Unit 1
A Christian kingdom that developed in the highlands of Eastern Africa under the dynasty of King Lalaibela.
What is Ethiopia?
A system of land based trade routes that stretch across Central Asia
What are the Silk Roads?
These two empires clashed, primarily over Kandahar, a strategic city that was seen as the gateway into South Asia
What is the Safavid-Mughal Conflict
These empires are based on sea travel
What are maritime empires?
A term used to describe the “holy wars” waged by Western Christendom, especially against the forces of Islam in the Eastern Mediterranean.
What are the crusades?
Chinese invention that aided navigation by shopping which direction was north
What is a magnetic compass?
The religion all three Gunpowder are empires shared
What is Islam?
This man discovered what he thought was India
An Italian native from Venice who traveled along the Silk Ross from Europe to China and served Kublai Khan on his court.
Who is Marco Polo?
Deadly disease the spread along the Silk Roads
This religion was practiced by most people in the Mughal Empire
What is Hinduism?
This was the first permanent English settlement in North America
What is Jamestown?
A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty,military service, and protection of the people who live on the land.
What is Feudalism?
City coast that actively participated in Indian Ocean trade along the East Coast of the African continent
What are Swahili city-states?
This religious reform movement begun by Martin Luther, split the Roman Catholic Church.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
This animal allowed for more efficient hunting and a surplus of food
What is a horse?
What is Animism?
This Empire contributed greatly to the second golden age of the Silk Road
What is the Mongol Empire?
A form of government in which the ruler has no legal limits on his or her power.
What is Absolutism?
These countries were closer to the Americas and the Atlantic than all the other European countries.
What are Portugal, Spain, France and Britain?