Connections and Interactions (1200-1450)

Fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards covering world connections, the Crusades, the Ottoman Empire, and trade in the Americas between 1200 and 1450.

Muslim scholarship, together with ancient Greek learning, flowed into Europe largely through Spain and __________.

Sicily

The Christian conquest of Muslim Spain was completed by __________.

1492

The Ottomans captured the Byzantine capital city of __________ in 1453.

Constantinople

In 1529, Ottoman armies laid siege to __________ in the heart of Central Europe.

Vienna

In 1587, English playwright Christopher Marlowe wrote, 'Now shalt thou feel the force of __________ arms, which lately made all Europe quake for fear.'

Turkish

The llama and the __________ were both domesticated in the Andes and never reached Mesoamerica.

potato

The writing system of the __________ did not diffuse to Andean civilizations.

Maya

The Crusades involved attacks on Jewish communities, which were probably the first organized mass __________ against Jews in Europe's history.

pogroms

Europeans picked up techniques for producing __________ on large plantations using enslaved labor.

sugar

The Ottomans sent large numbers of Turkic Muslims to settle in the Byzantine heartland of __________.

Anatolia