Exploration
New World
Transformations of Society
Asia
Miscellaneous
100
The Ming eunuch, sent by Yongle, to explore the Indian Ocean and to assert Chinese dominance.
Who is Zheng He?
100
The Genoese Mariner who sailed West under the aid of Spain to search for a passage to India, but instead landed in the Americas
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
This rigid class system in Central and South America, imposed by the Spanish upon their arrival, divided society into many distinct groups with Spanish born Europeans at the highest level of society.
What is the Casta System?
100
This practice was done in the Ming and Qing dynasties by families in an attempt to make their daughters more attractive.
What is Footbinding?
100
This West African Empire took over the Mali empire and formed a wealthy empire that dominated the Central Niger Valley through their wealth.
What is the Songhay Empire?
200
The Moroccan traveller who explored the trans-saharan Africa to view the Muslim practices in the region
Who is Ibn Battuta?
200
The exchange of goods between the Americas and Western Europe that brought many helpful New World Foods into Europe, and animals to the Americas. (Although it was more beneficial to the Europeans)
What was the Columbian Exchange?
200
This process came from Europeans and caused major population decline in the Native American population, that was unable to defend itself.
What is the Columbian Biological Exchange of Pathogens?
200
Japan introduced this practice to limit their population size by infanticide.
What is "Thinning out the Rice Shoots"?
200
This Aztec girl allowed Hernan Cortez to communicate with the Aztec and Mayan. She was sold to a Mayan family when she was young and learned Mayan, When Cortez arrived, she learned Spanish, and she translated for the conquistadors.
Who is Dona Marina?
300
The British explorer and navigator who sailed the Pacific Ocean and made contact with Australia, New Zealand, and The Hawaiian Islands.
Who is Captain James Cook?
300
This lucrative trade shifted from focus of exchange between West Africa and Islamic Merchants through the Trans-Sahara, to being directed towards the Americas from West Africa across the Atlantic after the colonization of the New World.
What is the (Atlantic) slave trade?
300
This began the Protestant Reformation and asserted that the Bible is the only source of religious authority, undermining the priestly authority in Europe.
What is Martin Luther's 95 Theses?
300
Known as the "Son of Heaven", this Ming Emperor was believed to have been the Human who was designated to keep order on Earth.
Who is Emperor Hongwu?
300
"I don't feel obliged to believe that the same god who has endowed us with senses, reason, intellect, has intended to forgo their use, and be other means to give us knowledge which we can obtain him." This Quote from Galileo is representative of thought from this.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
400
Portuguese Explorer who was the first person to circumnavigate the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
400
The Andean Forced Labor system that drafted laborers to do jobs that seemed to dangerous for wage laborers that was adopted by the Spanish to work in silver mines.
What is the M'ita System?
400
This leading intellectual and theorist of the Enlightenment questioned divine right and supported public sovereignty, which justified the Glorious Revolution.
Who is John Locke?
400
This Southeast Asian country sponsored the spread of Islam further into Asian lands through the Indian Ocean trade routes by dominating trade in their area.
What is Melaka?
400
"The Catholics, instead of repenting their sins, pile superstition on superstition." The quote above is reflective of this event
What is the protestant reformation?
500
Portuguese explorer who successfully sailed around the tip of Africa and discovered a route directly from Europe to India
Who is Vasco da Gama?
500
This was one fifth of the silver production of the New World that the Spanish government claimed for itself. The Spanish used this silver to build up a huge military and bureaucracy.
What is the Quinto?
500
This ended the major conflict over the thirty years war and the religious unity in Europe and began an era of the sovereign state. This gave states the rights or organize their own domestic affairs independent from the Papal state.
What is The Peace of Westphalia?
500
A Prominent jesuit missionary who traveled to the Ming court to attempt to convert China to Christianity. Despite mastering Chinese to converse with Confucian scholars and introducing many scientific advances, he was unsuccessful.
Who is Mateo Ricci?
500
"My brothers, we Catholic Indians from New York thank you Indians from the Great Lakes region for helping us defend our territory against the British who wish to usurp these lands. Our cause is good and the Master of Life favors it." The quote above from Nipissing chief, Kisensik, is reflective of this event:
What is the Seven Years War?
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