WHAP Era 2 Date Quiz

1453

1453

Ottomans capture Constantinople

1480’s

Height of Aztec Empire

1492

Columbus Sets Sail/Reconquista of Spain

1498

Vasco de Gama reaches India

1521

Cortez Captured the Aztecs

1526

Founding of Mughal Empire

1545

Discovery of Silver in Potosí

1600

Beginning of British East India Trading Company

1607

Founding of Jamestown

1640s

Beginning of Japanese Isolationism

1644

Ending of Ming Dynasty/Beginning of Qing Dynasty

1652

Dutch Boers Colonize South Africa

1683

Unsuccessful Ottoman Siege of Vienna

18th C

The Enlightenment

1453 - C

The ottoman empire start to control trade routes and expand its territory

1453 - E

The fall of Constantinople marked the end of the byzantine empire and shifted European trade routes leading to exploration for new paths to Asia

1480s - C

The Aztecs expanded their warfare and alliances in Mesoamerica

1480s - E

The empire became a dominant power in the region, but its wealth and structure attract in Spanish conquistadors

1492 - C

Spain saw new trade routes to Asia and wished to expand Christianity post Reconquista

1492 - E

Columbus's voyage led to European exploration of the Americas

1498 - C

Portugal, a.m. to establish a sea, route to Asia for trade, bypassing, ottoman controlled land

1498 - E

Da Gama's arrival opened up, direct maritime trade between Europe and Asia

1521 - C

Spanish ambition for a while, then territory, along with indigenous alliances and European disease

1521 - E

The fall of the Aztec empire lead to Spanish control of Mesoamerica establishment of new Spain

1526 - C

Barbour conquer deli and aimed to establish a strong hold in India

1526 - E

The Mughal Empire brought Persian culture and centralized administration to India, creating rich and powerful state

1545 cause

1545 effect

1600 CAUSE

1600 effect

1607 cause

1607 effect

1640s cause

1640s effect

1644 cause

1644 effect

1652 cause

1652 effect

1683 cause

1683 effect

18th century cause

18th century effect