Names
Who is America named after?
Amerigo Vespucci.
When was the Treaty of Tordesillas?
1494
Where did the Reconquista occur?
In the Iberian Peninsula.
The end of Abbasid rule in 1258 was brought about by which event?
The sacking of Baghdad
What are the two things that led to the conquest of Mexico, and ushered in a period of Spanish Colonialism?
Violence and Disease
What voyages mark the post-1500 period?
The Columbian Voyages/voyages of exploration.
When was the fall of Baghdad?
1258
Where did Hernan Cortes meet Moctezuma?
Tenochtitlan/Modern-day Mexico.
What "events" lead to industrialization in England?
The enclosure acts of the 1750s.
What kind of knowledge were the Umayyads in Spain translating and preserving?
Classical Greco-Roman knowledge.
What were pre-columbian cities called? And what was the title of the dynastic ruler?
Altepetl../Tlatoani.
When was the Alhambra edict decreed?
1492
Where does modern industrialization first occur?
England.
What process took place from around the 10th century to the end of the 15th century in the Iberian peninsula?
The Reconquista.
Where/what broad region was the idea of a "nation" first invented?
Western Europe.
Which power ruled in Spain from 750-1050?
The Umayyad Caliphate.
What dates mark the period of early-modernity?
1500-1800.
What did pre-Columbian cities look like for the most part? How were they structured?
They usually were built in the middle of bodies of water.
When was the Treaty of Tordesillas?
1494
What was "exchanged" during the Columbian exchange?
Violence and Disease for Knowledge and Resources.
What "treaty" split the world into two halves between the Spanish and the Portuguese?
The Treaty of Tordesillas.
What dates mark the period of modernity?
1800 to Now.
What sorts of lands were "enclosed" through the 'Enclosure Acts' of the 18th century?
The Commons.
Which group of people caused the fall of Baghdad?
The Mongols.
What "idea" is a modern invention?
Nation/state.