This was a scientist who discovered laws of planetary motion.
Who was Kepler?
100
This man led many Protestant churches with an emphasis on predestination and a strong work ethic.
Who was John Calvin?
100
A three-legged trade pattern across the Atlantic involving slaves, sugar, rum, and manufactured goods
What is the Triangular Trade?
200
Muslim empire in west Africa, along the Niger River, in control of the gold trade there in the 1500s
What is Songhai?
200
This artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine chapel and carved The David.
Who was Michelangelo?
200
This is the Roman Catholic church's court, which investigated people whose beliefs were not like what the church wanted.
What is the Inquisition?
200
What Magellan's voyage was the first to do
What is circumnavigate the globe?
200
King who passed the Edict of Nantes in France
Who is Henry IV?
300
Native American empire in the high Andes, eventually conquered by Francisco Pizarro and his allies
What is the Inca Empire
300
This invention increased literacy (the ability to read) throughout Europe, and spread Renaissance and reformation ideas quickly.
What is the printing press?
300
The first leader of the Anglican church in England, the person who caused the English church to split with Rome
Who is Henry 8th?
300
Empire conquered by Hernando Cortez
What is the Aztec empire?
300
Kingdom of Frederick the Great
What is Prussia?
400
Religious faith common in China in the period we are studying, though it began in India -- does not have specific teachings about god or gods, and encourages meditation
What is Buddhism?
400
This scientist uncovered laws of gravity
Who was Isaac Newton?
400
This is another name for the practice of money-lending, which the Roman Catholic church did not allow
What is usury?
400
kingdom that used trading enclaves to limit the influence that outsiders had on its people
What is Ming China?
500
Mulism empire that conquered Constantinople in 1453 and renamed it Istanbul
What is the Ottoman Empire?
500
This author penned IN PRAISE OF FOLLY, a book that earned him the title of "prince of humanism."
Who was Erasmus?
500
This monarch created a compromise between Protestant and Catholic practice
Who was Elizabeth I?
500
Kingdom that developed a policy of isolationism toward foreigners (even though they had welcomed European traders at first)
What is Japan?
500
concept that kings and queens lead because God has picked them to do so -- it is God's will