China/Japan
Ancient Chinese philosopher whose ideas formed the basis for many Chinese concepts of good living and proper government.
Confucius
The person at the head of the Church, who was more powerful than most kings in Medieval Europe
The Pope
Despite ruling over a mostly Hindu populace, the Mughal Empire followed this religion.
Islam
The Americas were not known to the rest of the world until this man stumbled upon them while trying to find India in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
This was the drastic change in political thought and personal liberties that occurred in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The Enlightenment
This is the sea that separates China and Japan. It is always crossed when one invades the other.
The Sea of Japan
This man wrote the 95 Theses, which outlined significant problems with the Catholic Church and kicked off the Reformation.
Martin Luther
This empire was centered in Iran and took over much of the old Persian Empire.
The Safavid Empire/Dynasty
Even though Italians have since made it their own, this red fruit/vegetable is native to the Americas, and didn't exist in Europe until the 1500's!
Tomatoes
This is the name given to the first empires that began using cannons and guns to gain and maintain power.
Gunpowder Empires
The Great Wall of China was built to keep this group out. (It didn't work and they conquered China as well as most of the Asian continent at one point.)
The Mongols
This was a series of events that led to the emergence of modern science in Europe during the 16th and 17th century.
The Scientific Revolution
They created an extremely powerful empire that started in Anatolia, the area now known as Turkey.
The Ottomans
The reason a large percentage of the native peoples in the Americas began to die off once Europeans arrived.
Disease
This region of North Africa has been a key part of trade and culture since 5000 BC, likely due to its strategic placement along the Nile River.
Egypt
This is the name given to Samurai emperors of Japan.
Shoguns
The Renaissance artist who painted the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
Constantinople, now known as Istanbul, is located in this modern-day country.
Turkey
The weather conditions in the Americas were perfect for growing these very profitable crops, further motivating Europeans to explore and develop the lands they found.
Sugar, Coffee, Tobacco, Cotton
This is the economic system, based on trade, that sparked the Age of Exploration.
Mercantilism
DAILY DOUBLE
Explain the concept of the Mandate of Heaven.
Kings explaining that they were in power because God wanted it to be that way.
The Divine Right of Kings
This was the name given to the numerous attempts by Europeans to take back Constantinople/Istanbul from the Ottoman Empire.
Crusades
This Native American empire fought and lost to the conquistadors in modern-day Mexico.
The Aztecs
This is the person who North and South America are named after.
Amerigo Vespucci