Central/South America
What is the name of the journey African slaves were taken on to the Americas?
the Middle Passage
What religion was the majority of England before King Henry VIII's rule?
Catholic (Christian)
Who was the first European to actually sail to the Americas?
Leif Erikson - a Norse explorer who we believe to have sailed to the Americas around 500 years before Christopher Columbus
What is the name of the "bad-luck servant"?
Gulshan
Why do we call the reformers of the Catholic Church "protestants"?
they protested against the Catholic Church's practices
What was the general attitude people had that helped them justify slavery?
- people with darker skin (slaves) are less human than people with paler skin (white people)
- people with dark skin aren't human
Why did King Henry VIII invent the Church of England? What was his role/title?
- gain more power AND end his marriage with Catherine
- Supreme Head of the Church of England
conquistadores
Why was it difficult to reach India from Europe? What did Columbus decide to do to sail to India?
- long overland journey with bandits + Ottoman Turks
- sail West and not around Africa
What religion did Mansa Musa follow and where did he travel to on his hajj?
- Mecca
Where did the Spanish and Portuguese source their slaves?
- Muslim Traders in Africa OR enslaved C/S American tribes OR sailed to Africa + kidnapped people to enslave
Which wife gave birth to a son for Henry VIII?
- 3rd wife
- Jane Seymour
What was the Renaissance?
- shift from the Middle Ages to modernity
- time when people studied science, art, the thoughts of Greeks + Romans, and made new discoveries
How did the Muslim Sultan treat Hindu people? Compare this with how Babur treated his Hindu subjects.
- MS: killed Hindus, looted temples, destroyed Holy objects
- B: encouraged Hindus to continue practicing Hinduism
What is the FULL NAME of the monk that published the "Ninety-five Theses"? What is the "Ninety-five Theses"?
- Martin Luther
- 95 reasons why indulgences within the Catholic Church are wrong
List 2 reasons why the Mayans left their cities.
- natural disasters like hurricanes and earthquakes ruined their homes
- not enough food to feed the big cities
- people grew tired of cruel and violent kings
- Aztecs were attacking Mayan cities
How did Martin Luther's new ideas benefit Henry VIII?
if the Catholic Church/Pope can be wrong to allow indulgences, they could be wrong about his marriage with Catherine
Who did Isabella's brother, King Enrique, want her to marry initially? Why?
- Pedro Giron
- make Castile (Spain) stronger (Giron had lots of soldiers)
What empire did Babur the Tiger's kingdom once belong to?
Ottoman Empire
What is the difference between Catholic and Protestant beliefs?
- C: listen to the Pope, believe the teachings of the Catholic Church about God
- P: read the Bible, form own decisions about beliefs of God
What were the three ancient civilizations we learned about that resided in Central and South America? Where did each live?
1. Mayans - Yucatan Peninsula
2. Aztecs - Central Mexico
3. Incans - western coast of South America (modern day Peru)
How many wives did Henry VIII have? What was the fate of each one (in order)?
- 6 (Catherine, Anne, Jane, Anne, Kathryn, Katherine)
- divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived
What were the names of the three Christian kingdoms and last Muslim kingdom in the Spanish region?
HINT: two of them formed Spain
- Christian: Castile, Aragon, Portugal
- Muslim: Granada
What was the name of the dynasty left behind by Babur? Where did this name originate from?
- Moghul dynasty
- Genghis Khan, the great Mongol
What was Martin Luther's perception of God before and after he taught at the university in Wittenberg? What book in the Bible did he study specifically?
- Before: afraid God would punish him for his sins, was afraid God would be displeased, did everything the Church asked him to
- After: don't have to earn God's love, God gives him the power to believe in him and the power to be good
- Book of Romans in the New Testament