Tyranny of Dates
What year did the Pilgrims found the Massachusetts Bay Colony for England?
1620
Name an Explorer of New France
Samuel de Champlain, Verrazzano, Sur de la Salle, etc.
This is the term for the right of a family or dynasty to control power and rule over China, granted to them by the gods above
Mandate of Heaven
Ottoman Turks
This time of rebirth led to a flourishing of art and culture across Europe in the 1400s & 1500s
Renaissance
What caused the closing of trade routes to the east in 1453?
Ottomans conquer Constantinople
Which explorer is credited for leading the first trip around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
This dynasty was started by a warlord who conquered the Yuan dynasty and restored the country to Chinese control.
Ming Dynasty
This Mughal Emperor built the beautiful Taj Mahal as a mausoleum to his wife, Mumtaz Mahal
Shah Jahan
This was the big fear of anyone who would speak out against the Catholic Church. No one wanted their immortal soul to be banished to Hell!
Excommunication
Who sailed the Indian Ocean looking for tribute for his ruler from 1405 - 1433?
Zheng He
Who was the first explorer to round the southern tip of Africa?
Bartholomeu Dias
What was the name of the Japanese caste of landowners who fought each other for the right to be Shogun?
Daimyo
Suleiman I the Magnificent is known as a great ruler, but his most lasting legacy was in reforming this system in the Ottoman Empire
Laws and justice system (he is also known as the Lawgiver)
This protestant reformer nailed 95 thesis to the door of the cathedral to call out problems with the Catholic Church, and later started his own church.
Matin Luther
What year did the first slaves arrive in the territory that is today the United States?
1619
Who decimated the Tawantinsuyu (Inca) Empire at the battle of Cajamarca and claimed the territory for Spain?
Francisco Pizarro
The period of the Sengoku Jidai saw a change in leadership for Japan, with the Emperor no longer the head of government. He had been replaced by this new position.
Shogun
This great ruler was the third of the Mughal dynasty and is generally considered one of the best Emperors in Indian history. He is known for reducing taxes on non-Muslims and creating a large and strong empire.
Akbar the Great
This king of England fought with the Pope over a divorce, and ended up splitting all of England off of the Catholic Church!
Henry VIII
What year was the founding of the first successful English colony in Virginia territory?
1607
What document created by the Pope divided the world in half, giving Spain claim to the west and Portugal claim to the east?
Treaty of Tordesillas
This samurai turned Shogun created a dynasty to rule all of Japan during the 17th-19th centuries
Tokugawa Ieyasu
This battle saw the Seljuk Turks first take territory away from the Byzantine (Roman) Empire in 1071. This was the beginning of the end for the Byzantines.
Battle of Manzikert
This is the term of most languages used by people in everyday life, as opposed to Latin, which was once used by the Church and nobility only
Vernacular Language