Key Terms
Europe
Asia
Religious Reform
Government Power
100
The Ottomans, the Safavids, and the Mughals were all part of which empire?
Gunpowder Empires
100
What do you often call the peasant class who works the land under a Lord?
Serf
100
Name the dynasty that took over in East Asia after the Mongolian Empire collapsed.
Ming Dynasty
100
What was the name of the man who nailed 95 theses to the Wittenburg Chapel?
Martin Luther
100
Name one of the three things a leader needs control of in order to centralize power and rule over an empire?
1. Taxes
2. Military
3. Religion
200
Which invention caused a spread in reading material, thusly increased literacy?
The Printing Press.
200
Which king of England created the Anglican Church/Church of England?
(He wanted to get divorced)
Henry VIII
200
What invention helped empires in the Middle East and Southern parts of Asia take over more land?
Gunpowder / Firearms
200
What were the two branches of Islam practiced by the Ottomans and the Safavids that caused most of their fighting?
Shi'a and Sunni
200
In order to gain power in the Americas, Spain allied themselves with which warrior empire?
Aztecs/Mexicas
300
What term refers to the Catholic Church's response to the Protestant reformation?
The Counter Reformation
300
Which Russian leader helped expand Russia into the Volga River Region and gain control of Siberia?
Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)
300
Which Ottoman emperor was known for the greatest expansion of territory in all of Turkic history?
Suleiman the Magnificent
300
What governmental decision did the protestant reformation lead to in Europe?
Separation of Church and State / Secularism
300
What were the warrior class of the Ottoman empire called?
They were often Christian-conquered slaves turned into child soldiers, who then grew into warriors.
Janissaries/Janissary
400
What did scientist Francis Bacon discover?
The Scientific Method/Empiricism
400
What type of technological advancements helped Europeans to progress past their Middle Eastern and Asian counterparts?
Maritime Technology
400
What is the Ottoman system of bureaucracy called where they appointed would-be slaves as members of the government?
Devshirme
400
What is it called when an empire chooses to let it's people practice a different religion from the dominant religion?
Religious Tolerance
400
What was the main weapon with which the Spanish conquered land in the Americas?
Disease
500
What the term for a language commonly spoken by the working class—also called the common-people's language?
Vernacular Language / vernacular
500
What was the name of the Explorer who helped Spain colonize during the Colombian Exchange? (Hint: Not Christopher Columbus.)
Hernan Cortez
500
Who captured Constantinople from the Holy Roman Empire, renaming it Istanbul?
Mehmed II
500
What is the term for the Calvinist doctrine that the fate of someone's ability to go to heaven or hell is already decided by the time they're born?
Predestination
500
What is the name of the Mongolian Turkish leader who took over the power vacuum left by the Mongolian Empire?
(He is known for employing the same technique of gathering nomadic tribes and turning them into warrior peoples.)
Tamerlane/Timur the Lame