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| 3682999221 | The Renaissance | "rebirth" an artistic movement that was popular in Italy and throughout western Europe | 0 | |
| 3683009782 | Enlightenment/Humanism | focused on the role of mankind in relation to government | 1 | |
| 3683112469 | Enlightenment thinkers | Montesquieu- Government should contain checks and balances Adam Smith- an "invisible hand" will regulate the economy if it is left alone Voltaire- Religion crushed the human spirit Rousseau- one finds freedom by sacrificing some individual rights for common good Mary Wollstonecraft- Women should have political and individual rights | 2 | |
| 3683028525 | Renaissance Artists | Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Donatello, Brunelleschi | 3 | |
| 3683090784 | Exploration Motives | Spread of Christianity Increases trade Fresh resources Sense of curiosity about the world | 4 | |
| 3683101260 | Reconquista | Reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims | 5 | |
| 3683137280 | Trading Post Empires | Europeans create these because they dont have the man power to take over Asia Spain in Philippines, Dutch in Indonesia | 6 | |
| 3683143262 | Joint Stock Companies | allowed people to make large profits with little risks government support but no intervention British East India Company and VOC | 7 | |
| 3683152788 | Seven Year's War | war over trade mostly between England and France, England was successful | 8 | |
| 3683163614 | Colombian Exchange | the global diffusion of plants, food crops, animals, human populations, disease pathogens permanently altered earth's environment | 9 | |
| 3683175163 | the Manila Galleons | sleek, fast, heavily armed ships that sailed between Manila and Mexico with Asian luxury goods and silver | 10 | |
| 3683183182 | Volta do Mar | "return through the sea" winds forced mariners to take indirect routes, but it was faster, safer, and more reliable | 11 | |
| 3683196058 | Prince Henry of Portugal | sponsored voyages down the coast of West Africa | 12 | |
| 3683200382 | Bartolomeu Dias | first to round the Cape of Good Hope and enter the Indian Ocean new route allowed for easier trade without Muslim Intermediaries | 13 | |
| 3683203899 | Vasco Da Gama | made unpleasant trip from Portugal to Indian Ocean, but brought back a huge profit | 14 | |
| 3683209232 | Christopher Columbus | proposed sailing to markets of Asia through a western route sponsored by Spanish landed in Bahamas, which he though was India established link between eastern and western hemispheres | 15 | |
| 3683234508 | Ferdinand Magellan | Portugeuse navigator who visited ports in the Indian Ocean his crew made the first circumnavigation of the world | 16 | |
| 3683241392 | James Cook | led 3 expeditions to the Pacific charted Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii | 17 | |
| 3683250505 | Alfonso d'Alboquerque | commander of Portuguese forces in Indian Ocean tried to limit trade | 18 | |
| 3683262473 | cause of reformation | church is corrupt simony- selling church possessions to get a higher position | 19 | |
| 3683267716 | Martin Luther | wrote the "95 theses" - list of things he wants to church to fix no indulgences excommunicated from church | 20 | |
| 3683272836 | Printing Press | invented by Johan Gutenberg more books, which led to more educated and literate people helped spread Martin Luther's ideas | 21 | |
| 3683284140 | Lutheranism | no pope translated bible into vernacular (local language) | 22 | |
| 3683288705 | Calvanism | created by John Calvin, protestant leader free time leads to evil very literal interpretation of bible predestination | 23 | |
| 3683294165 | Anglicanism | King Henry of England creates his own church because he could not get divorced politically driven because Henry will receive all of power | 24 | |
| 3683306322 | Catholic Reformation | counter reformation Council of Trent- meeting of church officials to define church doctrines St. Ignatius Loyola- jesuits, very educated, good missionaries | 25 | |
| 3683318030 | Witch Hunts | uncertainty about new beliefs from reformation people accuse women of making deals with the devil | 26 | |
