Gunpowder Empires
This empire was centered in Turkey and used gunpowder weapons.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This explorer reached the Americas while trying to find Asia.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This German monk started the Reformation by criticizing the Church.
Who is Martin Luther?
This scientist said the sun is at the center of the universe.
Who is Copernicus?
This natural resource made many Middle Eastern countries very important.
What is oil?
This Ottoman leader captured Constantinople in 1453.
Who is Mehmed the Conqueror?
This tool helped sailors find direction at sea.
What is the magnetic compass?
Luther said salvation comes through this, not good works.
What is faith (belief alone)?
This scientist improved the telescope and studied the stars.
Who is Galileo?
This leader modernized Turkey and became its first president.
Who is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk?
This system allowed religious groups like Christians and Jews to govern themselves.
What is the millet system?
This economic system says a country should export more than it imports.
What is mercantilism?
This invention helped spread Reformation ideas quickly.
What is the printing press?
This method uses observation and experiments to find truth.
What is the scientific method?
This system placed Arab lands under European control after World War I.
What is the mandate system?
These elite Ottoman soldiers were taken as boys and trained to serve the sultan.
Who are the Janissaries?
This global exchange moved plants, animals, and diseases between continents.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This English king created the Church of England.
Who is King Henry VIII?
This scientist discovered the law of gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This 1979 event replaced the Shah with an Islamic government in Iran.
What is the Iranian Revolution?
This Mughal ruler promoted religious tolerance and removed the tax on non-Muslims.
Who is Akbar the Great?
This Portuguese explorer reached India by sailing around Africa.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
This agreement in 1555 allowed German rulers to choose their religion.
What is the Peace of Augsburg?
This Enlightenment idea says people can improve society using reason.
What is progress (or rational thinking)?
This 1973 action by oil-producing countries caused global economic problems.
What is the oil boycott (OPEC oil embargo)?