Cold War/Decolonization
During the Cold War, these two superpowers were in a struggle with each other over the ideologies of communism and capitalism
What are the United States and the Soviet Union?
What empire fell apart and was taken over by the Young Turks after WW1?
What is the Ottoman
The Europeans established this trade system that resembles a triangle
What is Trans atlantic trade?
This buildup of this new type of weapon was part of Cold War strategy for both sides
What are nuclear weapons?
This is the administrative technique used by the Chinese empires that created an efficient government run by the Emporer
What is large beauracracy?
Global conflicts were fought as proxy wars between the United States and the Soviet Union. Name one of them.
This was the prevailing economic philosophy of European maritime empires
What is mercantilism?
After which event did the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as super powers with regards to the rest of the world?
After WWII?
The Mughal rulers were Muslim but they ruled over a people that were predominately ?
What is Hindu?
Chinese innovations like papermaking were usually spread along the safe Silk Roads with the help of these people
What are the Mongols?
Western-led military alliance systems such as NATO that emerged during the Cold War period sought to prevent the spread of what ideology?
Communist
Which religious tradition became widespread in the Americas?
What is Christianity?
How was the successor to the Sultan chosen after he died in the Ottoman and Safavid empires?
Any son of the Sultan was eligible often leading to fighting and bloodshed until a new Sultan came to power.
This Middle Eastern city grew primarily because of its location along a prominent trade route and was overthrown by the Mongols in 1258
What is Baghdad?