Vocabulary
Religion based on the teachings of Muhammad.
What is Islam?
Emperor of France starting in 1804 after the French Revolution.
Who is Napoleon (Bonaparte)?
Main country where the Renaissance took place.
What is Italy?
This war was fought because colonists in America were upset about their treatment from the King.
What is the American Revolutionary War
The main reason for many revolutions during the 19th century
What is Absolutism/Absolute Rulers?
Rights that everyone is born with, including Life, Liberty, and Property.
What are Natural Rights?
First ruler of the Mongolian Empire.
Who is Genghis Khan?
Capital city of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Constantinople?
These wars were fought to reclaim control of the Holy Land.
What are the Crusades?
The 3 Causes for Exploration, also known as the 3 G's.
What is Gold, God, and Glory?
First document to limit the power of the King in England. Set the precedent that the King was not above the law.
What is the Magna Carta?
Emperor of the Byzantine Empire during its height in the 6th century
Who is (Emperor) Justinian?
Salt and Gold were the main commodities traded on the trade routes in this region.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This event marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
What is the (Storming of the) Bastille?
This was the major enlightenment idea from Montesquieu.
What is Separation of Powers?
Period of European history marked by a "re-birth" of classical Greek and Roman ideals.
What is the Renaissance?
Author of the 95 Theses.
Who is Martin Luther?
In what region/place were the Olmec, Aztec, Mayans, and Incas all located in?
What is Mesoamerica?
This event is the Spanish attempt to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula from Muslim rule by Catholic leaders.
What is the Reconquista?
The biggest cause for the rise of Italian City-States, which led to the Renaissance.
What is Banking/Money?
The name of the leg of the Triangular Trade System in which enslaved Africans were brought over to the New World.
What is the Middle Passage?
Author of the Tale of Genji
Who is Murasaki Shikibu?
Charles Martel stopped the expansion of Islam into Europe at a battle in this French city.
What is Tours?
This battle in 1066 resulted in William the Conqueror being crowned the King of England.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
The name of a chain of islands.
What is an archipelago?