Democracy & Government
In this form of government, citizens participate directly in making government decisions.
What is direct democracy?
This intellectual movement focused on individual achievement and human potential.
What is humanism?
Ottoman military success was helped by these two modern gunpowder weapons.
What are muskets and cannons?
European exploration was motivated partly by the search for new sources of this.
What is wealth?
Missionaries introduced China to these two technologies mentioned in the chapter.
What are the clock and the prism?
In this form of government, citizens elect leaders to make decisions on their behalf.
What is a republic?
Renaissance merchants supported the arts in this important way.
What is sponsoring/paying artists?
This Ottoman ruler captured Constantinople in 1453.
Who is Mehmet II?
This Portuguese prince encouraged exploration by establishing a navigation school.
Who is Prince Henry?
These powerful Japanese warrior chieftains fought one another during the Warring States period.
Who are the daimyo?
This document signed by King John helped establish the idea that the monarch was subject to the law.
What is the Magna Carta?
Renaissance artists increasingly painted these two types of subjects.
What are secular and religious/classical subjects?
These highly trained Ottoman soldiers included men recruited through the devshirme system.
Who are the janissaries?
This explorer showed that Europeans could sail around the southern tip of Africa.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
Ineffective rulers, corruption, high taxes, bad harvests, and an empty treasury contributed to the fall of this Chinese dynasty.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
This Enlightenment thinker argued that governments receive their authority from the consent of the governed.
Who is John Locke?
Martin Luther posted this document criticizing the sale of indulgences.
What are the 95 Theses?
This Mughal ruler abolished taxes on non-Muslims and welcomed people of different faiths.
Who is Akbar?
This Portuguese explorer established a sea route from Europe to India.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
Although Confucian ideals respected Japanese farmers, many farmers actually experienced these two major problems.
What are being overburdened and overtaxed?
This Enlightenment thinker proposed separating government power among different branches.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
This English king took control of the English Church with Parliament's approval.
Who is Henry VIII?
In 1526, this Mughal leader seized Delhi.
Who is Babur?
This powerful and well-financed company helped the Dutch establish a major Asian trading empire.
What is the Dutch East India Company?
Name three cultural forms that became popular in Japan during this period.
What are kabuki plays, popular stories, haiku, and/or woodblock prints?