Europe and Asia
After the fall of Rome in the 300's, this institution grew more powerful in Europe because European states were so weak for most of the Middle Ages
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
The Asian conqueror of the Middle Ages, Temujin was also known as:
Who is Genghis Khan?
This religion helped increase the trade in the Indian Ocean?
What is Islam?
The Indian Ocean trade also created thriving city-states along the east coast of Africa known as the
This is the man who is credited with starting the Protestant Reformation in Europe
Who is Martin Luther?
The Byzantine Empire would fall to Islamic forces and the largest Christian city in the world, Constantinople, would get this new name?
What is Istanbul?
This is the name of the khanate in Russia
What is the Golden Horde?
China famously moved this material for high quality plates
What is porcelain?
This muslim sailor raveled to Indonesia, to Arabia, and to the east coast of Africa. The main purposes of the voyages were to display the might of the Ming Dynasty to the rest of the world. His feet included more than 300 ships that carried 28,000 people.
This is something you can do or buy for forgiveness of sins
What are indulgences?
Similar to the Mongols, ___________ peoples, also nomads from the Central Asian steppes, increased their dominance over large land-based empires in the eastern Mediterranean, Persia, and South Asia that lasted well past 1450 including the Ottoman Empire
Who are the Turks?
What is convert to Islam?
Knowledge of this natural pattern was essential for trading in the Indian Ocean.
What are monsoon winds?
The Trans-Saharan Trade brought the religion of _________ to West Africa including to the city of Timbuktu in the Empire of ___________
What is Islam and Mali?
The Three Gun Powder Empires were
Who are the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal
In the late 13th century Marco Polo, an Italian native from Venice, visited the court of this Mongol ruler _________ in modern-day Beijing.
Who is Kublai Khan?
Mongols were set to invade Europe but were spared by this event?
What is the death of the Khan/ need to vote for a new leader?
these sails were popular because sailors found that the triangular shape could easily catch winds coming from many different directions
What is a lateen sail?
___________ would take an extraordinarily extravagant caravan to Arabia, consisting of 100 camels, thousands of enslaved people and soldiers, and gold to distribute to all of the people who hosted him along his journey. His pilgrimage displayed Mali’s wealth to the outside world. This other Muslim traveled over 30 years, ___________ traveled through Central Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, China, Spain, North Africa, and Mali, mainly to Muslim lands.
Who is Mansa Musa and Ibn Battuta?
This is the essay posted on the Church doors at Wittenburg that explained arguments against the Catholic Church
What is the 95 Thesis?
This example of climate change led to an increase in disease and an increase in unemployment creating social unrest. As the crime rate increased, and Jews, and other groups that already faced discrimination like antisemitism , were the victims of scapegoating being blamed for something over which they had no control
What is the Little Ice Age?
Major military efforts were taken by Kublai Khan of the Yuan dynasty in 1274 and 1281 to conquer the Japanese but failed due to this phenomenon happening two different times
What is a typhoon?
The _______________, improved by Muslim navigators in the 12th century, allowed sailors to determine how far north or south they were from the equator
What is the astrolabe?
Without the arrival of merchants in distant lands, trade could not have expanded. As a natural result of waiting for favorable winds for travel, these merchants interacted with the surrounding cultures and peoples of the region. These ___________communities remained connected to their religion/ culture but now lived hundreds or thousands of miles from their ancestral homelands.
What are diasporic?
This is a type of Protestant who believe the "elect" are predestined to go to heaven apart from any good deeds