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dynasty that ruled England as a result of the War of the Roses
Tudor Dynasty
The Native American population dropped drastically during the years of 1500-1700s. This was due to a disease introduced by the Spanish explorers known as…
Smallpox
Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa who made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East
Nicolas Copernicus
Byzantine emperor who created a code of laws
Justinian
A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches
The Reformation
United all Mongols, launched a campaign against China, and made a code of laws
Genghis Khan
A source of raw materials for the developed country’s industry. (Which Policy)
Mercantilism
Martin Luther protested against many Catholic Church abuses including the selling of indulgences by posting the ________ ____________ on the door of the Catholic Church in Wittenberg, Germany.
95 Theses
English scientist who formulated the law of gravitation that posited a universe operating in accord with natural law (1642-1727)
Sir Isaac Newton
Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France, involving English and French royal families and French noble families.
Hundred Years War
A meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers.
Council of Trent
Family that ruled Florence during the Renaissance, became wealthy from banking, spent a lot of money on art, controlled Florence for about 3 centuries
The Medici
the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest
The Battle of Hastings
This leader created a brilliant code, had ambitious building programs, rebuilt the Hagia Sophia, ruled almost all the territory Rome has ever ruled, etc.
Justinian
Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route.
Vasco da Gama
The greatest invention of the last millennium and a cause for the Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution was…
Printing Press
Yangtze and Yellow Rivers
Two main rivers in China
a West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the 1400s to 1591
Songhai
Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533.
Fransisco Pizarro
A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai and were vassals of the shogun
Daimyo
This refers to the exchange of ideas, foods, and diseases between the Old World and the New World.
The Columbian Exchange
Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa who made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East
A member of the warrior class in feudal Japan
Samurai
Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars
Galileo Galilei
Succeeded Mongol Yuan dynasty in China in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted huge trade expeditions to southern Asia and elsewhere, but later concentrated efforts on internal development within China.
Ming Dynasty