Maritime Empires
These three factors motivated European explorers to journey to the "New" World.
God, Gold, and Glory
The Ottoman Empire established their capital by conquering this city and renaming it.
Constantinople (Istanbul)
The transfer of animals, plants, diseases, ideas, and more between the "Old" World and the "New" is known as the...
Columbian Exchange
The religious upheaval in the Roman Catholic Church in 1517, which resulted in a denominational splintering, is known as the...
Protestant Reformation
The Atlantic System, with its three "points" of Europe, Africa, and the Americas, is also known as...
Triangular Trade
This man is credited with launching the Age of Exploration through his development of Portuguese maritime exploration and trade.
Prince Henry the Navigator
Safavid Empire
The Ming Dynasty instituted a disastrous policy that forced Chinese people to pay taxes in...
silver
During the Scientific Revolution this Englishman discovered and established functional, structural laws of the universe that governed movement and gravity.
Isaac Newton
The period of global cooling from 1300 to 1870 that featured a drop in agricultural output is known as the...
Little Ice Age
This movement in the Catholic Church, designed to uproot Protestants, Jews, and Muslims from Spanish and Portuguese territories, led to the banning of books, torture, and executions of non-Catholics.
The Inquisition
Peter the Great
The English and the Dutch used these types of companies to set up colonies around the world.
Charter Companies
This belief in Europe stated that rulers were selected by the Christian God and that any challenge to the king was a challenge to God.
The Divine Right of Kings
enconmiendas
The 17th-century conflict began as a war between Catholic and Protestant states, but ultimately ended when France entered to defeat Spain (even though both were Catholic countries).
Thirty Years War
Askia the Great was the leader at the height of this African Empire, ruling from Gao and forcing elites to convert to Islam.
Songhai Dynasty
The economic system, along with colonialism, was designed to enrich the mother country (primarily through the exportation of certain finished goods)
Mercantilism
The new, emerging class of wealthy merchants, bankers, investors, and landowners in Europe was known as the...
Gentry
The Ottoman Sultan established an elite military unit known as the janissaries through this "blood tax" - involving the abduction, castration, and strict training of Christian boys.
Devshirme
This West-Central-African kingdom saw its ruler convert to Roman Catholicism in 1491 after contact with the Portuguese, and benefited economically as a major source of slaves for European powers.
This Catholic peasant revolt (largely over tax hikes) is the reason why Japan closed itself off from the world - a policy known as sakoku.
Shimabara Rebellion
The rise in private property in Europe (and removal of peasants from common land) during the 16th and 17th centuries is known as...
The Enclosure Movement
The syncretic blending of Christianity and West African beliefs that occurred due to the slave trade is known as...
Vodun (Voodoo)
The Portuguese forced cities and merchants to buy these certificates in order to trade in the Indian Ocean
Cartaz