Ottomans/Mughals
This military advancement contributed most to the Ottoman and Mughal's successful conquests.
What is Gunpowder?
A disease that wiped about 2/3 of the European population in the mid-14th century.
What is the Bubonic Plague/Black Death?
The Three G's that motivated European exploration and colonization.
What is God, Gold, & Glory?
Sailed to the New World in 1492 and thought he had found a new route to India. His voyages led to the deaths of an estimated 50-60 million Native Americans from the exchange named after him.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
While the Ottoman and Mughal Empires ruled over diverse populations of several religions, but they were primarily this religion.
What is Islam?
A technology that led to increased literacy rates, translated bibles, and the questioning of the Catholic Church.
What is the Printing Press?
This group of people in the New World were massacred by the Europeans as a result of their conquest as well as the spread of Old World diseases.
Native Americans
Concerned with the sale of Indulgences, lack of religious accessibility, and general corruption of the Catholic Church, this monk sparked the creation of several new denominations.
Who was Martin Luther?
This city was successfully captured by the Ottoman Empire in 1453, effectively making them the center of world trade.
What is Constantinople?
A philosophy that aims to balance religious and secular ideals, emphasizing the achievements of individuals
The widespread exchange of goods, animals, plants, disease, ideas, and culture between the Old and New Worlds.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The leader of the Ottoman Empire during its golden age, a period of scientific and cultural advancement.
Who was Suleiman the Magnificent?
After the 95 Theses were nailed to the church in Germany, people began to question the Catholic Church, new branches of Christianity were created, and reforms within the church began.
What was the Protestant Reformation?
The forceful capture of Africans, the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, and the coercive labor practices in the New World.
The greatest leader of the Mughal Empire, known for his religious tolerance and the empire's economic flourishing.
Who was Akbar the Great?
A major contribution/achievement of the Mughal Empire
-Religious Tolerance
-Tax reform (reduced on peasant farmers)
-Appointed Hindus to high government positions
-Promoted arts and learning
Two criticisms of the Catholic Church prior to the Protestant Reformation.
-Rampant spending
-Torture
-Church activities being in Latin
An agreement between the Spanish and Portuguese Empires to split the claims of the New World in 1494.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
This was the first European, from Portugal, who successfully sailed around Africa to open a sea route for Europeans to India.
Who is Vasco de Gama?