The Renaissance
This cultural movement, meaning "rebirth," began in Italy during the 14th century.
What is the Renaissance?
The Columbian Exchange began after this explorer's voyage to the Americas in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The Ming Dynasty is famous for constructing this iconic Chinese landmark.
What is the Great Wall of China?
The Silk Road facilitated trade between these two regions.
What are Asia and Europe?
This Renaissance artist painted The Last Supper and was also an inventor and scientist.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
Name one crop native to the Americas that was introduced to Europe through the Columbian Exchange.
What is maize (corn), potatoes, or tomatoes?
The Ming government used these exams to recruit officials based on Confucian principles.
What are civil service exams?
The Silk Road gets its name from this highly sought-after Chinese product.
What is silk?
This major trade network connected China with the Mediterranean and was a precursor to globalization.
What is the Silk Road?
This Renaissance artist sculpted David and painted The Creation of Adam.
Who is Michelangelo?
This disease brought by Europeans devastated indigenous populations in the Americas.
What is smallpox?
The Ming Dynasty became heavily involved in trading this precious metal, often obtained from Spanish colonies.
What is silver?
This religion spread from India to China and other parts of Asia through the Silk Road.
What is Buddhism?
This exchange system introduced crops, animals, and diseases across the Atlantic.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This city-state in Italy was a major center of Renaissance art and culture.
What is Florence?
The Columbian Exchange also introduced this draft animal to the Americas, transforming transportation.
What is the horse?
This vibrant form of ceramic art flourished under the Ming Dynasty.
What is porcelain?
These Central Asian nomads played a key role in protecting and raiding caravans on the Silk Road.
Who are the Mongols?
This disease spread along the Silk Road and devastated Europe in the 14th century.
What is the Black Death?
This term describes the shift in focus to worldly subjects and individual achievements during the Renaissance.
What is humanism?
Alongside crops and animals, this European technology was spread to the Americas through the Columbian Exchange.
What are guns?
During the Ming Dynasty, this major canal was expanded to improve trade and transportation within China.
What is the Grand Canal?
This Chinese invention, shared through the Silk Road, revolutionized printing in the Islamic world and Europe.
What is paper?
The Transatlantic Slave Trade was part of this three-part economic system connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
What is the triangular trade?