East Asia - Japan and China
1450-1750
1450-1750
A Chinese merchant and explorer of the Ming Dynasty, visiting cities like Malacca and Calicut.
Who is Admiral Zheng He?
Two absolute monarchs who used money and power to control nobles.
Who are Philip the II Spain, Louis XIV France, Ivan IV Russia?
Martin Luther's job.
Who is a monk and professor?
Trade, silver, and cash crops from the Exploration Age allowed for this new group of wealthy Europeans to emerge.
Who are the gentry?
They key to the success of Muslim empire's expansion.
What is gunpowder?
Who are the Qing Dynasty?
The idea that kings were given permission from God to rule.
What is the Divine Right of Kings?
The new religion formed by Luther and his followers.
What is Protestantism?
The two houses of the English Parliament.
What are the House of the Lord and House of the Commons?
The symbol of Louis XIV's power - it bankrupted France!
The Qing Dynasty adopted Chinese culture by continuing the practice of this bureaucratic benchmark.
What is the Civil Service Exam?
The monarch responsible for "westernizing" Russia through domestic reforms.
Who is Peter the Great?
The selling of "tickets to Heaven."
What are indulgences?
The concept of selling agriculture for profit.
What is commercialization?
Without this invention, the Protestant Reformation probably doesn't happen.
What is the printing press?
The shogun who closed Japan's door (Sakoku) to the outside world.
Who is the Tokugawa Shogunate?
Ivan IV's Oprichnina Terror targeted what group of Russians?
Who are the boyars?
The document that outlined the corruption within the Church.
What is the 95 Theses?
The House of the Commons fought for this individual right (monarchs were taking it from the gentry).
What is private property?
The elite soldiers of the Ottoman Empire.
The country of origin of the Qing Dynasty.
What is Manchuria?
The new capital of Russia.
What is St. Petersburg?
This nation waged the majority of the wars against Protestant nations.
What is Spain?
European monarchs centralized their power by organizing these two things.
What is tax collection and bureaucracy?
The Church meeting where Martin Luther was declared a heretic.
What is the Diet of Worms?