Renaissance Ideas
The plague that weakened the feudal system and changed European worldview forever.
The Black Death/Plague
He sailed for Spain in 1492 and landed in the Americas.
Christopher Columbus
This disease wiped out the majority of the Aztec population
Smallpox
The military ruler who held real power in Japan during the Edo period.
The Shogun
The traditional warrior class abolished during the Meiji period.
The samurai
This Aztec emperor was ruling when Cortés arrived in 1519
Moctezuma
The Renaissance philosophy that celebrated human potential and individual achievement.
Humanism
This Italian banking family was the biggest patron of Renaissance art and politics.
The Medici family
The Aztec capital city built on an island in Lake Texcoco.
Tenochtitlan
The only European nation allowed to trade with Japan during isolation.
The Dutch
During the Meiji period, this ruler took back control of Japan from the Shogun.
The Emperor
Spain's violent campaign to expel or forcibly convert Muslims and Jews.
The Spanish Inquisition
This original Renaissance man was an inventor, scientist, and artist. He even painted the Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci
The Aztec raised-field farming technique built in the lake.
Chinampas
In addition to Shinto beliefs, Japan was also influenced by this Chinese philosophy that emphasized class roles.
Confucianism
The American officer who forced Japan to open its ports in 1853.
Commodore Perry
Gutenberg's invention that rapidly spread Renaissance ideas across Europe.
The printing press
This Italian priest was executed for heresy after organizing the Bonfire of the Vanities.
The system of forced labor implemented by the Spanish after they conquered the Aztecs
The encomienda system
During the Golden Age, this term was used to refer to the centers of art and culture that emerged in Japan's biggest cities
Floating Worlds
These one-sided agreements humiliated Japan and fueled its drive to modernize.
Unequal Treaties
The name of Machiavelli's book that sought to teach leaders how to rule.
The Prince
This Spanish king and queen funded exploration to spread Christianity.
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
This Aztec god was the god of knowledge and wind and was known as the Feathered Serpent
Quetzalcoatl
According the shinto beliefs, these spirits occupy many objects in the natural world
Kami
This Western-style banquet hall was built by the Meiji government to show foreigners that Japan was civilized and modern.
The Deer Cry Pavilion