Renaissance and Reformation
__________ spearheaded the Protestant Reformation.
Martin Luther
What did African slave traders get out of the slave trade?
Manufactured Goods
Where is the modern day location of the Ottoman Empire?
Turkey
In the early 1400’s what continent did Europeans seek contact with due to their exotic goods?
Asia
Name a European country that had colonies in North America.
France, England, Spanish, Netherlands
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Italy
What part of the triangular trade was known as the Middle Passage?
Slaves journey to the New World
____________ ruled the Mugal Empire from 1556-1605.
Akbar
The Treaty of Tordesillas split the New World between which two countries?
Spain and Portugal
What were the two major Islamic sects that exist to this day?
Sunnis and Shiites
What was the purpose of "The Prince"?
How to gain/keep power
What was a long term effect of the slave trade for Africa?
Depopulation, economic depression
Why was the Taj Mahal created?
The global transfer of food, livestock, and plants between the Old World and the New World was known as what?
The Columbian Exchange
What two countries decided to isolate themselves during the Age of Exploration in Europe and the New World?
China and Japan
Who embodied the ideal of the Renaissance Man?
Leonardo DaVinci
Who started slavery in Africa?
Africans
What are the three Muslim empires?
Safavid, Ottoman, and Mugal
What were the three major reasons for European expansion?
Gold, Glory, and God
______________ is an economic philosophy that purported that the amount of wealth that a country had was fixed and in order to create more wealth you must take from others.
Mercantilism
What was the major outcome of the Peace of Augsburg?
All German states got to determine whether they were Catholic or Protestant
About what percentage of slaves during the Atlantic slave trade were transported to North America?
5%
Who was considered the greatest leader in Ottoman history?
Suleyman I
What Europeans conquered the Aztec and the Incas?
Cortes and Pizzaro
What type of government is a shogunate?
Military Dictatorship