Chapter 1
The study of the record of past events.
What is history?
Commonly spoken language
What is vernacular?
Mongol title that means “Great Ruler”
Who is Genghis Khan?
Wrote the Ninety-Five Theses
Who is Martin Luther?
Sailed west to discover a route to China
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Firsthand account of the historical event.
What is primary sources?
Reclaimed the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims
What is the Reconquista?
Dynasty known for its sophisticated landscape paintings
What is the Song Dynasty?
An organization set up to find and remove what the Catholic Church defined as heresy
What is the Inquisition?
Conquistador that conquered the Aztecs
Who is Hernando Cortés?
Every civilization is placed in a particular geographical location
What is environment?
Blamed for the spread of the bacteria that caused the Black Death
What are rats and Jews?
Country that Kublai Khan attempt to conquer twice, both times unsuccessfully
What is Japan?
Series of meetings that resulted in a statement of Roman Catholic beliefs and practices
What is the Council of Trent?
Line that divided the world between the Spanish and the Portuguese
a documentary about World War II
What is a secondary source?
European kingdom that had dukes elect a king from among themselves
What is the Holy Roman Empire?
This battle proved to be the beginning of the end of the Mongol Empire
What is the Battle of Ain Jalut?
Wrote Institutes of the Christian Religion
Who is John Calvin?
Country that financed the explorations of Christopher Columbus.
What is Spain?
What marks the most important turning point in world history?
What is the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ?
English document of 1215 that is considered to have laid a foundation for the individual rights of citizens
What is the Magna Carta?
Four things that traveled freely during the Pax Mongolica
What are trade, doctors, craftsmen, or missionaries?
Why did the middle class support the Reformation?
What is they were willing to embrace change, and they opposed having to send money to Rome.
Ferdinand and Isabella appealed to him to settle their dispute with the Portuguese.
Who is Pope Alexander VI?