer 15

Marco Polo

Question 16

How did the story of Marco Polo’s travels come to be written?

Answer 16

Marco was ivnolved in a battle between the venetians and the Genoese, which the Venetians lost. He was imprisoned at Genoa. One of his fellow prisoners was a skillful penman. Marco dictated his stores to this man.

Question 17

the most famous king Scotland ever had

Answer 17

Robert Bruce

Question 18

won Scotland’s independence from England in 1328 AD

Answer 18

Robert Bruce

Question 19

Scottish knight who led an uprising against Edward I in a bid for Scottish independence, but was defeated and killed

Answer 19

Sir William Wallace

Question 20

king of England who recognized Scotland’s independence in 1328

Answer 20

Edward III

Question 21

“If the spider has courage to try again, I also will try to free Scotland.”

Answer 21

Robert Bruce

Question 22

to go up

Answer 22

ascend

Question 23

to go down

Answer 23

descend

Question 24

king of England who also claimed the throne of Scotland

Answer 24

Edward I

Question 25

How did Robert Bruce's fortunes turn?

Answer 25

Edward I died and his son and successor Edward II ignored Scotland for some time. Bruce took advantage of this by capturing most of the castles of Scotland and getting hte Scottish nobles to recognize him as king. Finally he was able to defeat Edward II in battle.

Question 26

founder of the Franciscan Order

Answer 26

St. Francis

Question 27

order of monks devoted to the teaching of church doctrine and the performance of charitable good works, and the spreading of Christian Education

Answer 27

Dominican Order

Question 28

intolerable; obnoxiousand difficult to endure

Answer 28

insufferable

Question 29

severity; economical or material meagerness

Answer 29

austerity

Question 30

extremely thin through starvation

Answer 30

emaciated

Question 31

to abusively mock

Answer 31

jeer

Question 32

Describe the philosophy and work of the Order of Friars Minor.

Answer 32

The order was devoted to charity, especially the care of lepers. It was initially devoted to an extreme form of poverty and allowed no ownership of property. This became less strict in time.

Question 33

remembered as one of the best kings of France; sainted for his piety

Answer 33

Louis IX

Question 34

"Sing in the name of God. Shout forth his praises as we sail away."

Answer 34

Louis IX

Question 35

Date of the final loss of Jerusalem by Europeans

Answer 35

1244 AD

Question 36

Describe how Louis was remembered as a king.

Answer 36

Loius is remembered as a wise and great ruler. He was devout and scrupulous in doing right. He held informal audiences in which he listened to his subjects' complaints for hours, and did what he could to address these complaints.

Question 37

king of England; made Becket archbishop of Canterbury

Answer 37

Henry II

Question 38

powerful archbishop of Canterbury; resisted usurpation of church power by throne; murdered by knights of Henry II

Answer 38

Thomas Becket

Question 39

son and successor of Henry II; led Third Crusade

Answer 39

Richard the Lion-Hearted

Question 40

Richard's brother; seized throne at Richard's death

Answer 40

John

Question 41

guarantee of rights to citizens; signed by John under duress from his nobles in 1215 AD

Answer 41

Magna Carta

Question 42

"Is there no one who will rid me of this turbulent priests?"

Answer 42

Henry II

Question 43

"Here I am, no traitor but a priest of God."

Answer 43

Thomas Becket

Question 44

to stay, visit

Answer 44

sojourn

Question 45

to regard with reverence

Answer 45

venerate

Question 46

Date of Magna Carta

Answer 46

1215

Question 47

How and why was Becket killed?

Answer 47

Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by knights of Henry II who, on hearing him express extreme frustration with Becket, assumed that Henry meant he wanted Becket dead.

Question 48

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 48

Castile

Question 49

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 49

Assisi

Question 50

Find Castile

Answer 50

Question 51

Find Assisi

Answer 51

Question 52

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 52

Egypt

Question 53

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 53

Mediterranean Sea

Question 54

Find Egypt.

Answer 54

Question 55

Find the Mediterranean Sea.

Answer 55

Question 56

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 56

Acre

Question 57

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 57

Adriatic Sea

Question 58

Find Acre.

Answer 58

Question 59

Find the Adriatic Sea

Answer 59