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YOU HAVE 90 SECONDS!

100 points for each technological innovation that expanded trade networks 1200-1450

Junk, Compass, Astrolabe, Caravanserai, Camel Saddle, Lateen Sail, Dhow, Knowledge of Monsoon Winds

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YOU HAVE 90 SECONDS! 

100 Points for every movie you can name that Adam Sandler is in. 

Grown Ups, Waterboy, Happy Gilmore, 50 First Dates, Billy Madison, The Wedding Singer, Happy Gilmore 2, Just Go With It, Uncut Gems, Hustle, The Do-Over, I Now Pronounce you Chuck & Larry, The Longest Yard, Jack and Jill

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YOU HAVE 90 SECONDS!

100 points for every major trade city that developed because of expanded trade from 1200-1450.

Samarkand, Kashgar, Timbuktu, Constantinople, Swahili, Malacca, Calicut, Hangzou

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YOU HAVE 90 SECONDS 

Name all 9 Empires from the unit 

Mughals, Ottomans, Manchu (Qing), Safavids, France, Russia, Inca, Aztec, Songhai

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YOU HAVE 90 SECONDS!

100 points for every Rhianna song you can name

Umbrella, Work, Rude Boy, Diamonds, Whats my Name? Only Girl in the World, Disturbia, Love on the Brain, Run this Town, The Monster, Don't Stop the Music, ***** Better Have my $

200

What was the Period of Great Peace?

Edo Period 

Period of isolation from Japan to the rest of the world

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Who promoted religious tolerance under the Mughal Empire by abolishing the Jizya Tax on non-muslims?

Akbar

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Describe an environmental process caused by growing trade networks from 1200-1450

The spread of the Black Plague (Bubonic Plague) 

Spread of new foods such as bananas & champa rice

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Provide 2 examples of religious conflict from the period 1450-1750.

30 Years War in Europe 

Ottoman-Safavid beef over Islam

200

____________  was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar of all Russia from 1547 until his death. His reign transformed Russia from a medieval state into a centralized empire, though it was marked by severe economic strain, violent repression of the nobility (boyars), and a domestic reign of terror.

Ivan IV 

Ivan the Terrible 

300

What is serfdom?

a medieval social and economic system where tenant farmers (called serfs) were legally bound to a hereditary plot of land and to the will of a noble landlord.

300

What specific criticisms did Martin Luther criticize the Catholic Church for?

Sale of Indulgences 

Power of the Pope 

Lack of access to the Bible 

Corruption

300

Provide two examples of states from different continents that participated in the Tribute System

Aztec & Qing

300

Describe 3 similarities between the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughal Empires.

Gunpowder 

Islamic 

They descended from Turkic nomads

Spoke Turkic 



300

Provide 3 examples of how rulers used religion to legitimize their powers from the period 1450-1750


Divine Right of Kings - France , England 

Mandate of Heaven - Qing

Human Sacrifice - Aztec 

400

Write down 4 bullet points on the Ottoman Empire

Devshirme / Janissaries 

Constantinople 

Gunpowder 

Sunni Islam 

Tax Farming 

Mehmed II 

400

Write down 4 bullet points on the Qing Dynasty

Banner System 

Confucianism 

Civil Service Exam 

Tributary System

Overthrew Ming 

Last Chinese Dynasty


400

Write down 4 bullet points on the Mughal Empire

Taj Mahal

Zamindar System

Alliances w/ Rajputs 

Islam 

Overthrew Delhi Sultanate

Babur, Akbar, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb

Relation to Genghis Khan


400

Write down 4 bullet points on the Safavid Empire

Shah Ismail 

Iran 

Shia Islam 

Beef w/ Ottomans 

Trade Hub - Silk 

Gunpowder


400

Write down 2 bullet points from 3 other empires from 1450-1750

Inca, Aztec, France, Russia, Tokugawa, Songhai

500

What is Absolutism?

a political system where a monarch held supreme, centralized power, claiming rule by divine right (the belief that God chose the king to govern) without checks from a parliament or constitution. It peaked under King Louis XIV (the "Sun King"), who weakened the regional nobility, controlled religious and social conformity, and governed from the Palace of Versailles.

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The Mail Empire traded mainly ______ & ______

The Mali traded on the _________________ Trade Network

A famous leader of the Mali Empire was __________

The Mali Empire practiced _________ as their main religion 

The main city that developed within the Mali Empire was ____________________

Gold / Salt 

Trans-Saharan 

Mansa Musa

Islam

Timbuktu

500

What is the difference between the Legitimization of power vs. the Consolidation of Power? 

Provide an example of each in East Asia.

Legitimizing power means making a ruler's authority appear rightful, accepted, and valid in the eyes of the people. 

Consolidating power means gathering, centralizing, and actively increasing a ruler's actual control and administrative grasp over a state or region

Imperial Portraits

Banner System

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Provide an example of change over time across the history of China from 1200-1700. 


Provide an example of continuity over time across the history of China from 1200-1750

Change: Banner System, Ming overthrew Song, Qing overthrew Ming, 


Continuity: Civil Service Exam, Confucianism

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How did the Russians, Mughals, Ottomans, and French legitimize their power?

Russia- St. Petersburg 

Mughals- Taj Mahal 


Ottomans- Sunni Islam- connection to Muhammad 

French- Palace of Versailles 

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