Medieval Europe & Western Asia
What term describes the Viking system of using rivers to attack and raid inland European settlements?
What is "vik" or creek?
What was the name of the banking family that dominated Florence and supported Renaissance art?
Who are the Medici?
What was the major trade route that connected Africa, Asia, and Europe before the Age of Exploration?
What is the Indian Ocean trade network?
What was the name of the ruling dynasty of the Ottoman Empire, named after its founder?
What is Osman or the Ottomans?
What council was held to reform the Catholic Church during the Counter-Reformation?
What is the Council of Trent?
What was the system of landholding and labor obligations that tied peasants to the land in medieval Europe?
What is serfdom?
Who wrote The Prince, a political treatise on power and leadership?
Who is Niccolò Machiavelli?
What treaty divided the New World between Spain and Portugal?
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
What Ottoman ruler expanded the empire, taking control of Hungary and nearly capturing Vienna?
Who is Süleyman the Magnificent?
What decree allowed Protestants to worship legally in France?
What is the Edict of Nantes?
Who was the Duke of Normandy who conquered England in 1066?
Who is William the Conqueror?
What invention by Johann Gutenberg helped spread Renaissance and Reformation ideas?
What is the printing press?
What empire was conquered by Hernán Cortés in Mexico?
What is the Aztec Empire?
What branch of Islam did the Safavid Empire enforce throughout its lands?
What is Shi'a Islam?
What Safavid ruler expanded Persian trade and built the city of Isfahan?
Who is Shah Abbas I?
What document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English king?
What is the Magna Carta?
What movement emphasized human potential, education, and the study of classical texts?
What is humanism?
What was the transatlantic exchange of plants, animals, and diseases called?
What is the Columbian Exchange?
What Mughal ruler is known for his religious tolerance and administrative reforms?
Who is Akbar the Great?
What Islamic sect did the Ottomans follow, leading to their rivalry with the Safavids?
What is Sunni Islam?
What was the primary goal of the Crusades?
What is to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control?
Who was the leader of the Protestant Reformation who posted the 95 Theses?
Who is Martin Luther?
What Spanish explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe?
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
What was the main economic reason for the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the 1700s?
What is dependence on European trade and loss of economic self-sufficiency?
What major trade good from India increased in demand due to European involvement in global trade?
What is cotton cloth?