West Africa
This action was important to the people of West Africa because it allowed them to get the resources their region did not naturally provide.
What is trade?
Man-made islands used by the Aztec to increase the land space of their city.
What are chinampas?
This event helped increase trade in Europe because it exposed Europeans to goods they did not know existed, leading to the decline of feudalism.
What are the Crusades?
This is a way of thinking that influenced art, literature, science and government during the Renaissance because it encouraged learning.
What is humanism?
What is heliocentric theory/model?
This important geographical feature allowed the Kingdom of Mali to control the gold trade out within West Africa.
Both the Maya and Inca used this agricultural technique on the hillsides and mountains to adapt to their environment.
What are terraces?
This disease increased the power of the peasants as many began to demand better wages and rebelled against the manor.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
He began to question the actions of the Catholic Church and wrote against the sale of indulgences.
Who is Martin Luther?
A church court to try people for heresy.
What is the Inquisition?
Many West African people converted to this religion because of the influence and cultural diffusion with Arab merchants.
What is Islam?
This was the agricultural technique used by the Maya to adapt to living in the heavily forested areas.
What is slash-and-burn?
During this event, kings began to use tax dollars to pay for their own armies, leading to the decline of feudalism.
What is the 100 Years War?
This invention supported the spread of learning during the Renaissance?
What is the Printing Press?
These two moments of the Renaissance used reason and logic to solve problems.
What is the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment?
He was the great leader of the Mali Empire whose pilgrimage to Mecca put the Mali empire on the Catalan Atlas map.
Who is Mansa Musa?
These are the messengers of the Inca Empire that helped keep communication across the empire to maintain control.
What are chasquis?
This is the time period that came after the Middle Ages in Europe?
What is the Renaissance?
What is the Protestant Reformation?
This idea of the Enlightenment suggested that a government has an agreement with the people to protect their rights in return for power.
What is a Social Contract?
A site of encounter in the Mali Empire that was known for trade and learning.
What is Timbuktu?
What is the Great Marketplace?
The Renaissance began in this city and country, mainly because increased trade and a money economy provided the wealthy need to support art and learning.
What is Florence, Italy?
This group tried to fight against Protestantism by ending the sale of indulgences, creating stricter rules for priests and bishops, and helping to get new followers to join the Catholic Church.
What is the Council of Trent?
The empires of the Aztec and the Inca existed at the same time as this time period in Europe.
What is the Renaissance?