Unit 1
The term for the land mass which includes Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Eurasia
What is chivalry?
The Medieval Knight's code of conduct/behavior
Name the three Gunpowder Empires.
Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal
What are Indulgences?
The selling of pardons for one's sins by the Catholic Church.
Which religion attributes conscious life and a soul to natural, inanimate objects?
Animism
Name TWO monotheistic religions.
Christianity, Islam, or Judaism
What did Medieval doctors believe spread the plague?
Miasma, or 'bad air'
Which Gunpowder Empire persisted for the longest amount of time?
Ottoman
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
Where are Genghis Khan's remains located today?
No one knows!
Name a product which originated in China and was traded along the Silk Road and/or Indian Ocean trade routes.
Silk, tea, spices, paper, porcelain, etc.
What was the capital of the Aztec Empire? Hint: Mexico City is now in the same place this city stood.
Tenochtitlan
In which modern day country was the Mughal Empire located?
India
Which explorer is credited with being the first to circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
Why did King Henry VIII start the Church of England?
To get a divorce from his wife.
Which early world explorer was born in Venice?
Marco Polo
King/Lords at top, serfs/peasants at bottom
The Gunpowder Empires were all followers of which religion?
Islam
Which American Empire did Francisco Pizarro come into contact with?
The Inca
What are Janissaries?
Ottoman soldiers
Name one POSITIVE effect that the Mongol Empire had on the world.
Pax Mongolica, spread culture/ideas, safety along the Silk Roads, etc.
What are Quipu?
Knotted ropes used in the Inca Empire to communicate over long distances.
Name ONE Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Suleiman the Magnificent, Osman I, etc.
Who was the King of the Aztec Empire at the time of Hernan Cortes arriving there?
Moctezuma
Where did Columbus first land in the Americas AND which group of Indigenous people did he first encounter?
The Bahamas/ Tainos People