China
The Muslim World
Europe
The Americas
Geography
100
The major monument fixed and expanded by the Ming Dynasty
The Great Wall of China
100
Three empires that used gunpowder to expand their empires
The Gunpowder Empires
100
Renaissance mean
Rebirth (specifically of Roman and Greek ideas, art, and architecture)
100
Define Encomienda (a Spanish system in the Americas)
A system in which Spaniards gained cheap labor for plantations through demanding labor from the indigenous people
100
What country is this?
What is the name of the mountain range to the north that protects this country from invasions?
India
Himalayas
200
Enemies of China whose disruption to the Ming Dynasty resulted in the continued construction of the Great Wall
The Mongols
200
One Gunpowder Empires that featured an Islamic minority ruling over a Hindu majority (modern day India)
The Mughals
200
Martin Luther's main complaint against the Catholic Church
Obedience to the Pope was seen as higher than worship
200
The exchange of plants, animals, people, and germs between Africa, Europe, and the Americas
The Columbian Exchange
200
Which part of China contains the Great Wall of China (think of the directions on a compass)
North or North-East
300
An explanation of why one ruling family lost power (in China) and another was justified in assuming power
The Mandate of Heaven
300
The five pillars of Islam
Prayer (5 times a day!), fasting, giving alms, confession of faith, and a pilgrimage to Mecca
300
The Revolution in which new ideas were theorized and challenged the beliefs of the Catholic Church
Scientific Revolution
300
Define Mercantilism
The idea that national wealth is based on a favorable balance of exports over imports
300
What ocean did enslaved Africans sail over in the Middle Passage?
Atlantic
400
A Chinese explorer who lead a number of voyages around South Asia and East Africa
Zheng He
400
Highest prophet in the Muslim religion
Muhammed
400
Put these three European countries in the order in which they formed trade empires in the Indian Ocean
British, Dutch, Portuguese
Portuguese, Dutch, British
400
The precious metal the Spaniards found in huge amounts and which was responsible for transforming the global economy from 1500 and 1700
Silver
400
Name three bodies of water which touched the Gunpowder Empires
Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal
500
Explain the dynastic cycle
500
What does monotheistic mean?
A belief in one god
500
The motivations behind the Age of Exploration
Competition for resources and alternate trade routes to India and East Asia
500
The name for the journey in which enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas
The Middle Passage
500
Which American civilization was in the Yucatan Pennisula?
Maya