| A | B |
|---|
| Spread of Buddhism | India-China-Korea-Japan |
| mountainous archipelago | Japan |
| Sea between Japan and mainland | East Sea/ Sea of Japan |
| unique religion of Japan; importance of natural features, forces of nature, coexisted with Buddhism | Shinto |
| Christian kingdom on Nile | Axum |
| West African kingdoms were on this river | Niger River |
| center of trade and learning in West Africa | Timbuktu |
| religion of the Western African kingdoms | Islam |
| African kingdom located on Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers | Zimbabwe |
| Aztec city | Tenochtitlan |
| Maya city | Chichen Itza |
| Inca city | Machu Picchu |
| American civilization that consisted of city states by a king | Mayan civilization |
| achievements of Mayas, Aztecs, Incans | Calendars, writing, math |
| located in the Andes | Incas civilization |
| type of farming used by Incas | terracing |
| leader of Norman conquest, united England | William |
| common law began under his reign | Henry II |
| document limiting kings power | Magna Carta |
| King who signed Magna Carta | King John |
| legislative body in England | Parliament |
| Spanish empire in Western Hemisphere expanded under his reign | Charles V |
| their marriage unified Spain | Isabella and Ferdinand |
| Isabella and Ferdinand tried to get rid of these groups in Spain | Muslim Moors and Jews |
| war between England and France | 100 Years' War |
| unifying factor for France in 100 Years' War | Joan of Arc |
| established the French throne in Paris | Hugh Capet |
| threw off the rule of the Mongols in Russia | Ivan the Great |
| Ivan the Great centralized Russian power in this city | Moscow |
| Muslim who took Jersulaem during Crusades | Saladin |
| effects of Crusades | weakened Pope; strengthened monarchs; stimulated trade; weakened Byzantine Empire |
| invaded Russia, China, and Muslim states in SW Asia creating an empire | Mongols |
| killed 1/3 of population of Europe | Black Death (bubonic plague) |
| impact of Black death | decline in population; towns freed from feudal obligations; decline of church influence; disruption of trade; scarcity of labor |
| education was largely confined to this group | clergy |
| where church scholars preserved ancient literature | monasteries |
| church scholars laid the foundation for these in Europe | universities |
| extremely high rate of interest | usury |
| these served to expand the supply of money and expedite trade | letters of credit |
| Italian city states that access to trade routes and served as trading centers | Florence, Venice, Genoa |
| author of The Prince | Machiavelli |
| an early modern treatise on government that maintained that the end justifies the means | The Prince |
| author of Praise of Folly | Erasmus |
| author of Utopia | More |
| focus of medieval art and literature | Church |
| focus of Renaissance art and literature | individuals, worldly matters and Christianity |
| celebrated the individual; stimulated the study of Greek and Roman literature and culture; supported by wealthy patrons | humanism |
| painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper | da Vinci |
| painted ceiling of Sistine Chapel and sculpted David | Michelangelo |
| sonnets, humanist scholarship | Petrarch |
| invented movable type printing press | Gutenberg |
| first book published | Bible |
| what the artwork on the Sistine Chapel ceiling portrays | the Biblical creation |
