European Explorers/Conquerors
Cultural Transformations in Europe
Slave Trade
Islamic Empire Building
Russia and China
100
The first European explorer to travel to the Americas in 1492 (excluding the Vikings)
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
The European professor who posted the 95 theses on the door of a church, which started the Protestant Reformation
Who is Martin Luther?
100
The continent that was the largest source of the Atlantic Slave trade
What is Africa?
100
The Islamic empire that exists in the Middle East
What is Ottoman Empire?
100
The Russian tsar who modernized/westernized the Russian Empire
Who is Peter the Great?
200
The conqueror of the Aztec Empire
Who is Hernan Cortes?
200
The main targets of the witch-hunts, ranging from the 15th century to the 18th century
What are (single, independent) women?
200
The slave trade route across the Atlantic from Africa to the plantations in the Americas
What is the Middle Passage?
200
The Islamic empire that exists in India
What is Mughal Empire?
200
The Chinese empire that was established after fall of the Ming rulers
What is the Qing Emire?
300
The conqueror of the Inca Empire
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
300
The physicist who theorized gravity in the Scientific Revolution
Who is Isaac Newton?
300
The two main diseases that killed several African slaves along the Middle Passage
What is small pox and malaria?
300
The Islamic Empire that mainly exists in present-day Iran
What is Safavid Empire?
300
The Muslim eunuch who lead seven maritime expeditions around the Indian Ocean in the name of the Ming Dyansty
Who is Zheng He?
400
The Portuguese explorer who lead the first expedition to circumnavigate the world
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
400
The Polish mathematician and monk who theorized that the Earth orbited the sun, not vice-versa
Who is Nicholas Copernicus?
400
Two European inventions that contributed to the hasty growth of the Atlantic Slave trade (hint: they are isms)
What is capitalism and mercantilism?
400
The new Ottoman troops that utilize light gunpowder firearms
What is Janissaries?
400
The agriculturally-based people from Korea that overthrew the previous Ming Dyansty
Who are the Manchu?
500
The first European explorer to sail from Europe to India
Who is Vasco da Gama?
500
The inventor of the telescope
Who is Galileo Galilei?
500
The first European colony in Africa
What is Angola?
500
The name of Constantinople after the Ottomans' conquest
What is Istanbul?
500
The first tsar of Russia (hint: a terrible)
Who is Ivan the IV(Terrible)?
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