Silk Roads
This man was the founder of the Mongols. He thought he was destined to lead from a young age.
Ghengis Khan
Pizzaro's ability to read about Cortez's success against the Aztecs allowed him to defeat this South American Empire
Inca
The time period in Europe after the Black Plague that literally means "Rebirth" in French
Renaissance
The name Europeans and historians sometimes use to describe the Americas after Columbus "discovered" it
The New World
In the triangular trade, the Americas were harvesting these and sending them back to Europe.
Raw Materials
Europeans were most interested in this good on the Silk Roads.
Spices
Jared Diamond's theory that is based on the belief that Spain and other European countries were able to advance technology more quickly than other parts of the world because of their access to more productive plants and animals.
Geographic Luck
After the Black Death killed millions, Europeans became more interested in non-religious, or ______ things.
Secular
The Chinese Explorer who had the largest, most advanced fleet of the time. He went on trade missions not for goods, but to bring respect and prestige to China.
Zheng He
This percentage of people came to the New World via the Middle Passage between 1494 and 1776
80%
The Mongols were vicious in battle, but known for being understanding in times of peace. They provided safety for travel along the Silk Roads during their rule known as this.
Pax Mongolica
Jared Diamond believes a trading system like the Silk Roads did not develop in the Americas because the continents are oriented this way
North/South (unlike Eurasia, which is East/West)
This movement in Renaissance art avoided supernatural elements and focused more on real people in the real world.
Realism
After Columbus made contact with the Americas, a global network was established where plants, animals, ideas, and diseases all began to spread on a global scale. This allowed Europeans to access more healthy food, and the population increased.
Columbian Exchange
The theory of Mercantilism attempts to keep as much gold and silver as possible by paying for imports with this.
A term used to describe the increasing connectedness and interdependence of world cultures and economies.
Globalization
This invention made books a lot less expensive and more accessible to more people, and the more people learned to read, the more they were curious about the world around them. It also helped with the spread of knowledge.
The Gutenberg Press
This system which was meant to be mutually beneficial to nobles and the poor alike, broke down after the Black Death because there were no longer enough peasants and serfs to preserve the structure.
The Feudal System
Europeans believed that Indigenous Americans were getting sick from disease, and Europeans were not because God wanted it that way. It was actually because Europeans had over 10,000 years of exposure to this.
Domesticated Animals
European mother countries were making a profit in the Triangle Trade by sending these back to the Americas in exchange for Gold and Silver.
Manufactured Goods
These are safe places to stay, to eat, get water, and trade their goods, for travelers to stop on the Silk Roads
Caravanserais
Because Europeans were able to meet their basic needs of food and water through productive farming, they were able to establish other jobs. This move to more specific roles is called this.
After the Black Death, Europeans wanted to remember a time when life was better, so they began looking to these ancient societies for inspiration
Ancient Greece and Rome
This movement in the Renaissance led to more sea exploration technology increasing because people were more focused on the world around them.
Humanism
The majority of Africans who were captured and sent to the Americas arrived in these two places
Brazil and The Caribbean