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He invented the printing press in the 15th century.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
100
What is the Taj Mahal?
100
The name of this cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement of the 15th and 16th century literally means "rebirth."
What is the Renaissance?
100
This was an exchange of plants, biomes, people, and products between Europe and the Americas.
What is the Columbian exchange?
200
He was an influential Chinese philosopher whose ideas included the cardinal relations and the concept of a "gentleman."
Who is Confucius?
200
The Süleymaniye Mosque was located in this empire.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
200
This deadly pandemic spread during the Middle Ages and affected areas as wide as China, North Africa, and Europe.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
200
These precious metals could help finance the purchase of ships used for trade and territorial expansion.
What is bullion?
300
This was one of the most famous astronomer-cartographers of the ancient Mediterranean world.
Who is Ptolemy?
300
Babur established this empire in India in the 16th century.
What is the Mughal Empire?
300
Thinkers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Denis Diderot, and John Locke are associated with this philosophical and intellectual movement.
What is the Enlightenment?
300
"Blended traditions," such as the combination of two religious practices, is also known as this.
What is syncretism?
400
This group of people were people who had come to America from the Iberian peninsula.
Who are peninsulares?
400
It's the name of the Chinese imperial palace in Beijing.
What is the Forbidden City?
400
Toussaint L'Ouverture was a prominent leader of this.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
400
This refers to the set of doctrines and practices in which a government intervenes to protect its prosperity and its trading interests.
What is mercantilism?
500
This artist is perhaps most well-known for this woodblock print.
Who is Hokusai?
500
Mansa Musa's famous trek to this place led to major inflation in the price of gold in Egypt.
What is Mecca?
500
This famous transaction between Napoleon and Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the nation and also expanded the practice of slavery.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
500
The Second Anglo-Dutch War, which led to the handover of New Amsterdam, was fought partially over this commodity.
What is nutmeg?