Chapter 21
Marco Polo was best known for inspiring other merchants to do what?
Travel and see the world.
Spain's state building was accelerated by the marriage of which two people?
Fernando and Isabel.
The Thirty Years' War began in what "country"?
Bohemia.
Christopher Columbus first landed at this city in the Caribbean.
Santo Domingo.
The Ming dynasty was known for producing this valuable commodity besides silk.
Porcelain.
The bubonic plague started in what country?
China.
Leonardo da Vinci would be known as a head figure of the European what?
Renaissance.
The Spanish Inquisition was used to rid Spain of what religious groups?
Protestants, Jews, and Muslims.
If your mother was a Native American and your father was a European, you would be called this.
A mestizo.
Prince Henry of Portugal was nicknamed this.
"The Navigator."
Which regions of the world were unaffected by the bubonic plague?
Africa, India, and/or Scandinavia.
Which empire continued to prove its dominance as a result of the Seven Years' War?
The British Empire.
What is the fundamental difference between an absolute monarchy and a constitutional monarchy?
Absolute monarchs - total power
Constitutional monarchs - representative power
What is the difference between creoles and peninsulares?
Creoles were children of Europeans born in America.
Peninsulares were born in either Spain or Portugal.
The printing press was invented by this man.
Johannes Gutenberg.
John of Montecorvino tried to undertake this task, although he was not very successful.
Convert the Mongols to Christianity.
Name three of the five major diseases that spread rapidly in the Americas as a result of the Columbian Exchange.
Smallpox, measles, whooping cough, diphtheria, influenza.
This man was known as the Father of Economics.
Adam Smith.
The most valuable resource that the Spanish desperately wanted in the Americas was what?
Silver.
James Cook established Australia as a penal colony, which meant all of the British what were shipped to live there?
Criminals, convicts, etc.
The Dutch trading post empire was established on what southeast Asian country?
Indonesia.
Large and sleek passenger ships known for carrying cargo quickly across the ocean were known as what?
Galleons.
This man ended up beheading King Charles after seizing control of England.
Oliver Cromwell.
The Portuguese word for 'sugar mill' is what?
Engenho
How did the Aztecs establish their authority over the peoples of Central Mexico?
Tribute system and human sacrifice.