Vocabulary
Ottomans
Chinese
Geography
European Exploration
100
An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
What is an empire?
100
This building was first a Christian church, then a Muslim mosque, then a museum, and is now a mosque again
What is the Hagia Sophia?
100
Built by the Chinese to defend against the Mongols
What is the Great Wall of China?
100
The continent where China can be found
What is Asia?
100
the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the Americas
What is the Middle Passage?
200
A sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor.
What is a monarch?
200
An event during which European Christians went to war against Muslims for control of the holy land
What is the Crusades?
200
The city in which the emperor, his family, and his servants lived
What is the Forbidden City?
200
These are the continents which the Ottoman Empire spanned.
What is Europe, Africa, and Asia?
200
This group of people was originally used for labor, but many died or resisted, leading to the growth of the African slave trade
Who are the Native/Indigenous Americans?
300
A line of hereditary rulers of a country.
What is a dynasty?
300
This major city, which was the capital of the Byzantine Empire, was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1453
What is Constantinople?
300
The two dynasties of China we've learned about in class
What is the Ming and Qing dynasties?
300
A sea that bordered the Ottoman Empire
What is the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea?
300
Explorers from this county made great advancements in navigation and shipbuilding and were the first to trade with the Chinese
What is Portugal?
400
The doctrine that kings derive their authority from God, not from their subjects, from which it follows that rebellion is the worst of political crimes.
What is the divine right of kings?
400
Christian and Jews could do this in order to avoid the compulsory military service, and Muslims could not
What is pay a special tax?
400
The date in which the last Chinese emperor abdicated (gave up the throne)
When is 1911?
400
The geographical area depicted in the map
What is East Asia?
400
One of the two major civilizations in the Americas that was a victim of genocide by Europeans.
Who are the Aztecs and the Inca?
500
Information (especially of a biased, misleading, or dishonest nature) used to persuade people to agree with a particular political cause or point of view.
What is propaganda?
500
Who is Suleyman I (or Suleyman the Lawgiver/Suleyman the Magnificent)?
500
The British tried to get Chinese people addicted to this drug, which comes from the poppy plant, to pay for Chinese goods instead of having to use silver
What is opium?
500
Name one country in Southeast Asia
What is Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, East Timor, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore?
500
What is the Cantino World Map?