Globalization and Exploration
Mercantilism and Economics
Protestant Reformation
Catholic Reformation & Conflicts
Colonization & Global Impacts
100

This term means interconnectedness of societies through trade, migration, and exchange.

Globalization

100

This economic theory argued that wealth is measured by gold and silver reserves.

bullionism

100

In 1517, Martin Luther posted these, criticizing the sale of indulgences

95 Theses 

100

This council reaffirmed Catholic teachings and reformed abuses between 1545–1563.

Council of Trent 

100

This Spanish conquistador defeated the Aztec Empire.

Cortez

200

This empire’s control of land routes to Asia pushed Europeans to seek sea routes.

Ottoman Empire 

200

Under this system, colonies existed primarily to enrich their mother country.

Mercantalism 

200

According to Luther, salvation comes "sola fide", or through this alone.


FAITH

200

At Trent, the Catholic Church reaffirmed this number of sacraments (still practiced today)

Seven

200
Francisco Pizarro conquered this South American Empire 

Inca

300

This exchange involved crops, animals, and diseases moving between the Old and New Worlds.

The Columbian Exchange 

300

This Dutch company, founded in 1602, was one of the first joint-stock corporations with power to wage war and govern.

VOC or Dutch East India Company

300

This invention spread Reformation ideas quickly across Europe.

The Printing Press

300

This Catholic order, founded by Ignatius of Loyola, emphasized education and missionary work (also the form of Catholicism for St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco, where Ms. T is an alum!)

Jesuits 

300

This cash crop most transformed the Caribbean economy under colonization.

Sugar

400

This crop, brought from the Americas, fueled a population boom in Europe (especially in Ireland)

Po-ta-toes

400

These English laws required colonies to trade primarily with England.

Navigation Acts

400

This idea claimed that all Christians can access God directly through Scripture, without priestly mediation.

Priesthood of all Believers 

400

This 1555 settlement allowed German princes to choose between Catholicism or Lutheranism.

What is the Peace of Augsburg

400

This Spanish priest criticized the mistreatment of Indigenous peoples and argued for their rights during the early colonization of the Americas (and suggested they use Africans instead) 

Bartolome de Las Casas

500

This Spanish explorer crossed Panama and became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the New World.

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

500

This city became the financial hub of Europe during the Dutch Golden Age

Amsterdam

500

This English king broke from Rome after the Pope refused to annul his marriage.

Henry VIII

500

This 1598 edict granted religious toleration to French Huguenots.

Edict of Nantes 

500


This silver-mining city in the Andes (in Bolivia, not Peru) became a hub of global trade in the 1500s.

Potosí