The rise and fall of the Mayan, Aztec, and Inca Empires.
Exploration and Expansion
The worldview of Europeans from the sixteenth century
Age of Revolutions
The Enlightenment
100

What was the cause of the fall of the Mayan Empire?

What is change of climate and severe drought?

100

What were the roles of the conquistadors into the americas?

What is colonizing?

100

What did galileo contribute to the scientific revolution?

Was he was the first to report telescopic observations of the mountains on the moon?

100

What is absolutism?

What is the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters?
100

What is the main idea of the Enlightenment?

What was reason is the primary source of authority and legitimacy?

200

What was the main difference between the Mayan and Aztec empires?

Mayans formed city states each ruled by kings, Aztecs were united under the leadership of a single ruler, the emperor.

200

What was the cultural impact of the Columbian Exchange?

What connected almost all of the world through new networks of trade and exchange?

200

What did Copernicus contribute to the scientific revolution?

Who put forth the theory that the Sun is at rest near the center of the Universe?

200

Who was King Louis XIV?

Who was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715?

200

What happened during the Enlightenment?

What brought secular thought to Europe and reshaped the ways people understood issues such as liberty, equality, and individual rights?

300

What was the religion of the Mayan civilization?

What is polytheistic?

300

How did the columbian exchange start?

What was introducing horses, sugar plants, and disease to the New World?

300

What did Kepler contribute to the scientific revolution?

Who used simple mathematics to formulate three laws of planetary motion?

300

Who was Tsar Peter the Great?

Who was the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725?

300

How did the Enlightenment impact society?

What produced modern secularized theories of psychology and ethics?

400

What was the political structure of the Mayan civilization?

what is a hierarchical government ruled by kings and priests?

400

What were the effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Africa?

States were completely destroyed and their populations decimated as they were absorbed by rivals?

400

What did Newton contribute to the scientific revolution?

Who invented calculus and provided a clear understanding of optics?

400

What was the cause of the American Revolution?

What was taxation without rep.?

400

Why did the Enlightenment end?

What was the French Revolution?

500

What were the main technologies of the Aztec civilization?

What is math?

500

What was the role of improved technology in exploration during the  the Columbian Exchange?

What is making it possible for large scale trade networks between the Old World and the New World to develop?

500

What did John Locke contribute to the scientific revolution?

What is his work on the natural rights of man, the social contract, and the acquisition of knowledge. 

500

What was the cause of the French Revolution?

What were poor harvests, drought, cattle disease and skyrocketing bread prices?

500

What were the negative effects of the Enlightenment?

What was the dismissal of the traditional Christian ideals?