early modern 2023

Which Renaissance Italian city-state specialized in banking and financial services?

What kind of organism is the plague (Yersinia pestis)?

The Kingdom of Poland was spared most of the ravages of the plague years. Why?

The most important and long-lasting social change implemented by the Safavids in Persia was that they...

What were the two most important trade goods carried into the Indian Ocean by the Ming treasure fleets?

Which of the following was NOT one of the Muslim empires that dominated the Silk Road in the 1400s?

Because of Spanish colonization of much of the New World, what is the dominant religion throughout Latin America?

Who was the first champion for Native rights in the Spanish New World Empire?

The Spaniards had a harder time conquering the Maya because...

The Portuguese had greater maritime technology and navigational training, largely because of...

What group of people was most vulnerable to catching the plague?

The classic Mayan mythological and historical text is known as...

About how many people on the planet are direct descendants of Chinggis Khan?

After rounding the southern tip of Africa, the Portuguese were immediately able to trade within what thriving market?

Which court faction benefited the most from the Ming voyages of the early 1400's?

What was the Mongol policy concerning the religious practices of their millions of subjects?

By 1514, the Portuguese had successfully established trade routes to…

Because of the cool, moist conditions during the LIA, stored grain was sometimes affected by ergot blight, causing...

Which Spanish royal dynasty established the New World empire?

Who was the first Habsburg King of Spain?

Why did the Vatican issue a ban on the sale of firearms to the Africans?

Who would have been included in the Spanish social category of gente de razon?

Which region of the Old World was saved from Mongol conquest at the Battle of Ain Jalut?

Why do historians blame the Mongols for spreading the black plague?

What group in the Spanish casta system was made up of pure-blooded Spanish folk born in the New World?

What was the first great goal for the Portuguese in their efforts to get back to the markets of the Far East?

During the 1300's, which groups were frequently blamed for the plague?

Which Pacific Islands played a vital commercial role in the life of the Spanish Habsburg Empire?

Which is the most accurate description of the effects of the plague in Europe?

Which of the Mongol khanates, due to its heavy urbanization, experienced severe losses from the plague?

Most African slaves taken by the Portuguese were sent to...

What happened to Eurasian trade after the plague years of the early 1300's?

During Zheng He's Indian Ocean voyages, he came into possession of a giraffe, which the Ming decided must be...

Which court faction most wanted to end the Ming voyages, claiming they were a waste of resources?

Which of the four Mongol khanates dominated the Russian principalities for several generations?

Some of the treasures taken by the Portuguese from West Africa were ornate royal portrait sculptures, mostly made of...

Within less than a decade, the plague of the early 1300's killed about what percentage of Europeans?

About how long did the Spanish New World empire last?

The Little Ice Age made the plague that followed extremely deadly because...

The "personal union" under Charles V was one of the largest empires in history. This personal union involved...

What Venetian trader is alleged to have traveled the length of the Silk Roads, eventually working for Kublai Khan?

What group in the Spanish casta system was made up of people who had one Spanish parent and one African parent?

What was the demographic quality that made the Mughal Empire unique among the "gunpowder empires"?

About how long did it take for Europe to recover the population lost to the Black Death?

This physically disabled warlord was the last of the great nomadic Central Asian conquerors.

On what Caribbean island did Columbus establish his first colony?

What group of people finally halted the Mongol expansion at the Battle of Ain Jalut (1260)?

How did Prince Henry and others defend the growth of slavery in Portugal?

The Safavid Empire was located largely in present-day...

Which Renaissance Italian city-state specialized in the crafting of armor and other metalworks?

Which Mongol khan finally conquered Song China, uniting all of China under foreign rule for the first time in history?

What social class saw some benefit from the depopulation caused by the plague?

The Little Ice Age of the early 1300's reduced the European growing season by approximately...

What were two critical commodities the Portuguese acquired in West Africa?

What was Admiral Zheng He's religious affiliation?

How did the Aztecs influence Mayan religious practice in the post-Classical period?