European Empires
Gunpowder Empires
Eastern Empires
Changing Beliefs
Social Status
100

Spain and Portugal make up this peninsula

Iberian

100

All three of these empires make up the gunpowder empires

Mughal, Safavid, and Ottoman

100

This large empire collapsed allowing for the development of the Ming, Qing, and Russian empires

Mongol Empire

100

This refers to the challenging of the Catholic Church by Martin Luther

Protestant Reformation
100

These types of monarchs have complete control over their lands.

Absolute Monarchs

200

This is what we call the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and New World

Columbian Exchange

200

This is the only gunpowder empire that was ruled by Shia Islam

Safavid Empire

200

This empire was the wealthiest of all empires in the Early Modern Period

China

200

Conversion was a goal of the conquistadors as they colonized this location

the Americas or the New World

200

In the new world, people were increasingly socially stratified by this.

Race

300

This economic idea, popular during this period in Western Europe, assumes that wealth is limited and emphasizes that exports should exceed imports.

Mercantilism

300

This word to describe the Gunpowder empires refers to an increased desire to be sophisticated, diverse, and educated.

Cosmopolitanism

300

This empire, ran by Tsar Peter the Great, moved its capital to the west to interact more with Western empires

Russian Empire

300

Blends of two or more religious beliefs create this type of religion

Syncretic Religions
300

The creation of this class was a major social change during the Early Modern Period

The Bourgeoisie (middle class)

400

Much of the conversion efforts and later missionary efforts into the New World, specifically by the Spanish, advocated for this type of Church.

Catholic

400

This important policy allowed Gunpowder empires to rule over large lands with diverse ethnicities

Religious Toleration

400

This increasingly popular belief in the Ming and Qing dynasties focused on Chinese learning, art, and civic responsibility.

Confuscianism
400

This idea that stated the Sun was at the center of the universe rather than the Earth got Galelio charged with heresy

Heliocentrism

400

Enslaved people were brought across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World by way of what is called...

The Middle Passage

500

Access to these markets was a primary reason for European exploration during this period.

Asian Markets

500

In the Ottoman Empire elite military regiments offered enslaved people and prisoners of war opportunities for social advancement in exchange for converting to Islam and serving the state called..

Jannisaries

500

This empire faced inward while many other empires were expanding and seeking increased trade.

Chinese Dynasties

500

This idea of the scientific revolution championed proof for ideas from experimentation

Expiricism

500

This movement was funded through increasingly wealthy banking families beginning in Italy.

The Renaissance
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