| When | Description | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1347–1351 | This pandemic kills perhaps 40% of Europe's population | Black Death | 94%
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| 1382 | John Wycliffe is the first person to translate this document into English | The Bible | 91%
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| 1300s | This cultural "rebirth" begins in Florence, Italy | The Renaissance | 89%
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| 1337 | The beginning of this long-lasting war between England and France | Hundred Years' War | 83%
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| 1325 | The Aztec city of Tenochtitlan is founded on the site of this modern-day city | Mexico City | 83%
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| 1377 | Richard II is the last English king to take his royal oath in this language | French | 80%
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| 1300s | This period of global cooling begins. It would last 500 years. | Little {Ice} {Age} | 78%
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| 1308 | This Italian poet begins work on his "Divine Comedy" | Dante | 77%
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| 1370 | After 100 years of rule, this group of foreign conquerors is expelled from China | Mongols | 75%
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| 1307 | This knightly order is surpressed in France, with many burned at the stake | Knights {Templar} | 71%
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| 1368 | This dynasty comes to power in China | Ming | 71%
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| late 1300s | This author writes "The Canterbury Tales" | Geoffrey Chaucer | 62%
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| 1328 | This King, called "The Bruce", leads Scotland to independence from England | Robert the Bruce | 60%
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| 1397 | First evidence of this predecessor to the piano | Harpsichord | 51%
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| 1324 | This empire in northwest Africa annexes the city of Timbuktu | Mali | 48%
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| 1309–1377 | Popes shun Rome to live in this French city | Avignon | 47%
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| 1356 | This league of cities is formed for the purpose of trade on the North and Baltic Seas | {Hanseatic} League | 41%
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| 1300s | This Germanic order conquers much of Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia | {Teutonic} Knights | 40%
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| 1360– | This "lame" ruler conquers most of Central Asia, killing 5% of the world's population | Timur | 26%
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