Which of the 5 major world religions are polytheistic?
Buddhism and Hinduism
A man who excelled in many fields was known as what?
A Renaissance Man
________ was established in 130 B. C. and in use until 1453.
The Silk Road
Constantinople
Main desire(s) for exploration at the time was...
new sources of wealth
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are all monotheistic and __________ religions.
Abrahamic
Who were the Renaissance Ninja Turtles?
Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael, Donatello
________ used Silk Road to travel to China and then wrote a book about his experiences which allowed for Europeans to become more educated on Asia.
Marco Polo
The Ottoman Empire forced conquered peoples to convert to ________ before Suleyman I allowed for freedom of religion.
Islam
Europeans wanted new trade routes to bypass Italian and Ottoman merchants as well as ___________.
spread Christianity
The Black Plague...
a) was 1st spread by trading ships
b) killed 2/3 of Europes population
c) caused for the invention of quarantines
d) all of the above
d) all of the above
Who was the father of humanism?
Petrarch
Majority of trade at this time happened in the _____ _____.
Indian Ocean
When young men were drafted into the Devshirme system they were ______,________,_______.
educated, trained, converted to Islam
Home of Henry the Navigator and 1st country to put trading posts on west coast of Africa...
Portugal
Why was Martin Luther upset with the Catholic Church?
Church officials were corrupt, not teaching the bible 'correctly' and issuing indulgences.
Due to the invention of the printing press, written texts were now able to be written in _______ which allowed for common people to have access to them.
Vernacular
What was the main culture characteristic spread by the trans-Saharan trade network?
Islam
Suleyman I was respected as both the Sultan and a ________.
Caliph
What was the capital city of the Aztec Empire that was destroyed in 1515 by Hernan Cortez?
Tenochtitlan
With the "Edict of Worms" Martin Luther was made an outlaw for his claims against the Catholic Church, marking the beginning to the _______ _______.
Protestant Reformation
What was Christian Humanism?
Mali is most famous for King ______ ______'s pilgrimage to _________.
Mansa Musa; Mecca
During the 1600s the Ottoman Empire was the largest in the world. Which area did the empire NOT spread to?
a) North Africa
b) South America
c) Eastern Europe
d) Middle East
b) South America
The Incans are considered to have the most advanced ________ of the Pre-columbian era due to having a massive network of ______ that allowed for easy trade and travel.
engineers; roads