The ______ were warriors who pledged allegiance and fought for daimyo in return for land; these warriors became an entirely new class in Japanese society.
What is samurai?
100
________, a Renaissance era English playwright and poet, is best known for such works as Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
100
The ____ civilization in Central America included achievements in astronomy, mathematics, art, and architecture.
What is the Maya?
100
A rapid increase in prices and/or loss of value of money
What is inflation?
100
________, the act of expelling one from Church membership and thereby denying him entrance into Heaven, was used by the Church to maintain power.
What is excommunication?
200
From around 1182 to 1863 C.E., Japan was ruled by a _____, a supreme military commander whose power made the emperors largely ceremonial.
What is a shogun?
200
______, such as Florence and Venice in Italy, were small states controlled by a city and run like a small country.
What is City-states?
200
__________ was the idea that a country could increase its power by increasing its wealth. This could be accomplished by exporting more goods to other countries than were imported.
What is mercantilism?
200
People of cultures that seemed uncivilized or primitive. Barbarian invasions helped eventually weaken and end the Roman Empire.
What is barbarians?
200
The Catholic Church’s selling of ______-, certificates of forgiveness for sins, helped contribute to the movement known as the Protestant Reformation.
What is indulgences?
300
The spread of cultural elements from one society to another, such as from China to Japan, is called ________.
What is cultural diffusion?
300
A _____ is a state or country with a form of government where power is in the hands of representatives elected by the people.
What is a republic?
300
The ________ in Mexico and Central America eventually fell to Hernando Cortés and the Spanish.
What is the Aztec Empire?
300
Created a new capital at Byzantium which eventually helped lead to the separation of the Byzantine Empire from the Western Roman Empire. His conversion to Christianity helped ensure the survival and spread of Christianity.
Who is Emperor Constantine
300
The Catholic Church used excommunication and even torture against ______, especially those who publicly proclaimed their controversial religious opinions.
What is heretics?
400
_____, the early religion of Japan, celebrated life and nature and taught that the world is filled with divine spirits called kami.
What is Shinto?
400
Renaissance painters began to use ______, giving the appearance of distance, dimension, and depth on flat surfaces.
What is perspective?
400
The ________, which stretched nearly 2,000 miles along the Pacific coast of South America, was conquered in the 1500s by Francisco Pizarro and the Spanish.
What is the Inca Empire?
400
First emperor of the Roman Empire; his rule began a 200 year period of peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana (“Roman Peace”).
Who is Augustus Caesar?
400
Martin Luther believed in _______, which said a person’s true faith in God was all that was required to receive forgiveness and salvation.
What is justification by faith?
500
_______, who ruled Japan as regent, wrote a constitution and began the process of adopting a Chinese style of government.
________ wrote Tales of Genji, considered the world’s first novel, which shows much about court life in Japan.
Who is Prince Shotoku and Lady Murasaki Shikobu?
500
_______ improved movable type printing, which led to an increase in literacy and contributed to the transition from Middle Ages to Renaissance and Reformation.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
500
The term _______ refers to the exchange of people, goods, technology, ideas, and diseases, especially between Europe and the Americas, beginning with Columbus’ voyages.
What is Columbian Exchange?
500
________ divided the empire into two halves in an attempt to make it easier to manage and defend.
Who is Emperor Diocletian?
500
The __________, designed to “counteract” the Protestant Reformation, was the Catholic Church’s attempt to stop the spread of Protestantism and fix some of the abuses within its own church.