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100

This man united the Mongol people into a cohesive empire

Genghis Khan

100

What was the Reconquista?

Efforts on the part of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to make Spain 100% Catholic

100

When the Pope kicks you out of the Catholic Church it is called...

Excommunication

100

Gunpowder was invented by the...

Chinese

100

Portugal controlled this colony in America

Brazil

200

This family were leaders of Florence during the Renaissance

The Medici Family

200

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)

200

Which group of people was unfairly blamed for spreading the Black Death?

Jews throughout Europe

200

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

200

The horrific journey that enslaved people took on ships from Africa to America was called the

Middle Passage

300

This man started the Protestant Reformation

Martin Luther

300

When the Mongols conquered China, they established the ______________ Dynasty

Yuan

300

These are passes that you can buy from the Pope which will allow you to get into Heaven

Indulgences

300

Please describe 3 ways that people attempted to avoid catching the Black Death

Answers will vary...

300

People who escaped slavery fled to the wilderness and established free ___________________ communities

Maroon

400

This man established a School of Navigation in Portugal

Prince Henry

400
Even though the Netherlands were small, poor, and occupied worthless territory in Europe, they became one of the most successful and wealthy of maritime empires. How did they do it?

Inventing an investment model that enabled average citizens to buy "shares" in trade voyages, pioneering the formation of modern capitalism

400

This system was set up by the Spanish in the New World to forcibly convert Native Americans to Christianity

The Mission System

400

Johannes Gutenberg invented the...

Printing Press

400

The peninsula that is home to Spain and Portugal is called the _______________ Peninsula

Iberian

500
This woman was queen of Angola and prevented her people from being forced into slavery by the Portuguese

Queen Nzinga

500

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

500

This is the term used to describe the indigenous American belief that the natural world possesses spiritual power

Animism

500

The Aztec floating gardens were called...

Chinampas
500

Which European empire was MOST focused on exploring Africa?

Portugal

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