This period in history is known for its new way of investigating and studying the world.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
100
These sects of Islam are in disagreement over who should be the caliph, or leader of the religion.
Who are the Sunnis and the Shiites?
100
Beautiful writing
What is calligraphy?
100
A chain of islands, like Japan.
What is an archipelago?
200
A Mali king went on hajj to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
200
The conquests of Cortes and Pizzaro led to their fall.
Who are the Aztecs and the Inca?
200
The Catholic Church's investigations and trials (which often involved torture)
What is the Inquisition?
200
The belief system where there are spirits in nature.
What is animism?
200
A mapmaker
What is a cartographer?
300
A Chinese sailor from the Ming Dynasty who sailed to Africa and around Asia collecting tribute.
Who is Zheng He?
300
This disease changed life in Europe as it killed one-third of the population.
What is the bubonic plague?
300
The leg of the Triangular Trade when African slaves were transported
What is the Middle Passage?
300
The code of behavior for samurai
What is bushido?
300
Trade and exchange between the "Old World" and the "New World" is known as this.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
400
He wrote the 95 Theses and kicked off the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
400
The period in modern European history when the Catholic Church was questioned and changes were introduced regarding how Christianity would be practiced.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
400
Oliver Cromwell led the Roundheads (Parliament's supporters) against this king in the English Civil War.
Who is King Charles?
400
An economic and social system based on the granting of land.
What is feudalism?
400
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai became wealthy through the trade of these two commodities.
What is gold and salt?
500
He was the first person to circumnavigate the Earth.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
500
Was known for its bloodless overthrow of a government
What is the Glorious Revolution?
500
Although known for his brutal battlefield skills, this leader's rule was known for its religious tolerance and for having the largest contiguous land empire.
Who is Genghis Khan?
500
The economic system where the Spanish government granted colonists the right to use Native Americans as labor.
What is the encomienda system?
500
An important travel and trade route between India & China