Gunpowder Empires
Empire which developed a centralized bureaucracy and relative religious tolerance in order to maintain power over its non-Muslim subjects
The Ottoman Empire
Monk who challenged the authority of the Church through nailing his 95 theses to the wall of the church. Believed in sola fide faith (individual salvation through Christ)
Martin Luther
This tool allowed explorers to navigate open seas at night using the position of the stars
Astrolabe
Disease brought by conquistadores to the Americas that wiped out significant populations of natives
Smallpox/the Flu
The Casta system
Social
Dynasty in China in the 15th century that reestablished Han rule and Confucianism. Funded the Zheng He expeditions, eventually limited Chinese trade to shut out foreign influence
Ming Dynasty
This characteristic of the Renaissance emphasized the potential of an individual
Humanism
This conquistador used the existing system of roads to conquer the Inca empire
Pizarro
This government sponsored organization controlled a monopoly over the spice trade in Europe
The Dutch East India Company
African Diaspora
Interaction with the Environment
Tzar who refused to pay tribute to the Mongols and established a Slavic Russian empire that would last until 1917.
Ivan III (the Great)
Renaissance artists and authors were influenced by which ancient cultures?
Greek/Roman
He was the first European to find a water route to the Indian Ocean
Bartolomeu Dias
This country was the first to expand the African slave trading network to the Americas to provide labor for its sugarcane plantations
Absolutism
Politics/Governance
This empire adopted Shi'a Islam, and as a result was in constant conflict with two neighboring Islamic empires.
The Safavid Empire
What was unique about the bible that Martin Luther and Gutenberg mass produced using the printing press?
It was written in German/not in Latin/a common language
Control of this resource resulted in the first war between two European powers fought on a different continent
Fur
Name for an empire based on control of strategic port cities rather than large amounts of land or territory.
maritime/trading post empire
Protestant Reformation
Cultural
Emperor in the Mughal Empire in 1556 who expanded the empire through military and administrative achievements that was tolerant of all religions
Akbar the Great
Name the Church that Henry VIII founded in order to divorce his first wife.
Anglican/Church of England
Year in which the Ottoman empire conquered Constantinople and gained control of trade between Europe and Asia
1453
The type of trade between North America, Africa, and Europe that traded slaves, firearms, and other resources between the three
Triangle trade
Encomienda system
Economic
Which two empires are examples of ethnic/religious minorities ruling over an ethnically/religiously different majority population?
Qing Dynasty China and Mughal India
Scientific name for the model of the solar system which places the Sun in the middle instead of Earth.
Heliocentric
Dutch explorer who was tasked with finding a route across North America to Asia
Henry Hudson
Economic theory which provided a strong motivation for European countries to gain and control colonies. The object was for your country to have more gold/sliver and raw materials than your rivals.
Mercantilism
The Columbian Exchange
Interaction with the Environment
Name of the sultan who reigned during the golden age of the Ottoman empire.
Sulieman the Magnificent
Name of the order of monks tasked with spreading Catholicism to new lands as a reaction to the Protestant Reformation
Society of Jesus/Jesuits
This European country did not colonize large amounts of land, but became economically powerful by controlling trade between other European countries
The Dutch/Netherlands
A revolt from the Native Americans that killed Spaniards for spreading religion in North America
Pueblo Revolt
The Enlightenment
Political, Cultural or Social