Korea, Japan, and Vietnam
Europe in the Middle Ages
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100

These seventh century “great change reforms”  established a centralized Japanese state.

The Taika Reforms

100

Creator of the Carolingian Empire, this leader was crowned the new “Roman” emperor, representing a joining of Germanic, Christian, and Roman tradition resulting in a new European civilization.

Charlemagne/Charles the Great

100

Dominican monk that published works exposing the cruelty of the encomienda system.

Bartolome de las Casas

100

French teenager who believed she heard the voice of God who told her to free France; she traveled to dauphin’s court to ask to fight for France in the Hundred Years War. 

Joan of Arc

100

The two major powers involved in the Hundred Years’ War were _________ led by _________ and ______ led by ________.

France, Philip IV and England, Edward III

200

These southern rivals to Dai Viet were ultimately defeated. 

Champas 

200

Considered the first king of England and created a strong centralized monarchy. In 1066 he defeated King Harold/Anglo-Saxons at the Battle of Hastings and combined Anglo-Saxon and Norman institutions.

William of Normandy 

200

This exploitative system allowed European settlers to receive land grants and collect tributes from the indigenous people and use them as laborers.

Encomienda System

200

A dispute over succession to the French throne led to this conflict. 

Hundred Years War

200

The _______ and the _____ dynasties directly preceded the Yuan Dynasty.

Tang, Song

300

Japan's emperors gained legitimacy by claiming to be descendants of this divine figure. 

Amaterasu

300

These women were consider economic partners with their husbands in medieval Europe. 

Peasant 

300

This three region trade system transported unwilling Africans to colonies, moved raw goods to Europe, and sent manufactured goods throughout Europe and Africa. 

Triangular/Triangle Trade

300

This twelfth century city became a nexus of Islamic learning and a fabled city of mystery and riches to Europeans.

Timbuktu

300

___________ is a religious and ideological reform movement associated with the “investigation of things” and was a response to the popularity of Daoism and Buddhism.

Neo-Confucianism

400

This technology was adopted by Korea from China. 

Woodblock printing 

400

These holy wars started when Byzantine emperor Alexius I requested help from the Pope in defending against Muslim Seljuk Turks. Pope saw this as a way to liberate the holy land of Palestine/city of Jerusalem from the infidels, in this case muslims. After 4 these wars were considered a failure.

Crusades

400

This "middle" leg of the three region trade was notorious for its horrific conditions and high death rates. 

Middle Passage

400

Built under Emperor Justinian 537 C.E, this church of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople was an example of architectural prowess/design.

Hagia Sofia

400

In the wake of the Onin War, the city of ____ was destroyed and the ______ disintegrated, leaving room for a new form of governing power.

Kyoto, Shogunate

500

Korean leader known for creating a more accessible alphabet/writing system for the Korean language. 

Emperor Sejong  

500

Our modern economic system, based in this practice, developed in the middle ages as the European economy shifted toward investment in trade and goods for profit, away from agriculture. 

Capitalism

500

The 1494 agreement that gave Spain everything to the West of an imaginary line drawn down the Atlantic, and Portugal everything to the East.    

Treaty of Tordesillas    

500

These voyages increased Chinese knowledge about the ocean using an impressive-sized fleet of 62 large ships. These voyages led to increased profits for the Ming emperor but were resented by conservatives.

Voyages of Zheng He

500

The Black Death devastated Europe killing _____ million people. It was spread along _____ routes through fleas carried on small animals like _______.

Thirty eight, trade, rats/rodents.