Unit 1
What are the 3 ancient world trade routes?
Silk Road
Trans Saharan
Indian Ocean
What group did the Ming Empire kick out of Europe?
Mongols
What are the 3 West African Kingdoms?
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
What does the word Renaissance mean?
Rebirth
Who led the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
How was Pompeii destroyed?
Volcanic Eruption
What job did Zheng He have and for what country?
Chinese Explorer
What is the Holy Text associated with Islam?
Qur'an
Term used during the Renaissance that emphasized individuality and that people are capable of being skilled in all things.
Humanism
Who did the Protestant Reformation challenge?
Pope or Catholic Church
What was the Chinese practice of breaking a young girls foot and wrapping it tightly in cloth in order to have smaller feet?
Footbinding
What disease spread from Asia to Europe through trade and migration?
Bubonic Plague or Black Death
Who was the wealthy King of the Mali Empire who went on a hajj to Mecca?
Mansa Musa
What invention during the Renaissance allowed ideas to spread faster?
Printing Press
Why did King Henry VIII separate from the Catholic Church?
He wanted a divorce
What is the exchange of goods, ideas, religion, language, etc from one place to another?
Cultural Diffusion
What religion united the Gunpowder Empires?
Islam
What was the language spoken by Bantu farmers who moved to the coast of East Africa? (Hint: the name of the language means "coasters")
Swahili
What does vernacular mean?
Language spoken by particular group in a region
What was the list of complaints Martin Luther wrote against the Catholic Church and nailed it to the church door?
95 Theses
Why study a topic from multiple perspectives?
1. To get the bigger picture
2. Discover what sources are trustworthy
3. To eliminate bias
Name the modern day country the Gunpowder Empires occupied?
Ottoman- Turkey
Mughal- India
Safavid- Iran
What were the 2 MAIN products traded on the Trans Saharan trade route?
Salt and Gold
What was the most important Italian city during the Renaissance? (Most artistic)
Florence
What is predestination and who came up with the idea?
1. God decided before you were born if you were going to Heaven or Hell
2. John Calvin