This leader started the Protestant Reformation by speaking out against papal abuses and the sale of indulgences in the 95 Theses
Who is Martin Luther
100
The model proposed by Copernicus, based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe is called______
What is heliocentric model
100
The Ottoman Empire created a permanent army of professional soldiers known as the_________.
What are Janissaries
100
This explorer began a vast global exchange that included people, plants, technologies, and cultures.
Who is Christopher Columbus
100
This Incan farming method is an example of the ability of a civilization to adapt to their region's mountainous topography
What is terrace farming
200
He painted works such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
200
A step-by-step process used to confirm findings and to prove or disprove a hypothesis is called the_________.
What is scientific method
200
This ruler tried to unify the Mughal Empire and create peace between the people of India by promoting a policy of religious tolerance
Who is Akbar the Great
200
This explorer's voyage is considered a turning point in history because one of his ships was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
200
The Aztecs built artificial floating islands to grow corn and other crops. These plots of land were called_____
What is chinampas
300
The philosophy of the Renaissance that is associated with a shift in focus away from religious subjects, toward more secular subjects
What is humanism
300
This individual's observations of Jupiter's moons supported Copernicus's heliocentric model of the universe
Who is Galileo Galilei
300
Suleiman the Magnificent was the ruler of this empire
What is the Ottoman Empire
300
Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes led an expedition that led to the fall of this empire in Mexico
What is the Aztec Empire
300
The global transfer of food, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas is called____.
What is the Columbian exchange
400
The decline in religious unity in western Europe was a major effect of _______
What is the Protestant Reformation
400
He discovered the laws of gravity
Who is Sir Isaac Newton
400
These three empires acted as middle men in the lucrative spice trade
What are the Mughal, Safavid, and Ottoman empires
400
This technological development enabled European navigators to determine their location at sea
What is the astrolabe
400
The forced journey of enslaved Africans to the Americas is known as____
What is the Middle Passage
500
This powerful banking family funded much of the art and culture of the Renaissance and they were politically powerful in Florence, Italy.
Who is the Medici family
500
Until the mid-1500s, Europeans accepted this man's geocentric model, that the Earth was the center of the universe; which matched the teachings of the Church.
Who is Ptolemy
500
In 1453, the Ottoman Empire rose to power by defeating this empire in Constantinople
What is the Byzantine Empire
500
The English, Dutch, and French explored the coast of North America looking for a "_______ passage" to Asia.
What is northwest
500
The success of the _______trade system depended on increasing slave trade in the Western Hemisphere.