Gunpowder Empires
The siege of constantinople by this empire was a major blow to the remaining Byzantine power.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This event was characterized by the mass disease that spread through Native Populations.
What is the Great Dying?
Name 1 joint stock company.
What are the BEIC, VOC, French EIC, etc.
The trade of this precious metal was a major motivation for consistent efforts for exploration in the Americas.
This led to the second major split of Christianity (larger movement).
What is the Protestant Reformation?
This Conquistador led to attack on Tenochtitlan.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
This is a form of maritime empires that focused on contorlling strategic economic locations.
This Tsaritsa helped to westernize the education system of Russia and emphasized western cultural and intellectual life.
Who is Catherine the Great?
German monk who wrote the 95 Theses.
Who is Martin Luther?
The majority of the gunpowder empires were under this religion.
What is Islam?
These products were traded between the Old and New worlds in the Columbian Exchange (must name at least 2 for a point)
What are People/Flora/Fauna/Disease?
This was an extremely large Portuguese ship that could handle long voyages.
What is the Carrack?
What is the Palace of Versailles?
These missionaries went many places around the world, but were famously prominent until their banishment in both Japan and China.
This Manchu led dynasty used gunpowder to remove the Ming from power.
What was the Qing Dynasty?
What is Fur/Beaver Fur?
This Dutch ship had cheaper production costs, more cargo space, and was much more nimble in both the open sea and smaller rivers.
What is the Fluyt?
This Tsar led administrative changes and enlarged and modernized the Russian military.
Who is Peter the Great?
This Mughal leader is known for his extreme accomodation of various religions, including the construction of many kinds of temples and even his own special House of Worship with the purpose of inter-religious conversation and understanding.
Who is Akbar?
This hairstyle was forced upon the men of the Qing dynasty.
What is the Queue?
These were the social classes in Haiti prior to the revoluition (must name all three in French or English, can switch)
Grands Blancs/White elite
Affranchis/Free mulatoes and black people
Noirs/Enslaved Black people
This chain of islands was given to the Spanish in the Treaty of Tordesillas in the East Indies.
This maritime empire is known to have been the most friendly with the Natives and formed close relations with them.
This Mughal emperor reversed many of the changes made by the preceeding emperor, and he began to impose the Jizya, Sharia law, and began to remove non-Muslims from high office.
Who is Aurangzeb?