Renaissance Review
Oceanic Overviews
All About the Ottomans
Meet the Ming & Qing
Moving onto the Mughals
Introducing the Imperials
Transatlantic Slave Trade
100

The Renaissance made a shift towards this belief, which meant that human potential and achievement were the most important. 

Humanism

100

This is a method of taking the 3D globe and showing it on a 2D surface 

Map projection

100

This Ottoman emperor was famed for leading the assault on Constantinople in 1453 CE. 

Mehmet II

100

Originally, the Ming Dynasty had a large fleet of ships and navy, making them this type of power.

Maritime

100

India is known as this type of landmass, separated by mountains and other geographical features.

subcontinent

100

The map below explains this agreement's borders. 

Treaty of Tordesillas

100

Enslaved Africans worked on these types of farms, which usually grew cash crops like tobacco or sugar. 

Plantations

150

The Renaissance led to this belief, which meant that each person had unique traits and abilities that they should focus on.

Individualism

150

Name this map projection. 

Robinson

150

This Ottoman emperor oversaw the greatest expansion of the empire. 

Suleiman the Magnificent

150

This man led one of the largest expeditions for the Ming with ships much larger than Christopher Columbus's. 

Zheng He

150

These were members of the Indian bureaucracy that governed the massive empire. They ruled in the emperor's name.

Mansabdari

150

This leader signed the agreement between Spain Portugal to end their territorial dispute.

Pope Alexander VI

150

This term refers to the movement to get rid of slavery and involved activists from all races and genders.

Abolition

200

This family was one of the most famous patrons of the Renaissance in Florence. 

The Medici

200

Arabic and European explorers used this device to measure the position of stars and planets. 

Astrolabe

200

This system of society is one in which power is held by a privileged, wealthy, or noble class. 

Aristocracy
200

Both Kangxi and Qianlong served this dynasty with great success in the 1600 and 1700s CE. 

Qing

200

This emperor had a mixed record for the Mughals, contributed to successful wars but also to oppression of religious groups. 

Aurangzeb

200

These positions were created to help manage the huge empire Spain controlled. It translates roughly to Vice King

Viceroys 

(Viceroyalties also accepted)

200

This term refers to the forced journey taken by Africans from Africa to the Americas.

Middle Passage

250

The Renaissance saw a blending of science, math, and art from these two "worlds." 

Looking for religion and region

Christian Europe and Islamic empires
250

Pioneered by the Dutch, these organizations lowered risk for investors.

Joint-stock companies

250

This practice saw Ottomans enslaving Balkan children and converting them from Christianity to Islam. 

Devshirme

250

The Qing Dynasty reinforced this belief system for stability, which called for virtue, or goodness, in society.

Confucianism

250

Some of the Mughal leaders were considered this, a person who is overly extreme or radical in their religious views.

Zealot

250

This was the first Spanish colonial city, in what is now Cuba.

Havana

250

The transatlantic slave trade was a major factor in the development of this type of economy. 

Capitalism

300

This device made it easy to share new ideas and spread the ideals of the Renaissance.

Printing press

300

This man is considered the first to have circumnavigated the Earth

Ferdinand Magellan

300

This group formed a sultan's elite soldiers, enslaved from a much a larger group. 

Janissary

300

This group invaded China before the Ming Dynasty and contributed to its rise. 

The Red Turban Army

300

Despite being a Muslim dynasty, only this percentage of Indian society was Muslim at the time. 

15%

300

This term refers to people of Spanish descent who were born in American colonies

Criollos

300

European enslavers sent the majority of enslaved Africans to this Portuguese colony.

Brazil