The Empires of Africa
What is Islam?
This type of religion was followed by the American empires.
What is polytheism?
This was a religious reform movement that led to the founding of other branches of Christianity.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
"Rebirth" is the direct translation of...
What is the Renaissance?
This explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
This man is often considered the "Richest Man that Ever Lived".
Tenochtitlan was a major city of the __________ Empire.
Who were the Aztecs?
This person started the Reformation by posting his 95 thesis to a church door in Whittenburg, Germany.
Who was Martin Luther?
The most famous work on Leonardo Davinci.
What is the Mona Lisa?
This disease accounts for the destruction of up to 95% of the Native American population.
What is smallpox?
This city controlled trade routes and was the economic, political, and religious center of Africa.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
___________ is often attributed to the demise of the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
This invention paved the way for education and reformation.
What is the printing press?
A person who encourages one to read, learn and question authority would be called a...
What is a humanist?
The need for resources, to find gold, land, and a faster route to India & China.
Each of the above is a reason for?
What is European Exploration?
This important trading and educational city within Mali was forbidden to outsiders.
What is Timbuktu?
_____________ is often attributed to the demise of the Incan Empire.
Who is Francisco Pizzaro?
This person declared himself "Head of the Church of England".
Who was King Henry VIII?
To write in a local, rather than a classical, language is to use the ...
What is vernacular?
Potatoes, corn, tobacco, and cocoa were items that were NEW for the _______ world?
What is the old world?
The people of Axum used this to expand sea trade.
What is a dhow?
Who were the Olmecs?
This event decided that the Church's interpretation of the Bible is final.
What is the Council of Trent?
"It is better to be feared than to be loved, if one cannot be both." is a quote by which famous author?
Who is Niccolò Machiavelli?
This device allows one to determine their latitude and time of day by "sighting" a star and using the markings on the device.
What is an astrolabe?