Names of Empires
This empire was the largest Native empire in the Americas whose name means "elite"
What is the Inca Empire
The fall of this empire was one of the beginning parts to the Middle Ages.
What is the Roman Empire
The revival of classic art and literature in Europe is known as this time period.
What is the Renaissance.
This is the most well known disease that was brought to the "New World" with devastating consequences.
What is Smallpox
This nomadic group rapidly expanded across Asia through means of violence and barbarism and created greater economic connections along the Silk Road
Who are the Mongols
This European empire conquered multiple native groups in the Americas
Who is the Spanish Empire
These two resources in West Africa brought enormous wealth to the Kingdoms of Mali and Ghana
What are gold and salt
This Renaissance artist is most well known for his works including the Statue of David and the ceiling mural of the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michelangelo
The Middle Passage is most closely aligned with this forced migration of enslaved people to the "New World"
What is the Atlantic (or African) Slave Trade
This philosophy and movement emphasized the achievement and potential of humans in art and literature
What is humanism
The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires are together known as this
What are the "Gunpowder Empires"
This labor system emerged during the Middle Ages and organized people into different social and political classes.
What is feudalism
Created by Johannes Gutenberg, this invention revolutionized the process of publishing manuscripts
What is the printing press
This Aztec capital exhibited signs of advanced civilizations including chinampas and temples
What is Tenochtitlan
This is the ongoing effect of the exchange of culture, languages, goods, and ideas across time and place.
What is cultural diffusion
This empire saw the inventions of things like the compass and woodblock printing
What is the Song Dynasty
Islam spread outward from places like Mecca along these
What are trade routes
Martin Luther published this number of theses, formal complaints against the Catholic Church
What is 95
This was the result of the Triangle Trade between Africa, the Americas, and Europe and is sometimes referred to more as an "extraction"
What is the Columbian Exchange
The Portuguese led all European powers in sailing technology with this improved vessel for longer voyages.
What is a caravel
This isolated empire was located in Japan
What is the Tokugawa Shogunate
The Crusades were a series of holy wars between Christians and Muslims that centered around the possession of this city
What is Jerusalem
This Italian banking family was the largest supporter of the arts in Europe during the Renaissance
Who are the Medicis
This group of explorers traveled long distances and settled many different island chains across the Pacific Ocean
Who are the Polynesians
Machiavelli wrote this controversial book which gave lessons on how a political leader should act, suggesting that leaders should be more feared than loved
What is "The Prince"