Crusades
This city is holy to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
What is Jerusalem?
The Black Death spread mainly through these trade connections linking Europe and Asia.
What are trade routes?
The Renaissance began in this European country.
What is Italy?
This Ottoman city was formerly known as Constantinople.
What is Istanbul?
This civilization built large pyramid cities in the jungles of Mesoamerica.
Who were the Maya?
These wars began in 1095 and were fought over control of Jerusalem.
What are the Crusades?
A disease spreading across large regions and populations.
What is a pandemic?
This invention by Gutenberg helped ideas spread quickly across Europe.
What is the printing press?
This empire sent large naval expeditions across the Indian Ocean to demonstrate wealth and power.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
This civilization built its capital city on an island in Lake Texcoco.
Who were the Aztecs?
A religious journey to a holy place.
What is a pilgrimage?
After the Black Death, workers could demand these because labor became scarce.
What are higher wages?
This movement was the Catholic Church’s response to the Protestant Reformation.
What is the Counter-Reformation?
This Ottoman system allowed religious groups to govern themselves.
What is the Millet System?
This farming method carved steps into mountainsides to create farmland.
What is terrace farming?
The Crusades helped spread new goods, ideas, and learning to this continent.
What is Europe?
This medieval social system weakened after the Black Death.
What is feudalism?
This German monk wrote the 95 Theses criticizing indulgences.
Who was Martin Luther?
This wall was strengthened by the Ming Dynasty to defend against invasions.
What is the Great Wall?
This civilization adapted to mountain geography using terrace farming and road systems.
Who were the Inca?
These were two major motivations that encouraged Europeans to join the Crusades.
What are faith/religion, wealth, land, or power?
The Black Death caused many people to begin questioning this major institution in medieval Europe.
What is the Catholic Church?
This movement encouraged people to use observation, experimentation, and evidence to understand the world.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
These elite Ottoman soldiers were recruited through the devshirme system.
Who were the Janissaries?
These three factors helped lead to the collapse of the Maya civilization.
What are overpopulation, drought, and warfare?