World History C.11-13

Average life expectancy of a caribbean slave

In the Renaissance Italian city-states developed _________techniques

a disease that stemmed from a combination of bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic strains,

Renaissance artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, and

–Aztecs weren’t familiar with Spanish technology like gunpowder, steel swords, horses, or

The most spectacular triumph of Mehmed the Conqueror was the 1453 conquest of

•The Union of Castile and Aragon or the Marriage of ___ of Castile and ______ of Aragon in 1469

Important animal for pelts

_____________and humans carried the plague bacilli and the disease spread

First to sail around the globe

What are European explorers first looking for?

•Colonizers established lucrative plantations on the islands

One major merchant company

•The___ broke the church monopoly on knowledge and opened the way for secular forms of learning

Three Islamic empires emerge:

–Universities attracted people to medicine, law, and

–South America’s greatest empire

•One-third of the New World’s silver mined in 16th and 17th centuries ended up in

–After the fall of Granada in 1492, the monarchs ordered all Jews and some Moors, out of

•High Middle Ages (1100–1300) experienced growth in

•Cities were especially vulnerable, because they were overcrowded and___________

Sulleiman's nickname

–Dutch relied on commerce, British and French exploited ________ in colonies

Pushed Muslim forces almost completely out of Iberia, the last strategic & symbolic victory in

–Starvation, ___, lack of artillery and Cortés’ ability to force alliances led to Aztec defeat

–1481, the Inquisition targeted conversos, or Christian-converted ______________

–The plague caused a staggering loss of life, with a death rate between

–The most powerful ruling dynasty provided emperors for the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806

•The Portuguese devoted to fighting North African Muslim

1. Florence’s Machiavelli wrote the most famous treatise on politics,

–Some scholars turned to Islamic, Greek, and __________ learning

Under (r. 1520–1566), Ottomans reached the height of their territorial expansion