This man united the Mongol people into a cohesive empire
Genghis Khan
What was the Reconquista?
Efforts on the part of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to make Spain 100% Catholic
When the Pope kicks you out of the Catholic Church it is called...
Excommunication
Gunpowder was invented by the...
Chinese
Portugal controlled this colony in America
Brazil
This family were leaders of Florence during the Renaissance
The Medici Family
The Mongols helped promote exchange of information, ideas, technology, and trade goods across the AfroEurasian System. How did they achieve this?
1) They rebuilt the Silk Roads
2) They moved people around the empire who had valuable knowledge and skills (for example, engineers from China might be deployed to Moscow and vice versa)
Which group of people was unfairly blamed for spreading the Black Death?
Jews throughout Europe
Why did gunpowder undermine the feudal system?
Because kings could pay to arm large professionally trained armies of former peasants, making knights useless and significantly reducing the power of lords
The horrific journey that enslaved people took on ships from Africa to America was called the
Middle Passage
This man started the Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther
When the Mongols conquered China, they established the ______________ Dynasty
Yuan
These are passes that you can buy from the Pope which will allow you to get into Heaven
Indulgences
Please describe 3 ways that people attempted to avoid catching the Black Death
Answers will vary...
People who escaped slavery fled to the wilderness and established free ___________________ communities
Maroon
This man established a School of Navigation in Portugal
Prince Henry
Inventing an investment model that enabled average citizens to buy "shares" in trade voyages, pioneering the formation of modern capitalism
This system was set up by the Spanish in the New World to forcibly convert Native Americans to Christianity
The Mission System
Johannes Gutenberg invented the...
Printing Press
The peninsula that is home to Spain and Portugal is called the _______________ Peninsula
Iberian
Queen Nzinga
Explain how the Fall of Constantinople helped spark the Renaissance AND the Age of Exploration
Renaissance: Refugees from Constantinople fled to Italy and brought Greek + Roman art and literature with them
Age of Exploration: Christians from Europe didn't want to access Asia via Constantinople anymore because it was controlled by Muslims (who they considered the enemy). Instead, they decided to try to go by sea
This is the term used to describe the indigenous American belief that the natural world possesses spiritual power
Animism
The Aztec floating gardens were called...
Which European empire was MOST focused on exploring Africa?
Portugal