Renaissance & Reformation
Age of Exploration
Absolutism & Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Imperialism
100

This movement focused on human potential and education.

Humanism

100

This country led the way in exploring a sea route around Africa.

Portugal

100

This movement used observation and experimentation to gain knowledge.

Scientific Revolution

100

This country was the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

Great Britain

100

European countries wanted colonies for these valuable natural materials.

Raw Materials

200

He challenged the Catholic Church by posting the Ninety-Five Theses.

Martin Luther

200

This agreement divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal.

Treaty of Tordesillas

200

This thinker said people have natural rights.

John Locke

200

This industry was the first to become heavily mechanized.

Textile

200

This meeting divided Africa among European nations.

Berlin Conference

300

This invention by Johannes Gutenberg made books cheaper and easier to produce.

Printing Press

300

This explorer's expedition completed the first circumnavigation of Earth.

Ferdinand Magellan

300

This idea limits the power of government by dividing it into branches.

Seperation of Powers

300

This thinker believed capitalism should operate without government interference.

Adam Smith

300

This African country successfully resisted European colonization at the Battle of Adwa.

Ethiopia

400

This English king broke from the Catholic Church to create the Church of England.

Henry VIII

400

A major result of the Columbian Exchange was the spread of this deadly illness.

Smallpox 

400

The Scientific Revolution encouraged people to rely on this instead of faith.

Evidence

400

This group often organized strikes to improve wages and working conditions.

Labor Unions

400

This rebellion in India was directed against British rule.

Sepoy Rebellion

500

The Renaissance began in this city.

Florence (Italy)

500

Europeans searched for an all-water route to Asia to avoid these people.

Italian and Muslim Middlemen

500

Enlightenment ideas challenged the belief that kings ruled by this.

Divine Right

500

This process of people moving people from farms to cities leading to the growth of cities.

Urbanization

500

This Asian nation modernized quickly and became an imperial power.

Japan

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