Unit 1 and 2
What Chinese dynasty was famous for prosperous trade and transportation systems (Grand Canal)?
The Song Dynasty
What innovation allowed certain land based empires to come to power in this time period?
Gunpowder
The industrialization of Great Britain’s economy in the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is most directly explained by which of the following?
-Britain had large reserves of petroleum.
-British scientists were the first to discover electricity.
-Britain had large reserves of coal.
-British engineers developed new methods of producing cheaper steel.
Britain had large reserves of coal
What is a total war?
A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort; most notably WWI.
What non-governmental organization that helps people in war-torn regions and aids developing countries facing endemic disease?
Doctors without Boarders
What is another name of Temujin?
Genghis Khan
What man funded navigational expeditions, schools, and more for Portugal.
Prince Henry
What scientific concept had the greatest role in providing a justification for imperialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution
What political system is headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and has no tolerance for opposition; actively promotes social hierarchies with rule by elite
Fascism
What is the mane of the modern geological era during which humans have dramatically affected the environment?
Anthropocene
What Caliphate was known for having the center Baghdad which housed the House of Wisdom?
Abbasid Caliphate
What German Monk is credited with starting the Protestant reformation?
Martin Luther
What act limited Chinese migration to the U.S. in 1882
The Chinese exclusion act
Name an example of a violent and nonviolent decolonization process.
India breaking away from Britain is non violent, and then there are several violent ones: Algeria from France is one or the Vietnamese war (indochina).
How did Catholic Church leaders demonstrate sensitivity to demands of the poor for social justice in twentieth-century Latin America?
By embracing Liberation Theology, advocating for the preferential option for the poor, and supporting grassroots movements
What trade network was famous for the spread of Gold, Salt, and Ivory? And who was the famous ruler of Mali known for his pilgrimage?
Trans- Saharan trade route. And Mansa Musa.
What Russian city replaced Moscow following Tsar Peter’s reforms?
St. Petersburg
Which 5 regions do the Europeans imperialize in Unit 5?
Africa, Asia, Middle East, China, India
What was the political and military alliance of Western, non communist nations formed in 1949.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
What kinds of energy sources were used in the US by the 1940s?
Fossil fuels, coal, petroleum, and natural gas
What are the names of the Mongol Khantes?
The Golden Horde, Ilkhante, Chagatai, Yuan dynasty (Great Khanate).
What was the devshirme system and what empire used it?
A system used the by the ottomans to collect christian boys from the balkans to raise them as soldiers and bureaucrats.
What did the Monroe Doctrine establish?
It declared that any European intervention in the Americas would be viewed as a hostile act against the United States.
What British document promised land in Palestine as homeland for Jews in exchange for the Jews help in WWI?
Balfour declaration
Which communist party leader forced Chinese economic reforms after the death of Mao Zedong.
Deng Xiaoping