Global Regents: Unit 3

Japan

Mountainous archipelago located on the "Ring of Fire"; Vulnerable to natural disasters

Shinto

Animistic religion from Japan that shows respect for nature

Cultural Bridge of Korea

Means by which Japan borrowed ideas from China

Samurai

Warriors in Japan

Code of Bushido

Samurai code that stressed honor and included the ritual suicide of Seppuku

Stability and Order

Result of Feudalism in Japan

Mongols

Nomadic group of skilled horsemen; Built the largest empire in history

Genghis Khan

Leader of the Mongols

Pax Mongolica

Golden Age of the Mongol Empire; Silk Road reopened and trade flourished

Marco Polo

European explorer who traveled throughout Asia; Wrote about his travels

Zheng He

Chinese naval explorer

Ibn Battuta

Muslim explorer; Wrote about his travels

Black Plague

Global disease that spread along trade routes by fleas on rats; Loss of 1/3 of Europe's population; Bubonic Plague

Weakened Feudalism

Black Plague and social upheaval

Italy

Trade center; Patrons; Wealth; On Mediterranean

Patrons

Sponsors of the Arts; Medici Family

Renaissance

Rebirth of Greek and Roman civilization

Humanism

Focus on humans and individual achievements instead of religion

Artists of the Renaissance

Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo

Printing Press

Johann Gutenberg's invention that increased literacy

The Prince

Written by Niccolo Machiavelli; Guide for rulers on how to maintain power; "End justifies the means"

Indulgences

Pardons for sins

Martin Luther

German monk; Wrote the 95 Theses; Started the Protestant Reformation

95 Theses

95 arguments against corruption in the Church

Protestant Reformation

Movement to reform the Church; Led to a decrease in the Church's power and the creation of new denominations of Christianity

Catholic Counter-Reformation

The Church's response to the Reformation; Goal was to fix the Church; Ignatius Loyola

Ghana, Mali, Songhai

African trading kingdoms; Trade gold and salt

Mansa Musa

Leader of Mali; Converted to Islam and went on a pilgrimage to Mecca; Golden Age in Mali