Mesoamerica & Exploration
Q: To grow crops on a shallow lake bed, the Aztecs changed their environment by building these man-made islands.
A: Chinampas
Q: To make the highest possible profit per voyage, slave-ship captains treated captured human beings as this.
A: Cargo (or Property)
Q: John Locke argued a completely new idea: that a government’s only real job is to protect these.
A: Natural rights
Q: The French Revolution broke out mostly because this large social class paid all the taxes but had no say.
A: The Third Estate
Q: The printing press helped the Reformation because it allowed new ideas to spread faster than the Church could do this.
A: Censor them (or Stop them)
Q: Under the Triangle Trade system, European merchants mainly exported these types of items to Africa.
A: Manufactured goods
Q: Montesquieu came up with the "Separation of Powers" specifically to stop one leader from becoming this.
A: A tyrant (or Dictator)
Q: During the Reign of Terror, Robespierre used the guillotine to get rid of anyone labeled as this.
A: An enemy (or Traitor)
Q: The Maya built highly accurate calendars because their priests carefully tracked these natural patterns.
A: Astronomical cycles (the stars)
Q: While the slave trade made American landowners rich, it caused West African kingdoms to suffer from constant loss of life and this.
A: Warfare, gender imbalance, or Instability
Q: According to Social Contract theory, what do citizens have the right to do if a ruler acts like a tyrant?
A: Overthrow them (or Rebel)
Q: The angry mob attacked the Bastille prison primarily to steal gunpowder and destroy a symbol of this.
A: Royal tyranny (or King's power)
Q: The political systems of the Aztec and Inca fell incredibly fast mainly because the natives lacked immunity to these.
A: Old World diseases (or Smallpox)
Q: The biggest long-term economic result of the slave trade was locking the Americas into this farming system.
A: Plantation system
Q: Enlightenment arguments that all human beings are born equal eventually inspired global movements to end this.
A: Slavery (or Abolition)
Q: The French people finally supported Napoleon taking total power because after years of bloody chaos, they wanted this.
A: Order and stability
Q: The permanent, global exchange of crops, animals, and germs that started in 1492 is known as this historic event.
A: The Columbian Exchange
Q: From the viewpoint of Catholic Social Teaching, the slave trade is primarily condemned because it violated this.
A: Inherent human dignity
Q: Thomas Hobbes believed humans were naturally selfish and violent, meaning they required this style of government.
A: Absolute monarchy (or Dictatorship)
Q: Even after his empire fell, Napoleon's most lasting impact on Europe was spreading this uniform system of laws.
A: The Napoleonic Code