British Empire
What prevented the English from sailing to Asia by routes NE and NW from England?
The icy waters were impassable
Describe the influence of the writings of Shakespeare (doesn't have to be exact of course)
MIGHT include: Work is the most widely admired literature in English language, plays have been translated into many languages and still performed today, we use many phrases and words he created today. He effectively portrayed the human experience.
A statue in Germany commemorates the tradition that Sir Francis Drake brought what crop from the New World to the Old?
potatoes
What was the outcome of the 30 years was, in relation to the Pope?
Who ruled Japan for 700 years beginning in 1192?
A series of 3 clans or dynasties of shoguns
Where did the largest group of English colonists settle between 1620 and 1640?
Islands in the Caribbean
How did Shakespeare earn money when he lived in London?
He wrote plays, publish poems and was an actor. He also shared in the profits of the Lord Chamberlain's Company.
What crop did Columbus bring back to Europe and Shakespeare mention in a play?
sweet potatoes
Where is Sweden in relation to the rest of Europe?
Peaceful times during the shogun rule encouraged the development of what?
cultural interests such as dance, drama, flower arranging, landscape gardening, sword-making
Why is Sir Humphrey Gilbert credited with beginning the British Empire?
Hi claimed Newfoundland in what became Canada for England in 1583
What book was published in 1611 during Shakespeare's lifetime?
King James Bible
Where is Corn an important crop today?
Every continent except Antarctica
What was the peace of Westphalia? Outcome?
series of treaties that stated each ruler could decide the official state church for his region
How and when did Christianity reach Japan?
By a Jesuit priest named Xavier in 1549
What was the first permanent English colony in North America?
Jamestown, VA
What are the three categories into which scholars put Shakespeare's plays?
histories, tragedies, and comedies
Evcen though the Arabs tried to prevent it, who successfully started growing coffee in Indonesia?
the Dutch
Catholics and protestants
What did Tokugawa do in 1614?
He ordered all foreign priests expelled, all church buildings destroyed, and all Japanese Christians to renounce faith or be put to death
The thirty years war
April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England
How and when did rice first come to the New World?
The Spanish Brough it to the Caribbean and South America beginning int he late 1400s
What Swedish King became one of the most powerful rulers in Europe during the 30 years war?
King Gustav II Adolph
What were the 4 main classes of society in Japan under the emperor, shogun and daimyos?
samurai warriors, peasants (famers), artisans, merchants