Golden Ages
This dynasty invented gunpowder, the magnetic compass, and moveable type printing.
Tang & Song
The Church's sale of indulgences and other corrupt acts led to changes in the Catholic Church known as.
The Protestant Reformation
This city is a major crossroads and cultural center of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Constantinople
Guns, God, Glory and most importantly gold are considered what for the Age of Exploration.
Motives or Causes
European Merchants found this on the Silk Road during the Pax Mongolia... it was so fun it killed.
This ruler became king at age 4, named himself the Sun King and built the Palace of Versailles
Who is Louis XIV
This Muslim leader bankrupted the city of Cairo on his pilgrimage to Mecca and made Timbuktu a cultural center.
Mansa Musa
The fall of Constantinople, new ideas and philosophies about the world known as humanism, and a rebirth of education in Europe led to.
The Renaissance
This decentralized form of government is based on the ownership of land for a person's undying loyalty and brought order to the dark ages.
Feudalism
A result of this encounter led to death of 90% of the native populations and a surplus of food in Europe.
The Columbian Exchange
Arab Merchants found this on their travels across the Sahara Desert.
Salt
This ruler forced his subjects to shave their beards to be more like Western Europe.
Who is Peter the Great
This golden age resulted from the leadership of Genghis Khan, the use of the stir up, and the most powerful land army in the history of Asia.
Pax Mongolia
A need for new trade routes for Asian Spices & Silks, new navigation technology, and the need to gain more followers of Christianity led to.
Age of Exploration
The only institution to survive the fall of the Roman Empire and unify all social classes in Western Europe is the.
This disease killed the Aztecs and Inca, leaving them open to conquest by the Spanish.
Small Pox
The Colonies in the New World were used to grow these three cash crops which would be traded across the Atlantic Ocean.
Sugar Cane, Cotton, Tobacco
Absolute Monarchs resulted in Europe after the success of this economic system of the Age of Exploration.
What is mercantilism?
This civilization experienced a short golden age in the mountains due to its adaption to the enviorment.
Inca
The 95 Theses, the philosophy of Humanism and a new questioning spirit led to several scholars to question the Church's beliefs of the universe which is known as.
The Scientific Revolution
Agricultural self-sufficiency became the economic system of the Middle Ages which worked hand-in-hand with the feudal system.
Manorialism
This economic system was based on the ownership of gold and silver being equivalent of power
Mercantilism
The Portuguese took control of this trade complex in order to get their hands on cinnamon and other spices from India & SE Asia
Indian Ocean Trade Complex
During the 17th century Absolute Monarchs in Europe claimed God chose them to rule, this is called.
What is Divine Right or Divine Right of Kings
This explorer travelled during the Ming Dynasty's golden age, over 75 years before Christopher Columbus "discovered" America.
Zheng He
A brief meeting between the Natives of the Americas and the conquistadors led to an exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases that changed the world, this meeting is known as.
The Encounter
The Crusades were a series of holy wars that occurred during the "Middle" of the middle ages, fought between the Muslims and Christians over the holy land, this group initiated the call for help against the Muslim attack on Christianity.
The Byzantines or Byzantine Empire
This section of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade displaced over 700 million people.
The Middle Passage
More than just silk, spices, gold, and diseases spread along this Silk Road & Trans Saharan Trade Route, these two religions also spread their ideas and beliefs as far as Japan and Ghana.
Islam & Buddhism
Le'tat c'est moi means
"I am the state"