Sixteenth Century Test Review

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Across
  1. 2. The country which is considered the "engine of the world economy" in the sixteenth century.
  2. 5. Members of the Ottoman's personal elite guard and standing army, staffed through devshirme.
  3. 9. Author who disagrees with the notion that Europeans were superior to the indigenous but doesn't necessarily address how the Spanish conquered.
  4. 10. Leader of the Aztecs during the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
  5. 12. The Gunpowder Empire located in Persia which was of Shi'a faith.
  6. 14. A monk who emphasized that "only faith" is necessary to be saved, prompting the Protestant Reformation.
  7. 17. Author of "The Prince" which was comprised of advice on how to rule.
  8. 19. Oversight council for the Spanish colonies in the new world, specifically as a check against the viceroys from Spain.
  9. 20. The city founded in the Pacific Ocean by King Philip II to avoid going all the way across the world to trade with China.
  10. 22. Movement of the church in response of the Reformation to accomodate new ideas of holding closer to the text.
  11. 23. Representatives of the king. In the case of Spain, these representatives had 7-year set terms and were born in Spain.
  12. 24. The material found in abundance in South America which destroyed the Spanish economy through inflation and became extremely cheap.
Down
  1. 1. Nomadic Turkish Sufis who provided military support to the Safavids due to their religious loyalty.
  2. 3. People born in the colonies who have separate interests to the Spanish settlers, but are still of Spanish descent.
  3. 4. Religion that resulted from the Protestant Reformation, but argued that there were predestined "elect" who got into Heaven.
  4. 6. Religion founded in the late 15th century in the Mughal empire. Took aspects of other religions like Hinduism and Islam, and emphasized equality and opportunity for all.
  5. 7. Jesuit who hypothesized a land-bridge as an answer to how people got to the new world in the pursuit of solving the question of how to treat the indigenous
  6. 8. Astronomer who theorized a heliocentric model (Sun-centered), rather than one focused on the Earth.
  7. 9. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs.
  8. 11. Capital city of the Aztecs, sieged by the Spanish and allies.
  9. 13. Moral debate that took place in Spain to discuss the treatment of the indigenous populations in the New World.
  10. 15. Council of the Roman Catholic Church in response to the Reformation to discuss the teachings and texts of the Catholic Church.
  11. 16. Group of Catholics who spent years being educated and trained as a result of the Counter-Reformation.
  12. 18. The Church of England which pronounces King Henry VIII the new pope.
  13. 21. Author who makes the claim that the Spanish conquered through a superior European intellect.