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These two explorers conquered the Aztec and the Inca.
Who are Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizzaro?
This is Europe's primary religion prior to the Protestant Reformation?
What is Roman Catholic?
Trade route that officially connected Asia, Europe and Africa.
What is the Silk Road?
This Italian explorer and merchant travelled for 17 years and was a representative in the court of Kublai Khan.
Who is Marco Polo?
Due to the new trade routes, new ideas, beliefs, and resources were being spread across the regions and reformed to fit their own cultures. This is known as...
What is Cultural Diffusion?
This type of farming was particularly important for the Inca.
What is Terrace Farming?
He is responsible for the Protestant Reformation and wrote the 95 Theses.
Who is Martin Luther?
This man was the most infamous ruler, not just of the Mongols, but in all of world history. Of course he would be, roughly 16 million males today are related to him.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This high ranking government official and explorer, lead the Ming Dynasty on 7 voyages throughout Asia and even to Africa, bringing new and "exotic" items back.
Who is Zheng He?
This dynasty, known for their blue and white vases and exploration, takes over China after the cycle ends for the Mongols (Yuan Dynasty).
What is the Ming Dynasty?
He was leader of the Aztec when the Spanish invaded. He thought Cortes was sent from the Gods.
Who is Montezuma?
This document, made in 1215, became the basis of modern day constitutional founding documents.
What is the Magna Carta?
The Mongols' expansion of the trade route in Asia is considered to be the main cause of the spread of this "deathly" disease.
What is the Black Plague/Black Death/Bubonic Plague?
The richest man in history.
Who is Mansa Musa?
A series of wars between Christians and Muslims that lasted for about 200 years on and off.
What are The Crusades?
This item was utilized for bookkeeping in the Inca Empire.
What is a quipu?
This "re-birth" began in Italy.
What is the Renaissance?
The Mongols are the only group to successfully invade this country.
What is Russia?
This Islamic Scholar went on a 30 year long pilgrimage and later recorded "his" stories for others to read.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
This document laid out the basic freedoms guaranteed to the citizens of England and that England will NEVER have a monarch that is Catholic again.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Farming for the Aztec Empire on little islands.
What are chinampas?
These are the government and economy of Europe during the Middle Ages.
What are feudalism and manorialism?
Under the Ming Dynasty, this religion combined the ideas of Animism, Buddhism and Confucianism.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
This trade route, that saw the trade of salt and gold, led to the rise of the Kingdom of Mali, Kingdom of Ghana and the Songhai Empire in Africa.
What is the Trans-Saharan Trade Route?
This event is the Roman Catholic Church creating courts to punish people suspected of Protestant and non-Catholic beliefs in Catholic countries, especially Spain. It did not end until the mid-1800s.
What is the [Spanish] Inquisition?