People that Made an Impact on History
This Byzantine emperor codified the Roman legal system.
Who was Justinian?
This Portuguese ship led the Age of Exploration.
What was the caravel?
This group of people in Asia began as herders but became a feared group which created the largest empire in history.
Who were the Mongols?
This peninsula was home to "the most Catholic king," Philip II.
What is the Iberian Peninsula?
This time-period between the 1500s and the 1700s was known for monarchs who had absolute power, which they said came by divine right.
What is absolutism?
After the defeat of the Spanish Armada, this English monarch became a powerful European political leader.
Who was Elizabeth I?
During the Middle Ages, this invention made from iron changed the way farmers plowed their land.
What is the carruca?
The Incas used this method of farming along the Andes mountains.
What are terraces?
Mansa Musa turned this trading post into a major city of scholarship during Medieval Africa.
What was Timbuktu?
This Renaissance movement focused on the individual and their achievements.
What is humanism?
This politician and author was known for "the end justifies the means."
Who was Machiavelli?
This invention's first product was the Bible.
What was the printing press?
This famous document was signed by King John and provided for basic legal rights.
What was the Magna Carta?
This mountain range created a natural barrier for China.
What are the Himalayas?
This is the term given to the exchange of the agricultural goods and products between Europe and the Americas during the Age of Exploration.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This painter, sculptor and inventor was known as a "Renaissance Man."
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
This was a new economic system based on gold bullion and established as a result of the exploration of the Americas.
What was mercantilism?
Czar Peter the Great brought back western ideas to which home kingdom.
What is Russia?
In which direction did Columbus sail to reach Asia?
What is west?
This historical term describes a society organized around the land in Medieval Europe.
What is feudalism?
This Frankish king was known for building the Carolingian Empire, the largest empire since the fall of Rome.
Who was Charlemagne?
This artistic technique was developed during the Renaissance and made paintings more realistic.
What is perspective?
This term came from the Renaissance period and is the same as worldly.
What is secular?
During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, cities located along where increased in population and grew wealthy.
What are the coasts?
This historical time period is known for indulgences, Martin Luther, 95 Theses, and the Council of Trent.
What is the Reformation?