Peasants recruited to migrate to newly seized russian lands.
What were cossacks?
200
Brought together Castile and Portugal.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
300
Christopher Columbus
Who sailed the ocean blue in 1492?
300
Italian artists and thinkers became inspired by the ideas and forms of ancient Greece and Rome.
Whats one characteristic Renaissance artists were inspired by.
300
Push back mongols by territorial expansion.
What was the focus of the Russian political reform and goals?
300
She was married to King Ferdinand and queen of Spain.
Who was Isabella of Castile?
400
Compass
Deep ships for large cargo
Map making
Name some of the key technological innovations that helped with trade.
400
Prior determination of those who would be saved by god.
What is predestination?
400
tribute, regional and local princes/landlords
economic and cultural life diminished
What characterized the Mongols' loose control over Russia? How did this not benefit the Russians?
400
Biological and ecological exchange that took place following Spanish establishment of colonies in New World;
What is the Columbian exchange?
500
Tiring, uncertain future
What were negatives of travel?
500
German monk; initiated Protestant Reformation in 1517 by nailing 95 theses to door to Wittenberg church; emphasized primacy of faith over works stressed in Catholic church; accepted state control of church.
Who was Martin luther and why is he so famous today?
500
Boyars
What social class most opposed and came into conflict with the tsars?
500
Spanish minister of the West Indies and chief architect of colonial reform; moved to eliminate Creoles from bureaucracy of the colonies