GUNPOWDER EMPIRES
Who is the Qing Dynasty?
A common claim in the Middle Ages that the right to rule was ordained by God.
What is divine right of kings?
During the Renaissance, for the first time, citizens began to believe in this feeling of self worth.
What is Humanism?
Martin Luther, the central figure of the Protestant Reformation, was a monk in this German city.
What is Wittenburg?
Europe started to pull out of the Dark Ages in the 1400's with an increase in literacy, due in large part to this invention?
What is the Gutenburg printing press?
This Russian ruler (dubbed "The Terrible") expanded the Russian fur trade into east Siberia.
Who is Ivan IV?
This empire used the Devshirme and Janissaries to centralize power and create a long-lasting rule.
Who is the Ottoman Empire?
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Luther defiantly challenged the church when he nailed these charges to the church door in 1517.
What is the 95 Thesis?
The Ottoman Empire reached its peak under this ruler, who ruled from 1520-1566.
Who is Suleyman the Magnificent?
Akbar the Great ruled over this Indian Empire, granting an unheard of amount of religious toleration.
What is the Mughal Empire?
Minister to the French King, Louis XIII, he even further centralized power in France by developing the system of intendants (royal officials)
Who is Cardinal Richelieu?
This polish mathematician was the first person to propose a Heliocentric model of the universe.
Who is Nicholas Copernicus?
This man (known as the Indulgence seller) was specifically targeted by Martin Luther as a symbol of church corruption.
Who is John Tetzel?
The English Bill of Rights was signed in 1689 by these two rulers of England.
Who is William and Mary?
This man, referred to as "The Conqueror," defeated the Byzantine Empire in 1453, bringing an end to the City of Constantinople.
Who is Mehmed II?
The Shoguns of Japan had a constant struggle against these land holding aristocrats, who had armies of Samurai warriors.
Who are the Daimyo?
This man published a work on gravitational force called Principia which helped lead to a new vision of the world.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
This Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire declared Martin Luther an outlaw in 1521.
Who is Emperor Charles V?
This popular protestant faith was very similar to Lutheranism with the one major difference being the idea of predestination.
What is Calvinism (John Calvin)?
One of China's longest reigning emperors, he presided over a long period of stability and expansion for the Qing Dynasty.
Who is Emperor Kangxi (1661-1722)?
These paid government official in Mughal India were put in charge of tasks such as taxation, construction, and managing the water supply
Who were zamindars?
In 1620, English scientist and philosopher, Francis Bacon, developed an early scientific method referred to as this.
What is empiricism?
Henry VIII set himself up as the head of this new Church of England, when the Pope wouldn't grant him an annulment to his marriage.
What is the Anglican Church?
Henry VIII's first wife who bore him six children (although five died during child birth), the lone survivor was Mary I who would later become knows as Bloody Mary.
Who is Catherine of Aragon?