16th Century Test Study Guide

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Topic 3 Important Historical Facts learned by reading the Page number in

textbook and/or watching one of the required videos textbook and/or name
of video
Technological
developments
in the 16th
century

Ethiopia’s
unique history
(cultural,
religious)

Barbarossa

Askia the Great

Portuguese
exploration of
the world
(Who? When?
Where? Why?)

Safavid Persia
(Iran) – history,
religion, culture

Suleiman the
Magnificent

The Austria-
Hungarian
Empire

Key figures in
the Protestant
Reformation

Key beliefs of
Martin Luther

Key beliefs of
John Calvin
Key beliefs of
Ulrich Zwingli

The Inquisition
(Who? What?
When? Where?
Why?)

The
Netherlands
(history,
culture,
religion,
economics)

The
Elizabethan
Settlement

Sir Francis
Drake

Sigismund I and
Sigismund II

16th Century
Russia
(characteristics,
religion,
culture,
leaders)

Babur and the

Mughal Empire

Akbar’s
leadership

Characteristics
of Ming China
(16th century)

Religion in
Indonesia

The Columbian
Exchange
(What? When?
Evaluation of
Impact?)

Aztec Empire
(Geography?
Characteristics?
Reason for
collapse)

Slavery in the
Caribbean
Basin

Slavery in Brazil

Sugar
production in
the Americas
(Where?
Impact?)

Problems in the
Catholic Church
(16th century)

Council of
Trent (Who?
For what
purpose?
When? Where?
What
happened?
Impact on
gender? New
religious
orders?)

Indulgences
(Who? When?
Impact?)

Reasons for
European
exploration
Gender balance
of English,
French, and
Spanish
settlements in
the Americas

Main
characteristics
of Spanish,
settlements in
the Americas

Main
characteristics
of French
settlements in
the Americas

Main
characteristics
of English
settlements in
the Americas

Askia the Great

(Where?
When?
Policies?
Leadership
style? Impact?)

The lives of
women in the
Ottoman
Empire

The lives of
women in the
Chinese Empire

The lives of
women in
Europe

Impact of
European
exploration and
colonization on
native peoples
in the Americas

Impact of
European
exploration and
colonization on
the natural
environment of
the Americas

Impact of
European
exploration and
colonization on
native peoples
in Africa

The Catholic
response to the
Protestant
Reformation

Christian
Missionaries to
the Americas
(Who? Where?
When?
Impact?)

Key factors
influencing the
African slave
trade