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A way of life shared by people with similar arts, beliefs, and customs.
Culture
Religious practices and art spread through early American cultures mainly by
Trade
German Johannes Gutenberg invented this in 1455 helping spread Renaissance ideas
The printing press
The Reformation split the Church into two groups Catholics and
Protestants
Renaissance ideas like questioning authority and this movement started by Martin Luther contributed to the Catholic Church's decline in power
The Reformation
Practice of breeding plants or taming animals to meet human needs.
Domestication
This warlike people conquered most of their neighbors helping them become a fierce empire.
The Aztecs
Who did serfs work for in the manor system?
Lords
The study of human worth, ideas, and potential was a Renaissance idea known as this that was one of the factors that led to the weakening of the Catholic Church's power.
Humanism
This invention provided more books to common people since they no longer had to be copied by hand and made it so Church leaders were not the only ones who could read and interpret the Bible.
The printing press
This advancement led to fewer people needing to farm and gave way to a steady food supply helping some cultures grow and become civilizations.
Agriculture
Traders crossing the Sahara from North Africa to West Africa practiced this faith
Islam
Under feudalism the king allowed nobles to use this in exchange for military service
Land
This deadly disease weakened feudalism beginning in 1347 due to a lack of available workers
The bubonic plague
Martin Luther posted 95 statements criticizing this institution further weakening its influence on feudal society.
The Catholic Church
Cities that are centers of trade, specialized jobs, organized forms of government and religion, a system of record keeping, and advanced tools are five features of this.
A civilization
Ghana became rich by controling these two highly desired goods
Salt and gold
Unknown continents to Europe
Germanic tribes were different from the Roman Empire by doing this
Setting up small individual kingdoms
What system brought more stability to society and causes trade and towns to grow
Feudalism
The Hohokam dug hundreds of miles of canals to carry river water to their crops in a practice known as
Irrigation
This devout Muslim made a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 and 1325 while ruling Mali.
Mansa Musa
Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama found this, enabling the Portuguese to trade with Asia without dealing with the Muslims or Italians and giving them control of the spice trade while also inspiring other Europeans to look for it.
All water route to Asia
Serfs did this allowing them to become merchants who formed the new middle class
Ran away from manors to growing towns
The invasion of this group during the 800s to 1000s, caused Europeans to turn to feudalism to survive the difficult times
The Vikings