| 3683320599 | Thirty Years War | war over religion Austria, Germany, France, Spain | 27 | |
| 3683325248 | Peace of Westphalia | drew the maps of Europe created religious tolerance and ended fighting | 28 | |
| 3683462218 | absolute monarchies | divine right of kings no rule for subjects, kings made law and determined policy | 29 | |
| 3683470795 | King Louis XIV | French Sun King built the palace of Versailles to keep nobles busy "l'etat cest moi" | 30 | |
| 3683516079 | Ivan the Terrible | absolute ruler in Russia Marries Anastasia Romonov bad period leads to a "time of troubles" in Russia | 31 | |
| 3683535832 | Peter the Great | travels around Europe and is inspired to change Russia looks for warm water ports, westernizes Russia capital at St. Petersburg improved status of women | 32 | |
| 3683548604 | absolute rulers in Enland | Queen Elizabeth I- left a huge debt James I- fights with parliament Charles I- signs petition of right with parliament but ignores Charles II- restoration after civil war James II- catholic, but English is Protestant | 33 | |
| 3683564002 | English Civil War | financial policies and disagreements generated political tensions Royalist/Cavaliers vs Roundheads (Puritans) Roundheads behead king and win | 34 | |
| 3683577924 | Glorious Revolution | bloodless change of power England becomes a constitutional government | 35 | |
| 3683585034 | Capitalism | economic system Adam Smith is the father of capitalism (Wealth of Nations) free market, no government intervention supply and demand determine the price | 36 | |
| 3683602696 | Scientific Revolution | Galileo Galilei- theory of velocity Isaac Newton- direct observation and mathematical reasoning | 37 | |
| 3683612379 | deism | believed in existence of god but denied supernatural teachings of Christianity | 38 | |
| 3685341936 | Treaty of Tordesillas | split up South America between Portuguese and Spanish gave the Portuguese Brazil hadn't explored coastlines so they didn't know how big the continents were | 39 | |
| 3685360101 | Spanish in American Colonies | went to gain land and win Christianity converts strict control through viceroys conquered native civilizations and developed Mestizo societies | 40 | |
| 3685365865 | British in American Colonies | persecuted religious groups escaped to America for a safe haven self government in colonies fought natives for land | 41 | |
| 3685378416 | French in American Colonies | went to win Christianity converts King had control over justice and economy married Native Americans and helped with fur trading | 42 | |
| 3693594263 | Encomienda system | Spanish settlers were given the right to compel Tainos to work and in return they assumed responsibility to look after their workers becomes abusive and workers are not taken care of | 43 | |
| 3693599191 | Herman Cortes | seized the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan and the empire tribal resentment helped him | 44 | |
| 3693608379 | Francisco Pizarro | conquered the Inca Empire looted cities for gold and silver | 45 | |
| 3693630930 | Debt Peonage System | Europeans give land to natives and were repaid with labor set up for failure | 46 | |
| 3693636836 | European Indentured servants | Europeans get to America by working when they get there | 47 | |
| 3693642933 | Silver | found in Peru and sold everywhere around the world, especially China China makes it their currency and it causes internal problems | 48 | |
| 3693649365 | Mita system | a percent of the local male population must work in the mines, which are very dangerous | 49 | |
| 3693656965 | Mercantilism | mother country trades valuable goods with the colony favorable only for the mother country, more exports, fewer imports | 50 | |
| 3693726285 | Songhai Empire | replaced Mali as dominant power in western Africa emperors were Muslim controlled the gold and salt trade in Africa fell to Moroccans with European weapons | 51 | |
| 3693733586 | Sunni Ali | Songhai emperor centralizes power and organizes government expanded the empire | 52 | |
| 3693753224 | Swahili states | East Africa powerful because of Indian Ocean Trade fell to the Portuguese, who set up trading ports | 53 | |
