Empires
Who was the leader of the Mongol Empire?
Who is Genghis Khan?
What were most of the explorers looking for?
What is a direct route to India (spices)?
What was the Renaissance?
What is a rebirth of Greek and Roman Culture?
Which individual is credited with sparking the Reformation?
Who is Martin Luther?
What were the three major West African Empires?
What are Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
Which continents did the Ottoman Empire spread to during their 600 year rule?
What are Africa, Europe, and Asia?
Who is America named after?
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
What technology was invented during the Renaissance that helped increase the literacy rate?
What is the Guttenberg Printing Press?
Which organization did Martin Luther want to break away from?
What is the Catholic Church?
Which animal was used to travel in caravans across the Sahara desert?
What are camels?
What are two achievements of the Ming Empire?
What are porcelain, gunpower, and paper money?
Who did the Europeans take land from and kill with their diseases?
Who are the Native Americans?
What did people decide was more important to focus their lives on during the Renaissance?
(Ex. Previously they focused on getting to Heaven.)
What is, what they could do to make their life better on Earth?
What list of complaints did Martin Luther write and nail to the church doors?
What are the 95 Theses
Which religion was spread along Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca?
What are three achievements of the Ottoman Empire?
What are hospitals, libraries, schools, and a simplified taxation system?
Label the continents
Which continents made up the Old World?
Which continents made up the New World?
Old World: Africa, Asia, Europe
New World: The Americas (North, South, and Central and the Caribbean)
What two ideas did people start to focus on?
What are reason and logic?
What were indulgences, and why did Martin Luther argue that they should be stopped?
What are rewards to Heaven the Catholic Church sold to Christians to be forgiven for their sins?
Martin Luther argued that religious leaders could not ensure Christians made it to Heaven.
Which items helped the Mali Empire to become wealthy?
What are gold and salt?
What were the Mughal leaders known for when it came to religion?
What is religions freedom? Hindus and Muslims could become government officials.
What were three lasting effects of the Columbian Exchange?
What are..
-The Europeans killed millions of Native Americans with the disease they brought
-The loss of labor caused the Europeans to look for a new labor force in Africa
-Foods such as potatoes and chocolate were brought to Europe
-Livestock such as cattle, sheep, and pigs were brought to the Americas
Which major event happened during the Renaissance?
What is the Bubonic Plague (Black Death)
What happened to Christianity as a result of the Protestant Reformation? Provide an example.
What is, the Christian Church broke into Catholic and Protestant? Protestant sections such as Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, etc. were formed.
What is, he gave away a large amount of money which caused inflation to occur?