Questions and All Actual Answers
2025-2026 Updated.
Ming Dynasty - Answer Bounce Back (1368 - 1644) 20 million people, civil service exams,
centralization
Civil Service Exams - Answer Everyone takes them as many times as they want to see what
they do in life
Forbidden City - Answer Capital City of Beijing at center, has layers higher people can go closer
and closer to the center. Administrative heart of the Ming, Emperor is at the center
The Middle Kingdom - Answer the idea of China as the center/heart of the world
Silver - Answer Tried leaving paper money and going back to silver coinage, needed lots of
silver, self sufficiency
Junks - Answer Ming Navy - HUGE ships, financed with the money to protect ship routes for
trade
Zheng He - Answer Voyage from (1405- 1433) control of navy. was around eastern Africa. Goal
was to show their flag as they sailed, showing economic superpower. Born as Muslim, captured
and becomes munic, emperor right hand man. 300 ships, 27000 soldiers. Gave away gifts and
received them from other countries
Protestant Reformation - Answer Martin Luther in 16th C., cultural unity ends, Europeans
killing each other, christianization of the church
St. Bartholomews Massacre - Answer Wondering through streets killing each other. gangs in
different sects.
Martin Luther - Answer Starts Reformation, doesnt like jews
, Canary Island/ Azores - Answer Bases established have for trade to protect the route and their
ships
Vasco de Gamma - Answer found trade route to India, no one else had, so undisputed put
Portuguese ahead in economy
1492 - Answer Columbus sailed the ocean blue :)
1492 - Answer Columbus sailed to "India" fall of Granada, expulsion of jews in spain
Christopher Columbus - Answer Gets Spain Rulers to fund his conquest of "Bad Math"
Catholic Monarchs - Answer Spanish inquisition, expelled jews, Ferdinand and Isabella, pay
out would be huge if Columbus is right, so they fund him
Reconquista - Answer The full of Granada, end of "Reconquista" of Spain
Edict of Expulsion - Answer Persecuting ideology, all Jews evicted from Spain. Had to leave
Gold and Silver though
Oct 12th 1492 - Answer Columbus meets Taino, Caribbean thinks he is at ports, but thinks it
looks different
The Taino - Answer trusted columbus but put into slavery didnt fight much welcome them
1492 - Answer Catholic monarch Conquered Granada, expelled jews, columbus with taino
Hispaniola - Answer From crusaders to conquistadors, fort for navidad enslaved taino people
and encomiader
Conquistadors - Answer Conquerers in mid america over india people (cortes and pizarro. yum
pizza)