| 3693764624 | Kongo | Central Africa Portuguese helps this kingdom and then destroys it with the slave trade | 54 | |
| 3693778085 | King Alfonso | became a devout Christian and sought to convert all of his subjects portuguese took advantage of his loyalty | 55 | |
| 3693790634 | Kingdom of Ndongo | referred to as Angola Queen Nzinga lead spirited resistance to Portuguese, but could not expel them entirely | 56 | |
| 3693806944 | Funali | settled in cities in Africa and observed a strict form of Islam helped to spread the religion | 57 | |
| 3693816152 | The Antonian Movement | Christian movement in Kongo syncretic cult addressed to St. Anthony leader Dona Beatriz was executed for heresy | 58 | |
| 3693840202 | Atlantic Slave Trade | started by Portuguese by 15th century African Slaves shipped to sugar plantations on Atlantic Islands, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Central America, North America | 59 | |
| 3693858236 | Triangular Trade | European goods traded in Africa for slaves, slaves traded in Americas for sugar, sugar brought to Europe | 60 | |
| 3693870144 | Middle Passage | transatlantic journey on crowded and filthy ships 25-50 percent slaves died on this journey | 61 | |
| 3693888790 | Cash Crop | plantations specialized in producing one crop that was in high demand and made a large profit | 62 | |
| 3693897384 | Saint- Dominique | French colony were slaves revolted and abolished slavery became free state of Haiti | 63 | |
| 3693913268 | Olaudah Equiano | freed slave who wrote an autobiography and said speeches denouncing slavery as an evil institution led to end of slave trade | 64 | |
| 3702741088 | Ming Dynasty | restored rule and culture to China after the Mongols founder Hongwu built a tightly centralized state, with Confucian values and civil service exams declined because of government corrupt by absent rulers and eunuchs and disruption in coastal cities 1368-1644 CE | 65 | |
| 3702776842 | the Great Wall | rebuilt and repaired during the Ming Dynasty protected northern border new watch towers | 66 | |
| 3702793746 | Hongwu | grew up poor founded the Ming dynasty set up schools and restored civil service exams | 67 | |
| 3702803437 | Yongle | Ming dynasty emperor launches naval expeditions moved capital to Beijing to keep better eye on Mongols to the North | 68 | |
| 3702850030 | Qing Dynasty | Manchus from north preserved their own ethnic identity, no intermarriage with Chinese popular support from people 1644-1911 CE | 69 | |
| 3702879670 | Kangxi | Qing dynasty emperor lots of power because of Mandate of Heaven enlightened ruler expands borders of China (r. 1662-1722) | 70 | |
| 3702930542 | Qianlong | height of the Qing dynasty cancels taxes, good economy under his rule, China was peaceful and prosperous (r. 1736-1795) | 71 | |
| 3702951952 | Son of Heaven | name for emperor in China during Ming and Qing dynasty lived in the Forbidden City sense of awesome authority | 72 | |
| 3702969151 | scholar bureaucrats | governance of the Chinese empires fell to them had to pass rigorous civil service exams | 73 | |
| 3702982327 | Civil Service Exams | China intensely competitive, few chosen for government positions made upward social mobility possible based on Confucian values | 74 | |
| 3703039484 | Mateo Ricci | Italian Jesiut who became a popular figure in the Ming court | 75 | |
| 3703052292 | sengoku | "country at war" sixteenth century Japan | 76 | |
| 3703060119 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | brought stability to Japan and established government known as Bakufu ruled as shogun | 77 | |
| 3703066166 | Daimyo | powerful territorial lords closely controlled relations between Japan and outside world Shoguns do not trust them, must live in Edo (Tokyo) part of the time | 78 | |
| 3703110383 | Neo Confucianism | combined studies of Confucianism and Buddhism in Tokyo Confucianism provides social order, while Buddhism social awareness | 79 | |
| 3703133437 | Native Learning in Tokyo | scorned Neo-Confucianism trued t oestablish distinctive Japanese identity | 80 | |
| 3703139716 | floating worlds | centers of urban culture in Japan | 81 |
