Columbian Exchange
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Ming Dynasty’s economy became heavily dependent on this New World commodity, with one-third of the global supply eventually ending up in China to serve as its primary currency.
What is Silver?
In the 13th century, the Pax Mongolica revitalized trade along these land routes, making them the most organized and prosperous they had ever been.
What are the Silk Roads?
The Chinese practice of _____ among elite women during the Song Dynasty symbolized female subordination.
What is foot-binding?
This Enlightenment concept shifted the most basic element of society away from collective groups and toward the personal human being, prioritizing their progress over society as a whole
What is individualism?
This highly contagious disease, brought by Europeans to the Americas, was a primary factor in "The Great Dying," which decimated 50% to 90% of indigenous populations.
What is smallpox?
During the Song Dynasty, the Chinese economy became highly commercialized, fueled by the expansion of this massive waterway, which facilitated interregional trade.
What is the Grand Canal?
Throughout the 1860s and 70s, the Qing responded to internal and external pressure with this movement, which failed largely because Chinese conservatives hindered the industrialization process.
What are self-strengthening movements?
This philosopher argued that all humans are born with natural rights—specifically life, liberty, and property—which were endowed by God and cannot be taken away by monarchs
Who is John Locke?
In Qing China, the introduction of these two New World staple crops allowed peasants to migrate to and survive in border areas with difficult soil, fueling a population explosion.
What are corn and sweet potatoes?
During the 19th century, imperial powers shifted colonial agriculture from subsistence farming to these types of economies, focusing on raw materials like rubber, cotton, and palm oil.
What are export economies?
This crop was drought-resistant and could be harvested twice a year, leading to a population explosion.
What is Champa Rice?
This concept argues that societies construct governments to protect natural rights, and if a government becomes tyrannical, the people have a right to overthrow it
What is the social contract?
In West Africa, the Atlantic Slave Trade created this specific social consequence, which frequently led to the practice of polygyny as men were disproportionately taken as cargo.
What is gender imbalance?
This Soviet leader's Five-Year Plans aimed to rapidly industrialize the USSR through the collectivization of agriculture, which tragically led to the Holodomor famine in Ukraine.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
To ensure competency and efficiency, the Song Dynasty used these Confucian-based assessments to staff their imperial bureaucracy with the most qualified men.
What are civil service exams?
Enlightenment ideals regarding liberty and equality led to the gradual expansion of suffrage and the abolition of slavery in Britain by 1807
What are the ideological foundations of the Enlightenment?
This 16th-century economic theory motivated the establishment of maritime empires by prioritizing the accumulation of material wealth (gold and silver) through a favorable balance of trade.
What's mercantilism?
These limited-liability businesses, often granted trade monopolies by the state, became the primary tool for expanding maritime empires like the Dutch and British.
What are joint-stock companies?
During the Tokugawa Shogunate, this pleasure-oriented urban culture emerged, patronized by merchants and featuring Kabuki theater and geishas.
What is the floating world?
Inflamed by Enlightenment ideals, the enslaved Black population of this French colony revolted after hearing about the French Revolution, eventually establishing an independent republic
What is the Haitian Revolution?