Society
Under the Song Dynasty, this religion was predominant among the imperial family and its scholar-bureaucrats.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
A political system in which a monarch is limited by the law.
What is Constitutional Monarchy?
The Industrial Revolution began in this state due to its very favorable conditions.
What is Great Britain?
Thanks to their Atlantic ports, these two states dominated the early era of colonization and exploration.
What are Spain & Portugal?
Because of aid provided to the U.S. during its revolution, this nation wound up in massive debt.
What is France?
The movement known as the Renaissance began in this region.
What is Italy?
Constantinople, Europe's oldest Christian city, was conquered by this land-based empire in 1453.
Who were the Ottomans?
Napoleon Bonaparte's military genius was finally defeated by British economic might at this famous battle.
What is the Battle of Waterloo?
Sailing from India to China requires passage through this strait.
What is Malacca?
"Owning" a share of a company's profits is possible thanks to this economic innovation.
What is a stock exchange?
This Renaissance idea motivated the development of evidence-based trials to convict criminals.
What is Rationalism?
This Mughal emperor was famously tolerant of the multitude of religions under his rule.
Who was Akbar the Great?
A fossil-fuel representative of the "Second Industrial Revolution."
What is oil/petroleum?
This rare resource, necessary for modern mechanized transportation, only grew in tropical climates.
What is rubber?
"Owning" an invention was possible thanks to this economic innovation.
What is a patent?
Women began to demand this right in an organized movement beginning in the 1800s.
What is suffrage?
The only Portuguese colony in the Americas.
What is Brazil?
During the French Revolution, this execution method was considered "enlightened."
What is the guillotine?
Caribbean colonies such as Haiti produced vast amounts of sugar and coffee, which were known as this due to their immense trade value.
What are cash crops?
The East Asian state which successfully industrialized in the 1800s.
What is Japan?
The Enlightenment thinker who most influenced the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
Who was John Locke?
The parallel government formed by France's Third Estate was first known as this.
What is the National Assembly?
Alexander Graham Bell's famous invention.
What is the telephone?
Who were the Aztec?
The "wireless telegraph" which enabled instant communication over distance without pre-laid wires.
What is the radio?