Europe
Thanks to fleas and rats, this event spread to Europe in 1347, killing up to 50% of the population and ending the feudal system.
What is the black death / plague?
This man ruled over the Mongol Empire at its largest.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This term refers to the entire region that was united under Islam.
What is "dar-al-Islam"?
What are "conquistadors"?
This gunpowder empire was located in present-day India.
What are the Mughals?
He was responsible for writing the 95 Theses and starting a revolution against the Catholic church.
Who is Martin Luther?
The large size of the Mongol Empire facilitated this practice, which enabled the Mongols to grow extremely wealthy.
What is trade?
Pilgrimage to Mecca that all good Muslims should take at least once during their lifetimes. Part of the Five Pillars of Faith.
What is the hajj?
This was the process in which people, resources, plants, animals, and diseases travelled between the Old and New Worlds.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Nickname for the three empires that came to prominence due to a specific military advantage they obtained through trade with China.
What are the "gunpowder empires"?
This man single-handedly divorced England from the Catholic Church, starting the protestant Anglican Church.
Who is Henry VIII?
What is true?
The several basic foundational values and actions of the religion of Islam (one is zakaat: paying alms to the poor).
What are the Five Pillars of Faith?
The name of the Islands were sugar cane plantations were established by the Spanish, English, Dutch, and French.
What are the West Indes?
This empire influenced the Safavids, the Mughals, and the Russians.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This event happened when the Catholic Church met at the Council of Trent to address the challenges from protestants.
What is the Catholic / Counter Reformation?
In which Eastern country did the Mongols eliminate their scholars and rulers to establish their own dominance?
What is China?
What are gold, salt, or camels?
A document granted by a European government to a person or group, allowing them to set up a colony or business in the New World.
What is a charter?
Name of the belief system / philosophy that has influenced China for the last 2,500 years.
What is Confucianism?
This practice was a result of local folklore mixed with the teachings of the Catholic Church.
What is witchcraft?
Name the ruler or his country: Who benefitted from paying tribute to the Mongols instead of resisting them?
Who is Ivan III of Moscow/Russia?
During his pilgrimage to Mecca, this man from Mali tanked the economy of Cairo by flooding them with gifts of gold.
Who was Mansa Musa?
The name for the process in which a slave owner granted freedom to their slave; the only way a slave could legally obtain freedom in most colonies.
What is manumission?
This cultural practice, used since the 900s and banned in 1949, reinforced the patriarchy of China by limiting women's ability to participate in public activities.
What is foot binding?