The New World
Russia
China
The Islamic World
Geography
FINAL JEOPARDY:
Geography of the Islamic World
Geography of the Islamic World
100
Early modern Brazil relied on this product for their colonial income.
What is sugar?
100
This region was the center of the Russian Empire.
What is Moscow?
100
This dynasty emerged immediately after the period of Mongol conquest to oversee a period of Chinese regrowth and revival.
What is the Ming Dynastsy?
100
This empire was the leader of the Islamic world in the early modern period.
The Ottoman Empire
100
The South American country called by this name.
What is Argentina?
200
This conquistador played a pivotal role in the destruction of the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
200
This valuable good was also called "soft gold."
What are furs?
200
This was the last major Chinese dynasty that oversaw a period of massive expansion and "unification" of the Chinese frontiers.
What is the Qing dynasty?
200
The 1453 conquest of this city marked a significant shift in the power balance between Christian and Muslim powers in Eastern Europe.
What is Constantinople?
200
The region called by this name.
What is Siberia?
300
The term for people of mixed indigenous and Spanish ancestry.
What is "mestizo"?
300
These specialized soldiers were former peasants given freedom to patrol and defend the frontiers of the Russian empire.
What are Cossacks?
300
This emperor moved the Chinese capital from Nanjing to Beijing in 1421
Who is Yongle?
300
This 16th century Mughal emperor was known for his religious tolerance.
Who is Akbar the Great?
300
The Caribbean country called by this name.
What is Haiti?
400
This term refers to the initial transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Columbian exchange?
400
People assimilated by the Russian Empire could reduce their taxes if they did this.
What is "convert to Christianity"?
400
The leaders of the Qing Dynasty (aka Manchu Dynasty) came from this northern region outside of the Chinese heartland.
What is Manchuria?
400
Sunni Ali was a 15th century leader of this West African Empire on the frontiers of the Islamic World.
The Songhay Empire
400
The South American Country called by this name.
What is Suriname?
500
This exploitative economic system between colonies and home countries was the dominant system in the early modern period
What is mercantilism?
500
This 1689 treaty defined the boundary between Russia and China.
What is the Treaty of Nerchinsk?
500
This region borders the western part of the Chinese empire and was assimilated into the Qing dynasty in 1720 (and continues to be a controversial territory in the 21st century).
What is Tibet?
500
This system of forced conscription supplied the elite Ottoman forces known as the "Janissaries"
What is devshirme?
500
The early modern empire called by this name.
The Safavid Empire
1000
The Ottoman Empire (and modern Turkey) was centered on a peninsula called by this name.
Anatolia OR Asia Minor