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100
He invented the printing press in the 15th century.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
100
This Mughal architectural feat is known by this name.
What is the Taj Mahal?
100
Martin Luther launched this movement.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
100
This famous political idea was formulated by John Locke in his Two Treatises of Government.
What is the social contract?
100
These precious metals could help finance the purchase of ships used for trade and territorial expansion.
What is bullion?
200
This was one of the most famous astronomer-cartographers of the ancient Mediterranean world.
Who is Ptolemy?
200
The Süleymaniye Mosque was located in this empire.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
200
The name of this cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement of the 15th and 16th century literally means "rebirth."
What is the Renaissance?
200
This was an exclusive grant from the Spanish crown to use forced labor in the Americas.
What is an encomienda?
200
The Atlantic System is a triangular relationship between silver, slaves, and this.
What is sugar?
300
This group of North African ancestry ruled Spain beginning in the 8th century.
Who are the Moors?
300
Babur established this empire in India in the 16th century.
What is the Mughal Empire?
300
This was an exchange of plants, biomes, people, and products between Europe and the Americas.
What is the Columbian exchange?
300
"Blended traditions," such as the combination of two religious practices, is also known as this.
What is syncretism?
300
The Second Anglo-Dutch War, which led to the handover of New Amsterdam, was fought partially over this commodity.
What is nutmeg?
400
He was an Italian Jesuit priest who promoted intellectual exchanges with Chinese, with whom he collaborated on a world map.
Who is Matteo Ricci?
400
It's the name of the Chinese imperial palace in Beijing.
What is the Forbidden City?
400
Thinkers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Denis Diderot, and John Locke are associated with this philosophical and intellectual movement.
What is the Enlightenment?
400
This refers to the set of doctrines and practices in which a government intervenes to protect its prosperity and its trading interests.
What is mercantilism?
400
These are cotton textiles manufactured in India and imported to England.
What are calicoes?
500
This artist is perhaps most well-known for this woodblock print.
Who is Hokusai?
500
Mansa Musa's famous trek to this place led to major inflation in the price of gold in Egypt.
What is Mecca?
500
DAILY DOUBLE
This refers to the protracted series of battles on the Iberian Peninsula for Catholic control over Muslim-controlled territories.
What is the Reconquista?
500
This is a political idea where all power rests with a sovereign ruler.
What is absolutism?
500
He brought a giraffe from Africa to China.
Who is Zheng He?