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Who were the janissaries?
Soldiers
During Tang and Song China, what religion spread from China to Japan, Korea, and Vietnam?
Buddhism
The Mongols weapon of choice was.
Bow and arrow
If a samurai lost his honor, what did he need to do to get it back?
kill himself with his own sword
The word Renaissance means.
Rebirth
Why did the Bantu-speaking people move southward, rather than to the north?
the north was a huge desert
Which dynasty built the Grand Canal in China?
Tang
How did Martin Luthur show his discontent with the church?
nailed 95 complaints on the church’s door
When did the Silk Road begin?
2nd century BCE
Traders used what animals to carry loads along the Silk Road?
Camels, yaks and horses
Muslim scholars helped save the learning of the West by collecting what ancient work?
Greek, Persian and Indian philosophy and science
While the emperors acted as figureheads in feudal Japan, the real rulers were.
Shogun
The fall of this city made the traditional land routes to the East more difficult and costly for European traders.
Constantinople
This explorer was the first to sail around the tip of Africa
Vasco da Gama
This explorer wanted to find an alternate sea route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus
Who published a book in 1543 saying the Sun is the center of the universe?
Copernicus
The samurai code of honor was called.
Bushido
This explorer was the first European to lead an expedition that circumnavigated the globe.
Ferdinand Magellan
This explorer sailed to modern day Canada.
Jacques Cartier
Columbus sailed for what country?
Spain
Through his telescope, Galileo saw.
mountains on the Moon, dark spots on the Sun, and 4 moons around Jupiter
During Tang and Song China, what wealthy group replaced the old nobility as the new upper class?
Gentry
The code of bushido of the Japanese samurai is most like.
practice of chivalry by European knights
What is a characteristic of a feudal society?
Rigid class structure
Hudson sailed for what country?
England