Russia
This Russian ruler is known as "the Great" and worked to modernize Russia.
Answer: Who is Peter the Great?
This word means "rebirth" and describes a cultural movement that began in Europe.
Answer: What is the Renaissance?
This religious movement began in Europe during the 1500s and challenged the authority and practices of the Catholic Church.
Answer: What is the Protestant Reformation?
Name one of the three major Gunpowder Empires.
Answer: Ottoman, Safavid, or Mughal.
Peter the Great built this new Russian city, which became a major center of Russia's connection with Europe.
Answer: What is St. Petersburg?
Renaissance artists often admired the art and ideas of these two ancient civilizations.
Answer: What are Greece and Rome?
This German religious leader became one of the most important figures of the Protestant Reformation.
Answer: Who is Martin Luther?
These three Gunpowder Empires were primarily located across this broad region.
Answer: What is the Middle East, South Asia, and surrounding regions?
Peter the Great modernized this part of Russia's military because he wanted Russia to compete with European powers.
Answer: What is the army/military?
This Renaissance intellectual movement emphasized human potential, achievement, and the study of classical ideas.
Answer: What is humanism?
This invention helped Protestant ideas spread quickly because books and pamphlets could be produced much more easily.
Answer: What is the printing press?
What technology gave the Gunpowder Empires a major advantage in warfare and helped them build powerful states?
Answer: Gunpowder weapons/firearms.
Peter the Great wanted Russia to become more like these countries in areas such as technology, military organization, and culture.
Answer: What are the countries of Western Europe?
Renaissance artists became increasingly interested in showing people and objects realistically. What is this artistic characteristic called?
Answer: What is realism?
Give one reason why some Europeans criticized the Catholic Church before or during the Reformation.
Answer: Answers may include corruption, abuses of church power, or other criticisms of Church practices.
This system of recruiting Christian boys and training them for service to the Ottoman state was called what?
Answer: What is the devshirme system?
What was the main goal behind many of Peter the Great's reforms?
Answer: To modernize and strengthen Russia so it could compete with other European powers.
Explain one way the Renaissance represented a change from the medieval period in Europe.
Answer: Answers may include increased interest in classical Greek/Roman culture, humanism, secular subjects, realism, or new approaches to art and learning.
Germany's central location in Europe and its trade networks helped the Reformation spread. Explain why.
Answer: Merchants and trade routes connected Germany to other parts of Europe, allowing Reformation ideas and books to travel.
Name all three major Gunpowder Empires.
Answer: The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires.