Chapter 12: The European Empires

Terror

________ was used to coerce confessions, public humiliations, and burning at the stake.

Ivan IV The Terrible

________ "allowed Crimean Tatars to sack and burn Moscow.

India

Portuguese were in control of trade along both coasts of ________, Africa, and the Spice Islands by the 16th century.

Ottoman Empire

________ was in control of all of Byzantine, Greece and the Balkan Peninsula.

ruthlessness

The Conquistadores were characterized by their greed and ________.

southern Russia

Mongols conquered central and ________.

Denmark

________ was the wealth center of trade.

Columbus travels

________ caused the Spanish and Portuguese to be in direct competition with each other.

Isabella

________ was responsible for sponsoring Christopher Columbus to find a short route for trade.