The Middle Ages
Leader of the Mongol Empire
Who was Genghis Khan?
A payment some argued was aimed at "buying your way into Heaven."
The third "G," besides Glory and Gold that motivated Europeans' exploration of the new world.
What is God?
The first successful slave revolt that also created the second independent nation in the Americas.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
The British's illegal importation of Opium into China directly led to this war.
What is the First Opium War?
The Venetian merchant responsible for much of our knowledge about the Silk Road.
Who was Marco Polo?
Inventor of the Printing Press.
Who is Johannes Gutenburg?
The third region, besides Africa and the Americas, that participated in the Triangular Slave Trade.
What is Europe?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's idea that government is a deal between the citizens and those in power.
What is the social contract?
Child labor increased, as well the amount of workers living in packed, unclean conditions, due to this European movement.
What is Industrialization?
The Christians took control over Jerusalem, the holy land, after this event.
What is the First Crusade?
The Scientific Revolution thinker whose contributions to light, mathematics, and mechanics formed the foundation of modern science.
Who is Isaac Newton?
The Aztec and Inca Empires fell to this nation's conquistadors due to outdated weaponry and agitated subjects.
What is Spain?
The social class in pre-revolutionary France that made up 98% of the total population and paid 100% of the nations taxes.
What is the Third Estate?
Steam engines were once the cutting edge of energy creation, but by the Second Industrial Revolution, it was replaced by this invention.
What is the Power Grid?
The network of routes between Asia and Europe wherein both goods and ideas were traded.
What is the Silk Road?
The primary retort from the Catholic Church to the spread of Martin Luther's ideas.
What is the Council of Trent?
The sailing development that allows ships to sail into the wind and allowed for Europeans to cross the Atlantic.
What is Caravel Sails?
The period of the French Revolution where tens of thousands of politicians and perceived enemies were executed.
What is the Reign of Terror?
The Berlin Conference was held in 1844 between European Powers to decide how they would choose to imperialize this region.
The Byzantine Empire existed after and continued many traditions of the _________.
What is the Roman Empire?
The Renaissance ideas of individual accomplishment and curiosity of the natural world inspired this later period of European history.
What is the Age of Exploration?
The movement of plants such as maize, potatoes, and cassava into Europe was one aspect of this global transfer.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
France's abolishment of slavery in all of its territories led Toussaint Louverture to ally with this nation.
What is France?
The invention of the spinning jenny improved the output and efficiency of this industry during the First Industrial Revolution.
What is the textile industry?