World Exploration & Trade
This commodity from the New World boosted the Spanish Economy and became a basis for other mercantile economies.
What is Silver?
This was the capital of the Ottoman Empire after 1453.
What is Constantinople (renamed Istanbul)?
This continent was divided by European powers at the Berlin Conference (1884-1885).
What is Africa?
This 19th century movement sought to unify people based on shared culture and language.
What is nationalism?
This event occured after Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
This Mesoamerican civilization built massive stone temples and a complex calendar system, and is known for the practice of human sacrifice.
What is the Aztec Empire?
These three trading routes were the most prominent in trade between 1200 and 1450 C.E.
What are the Indian Ocean, Silk Road, and trans-Saharan trade routes?
The Qing Dynasty was ruled by this ethnic group.
Who are the Manchu (Chinese)?
This country colonized India until its independence in 1947.
What is Britain (or the United Kingdom)?
This event occured after the nationalist group the Black Hand assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
What is World War One?
This European movement emphasized human potential and achievements during the 14th-16th centuries.
What is the Renaissance?
This labor-intensive crop that gows well in the Caribbean drove demand for enslaved Africans.
What is sugar(cane)?
This treaty in 1493 divided the Spanish and Portuguese areas of colonization in the New World.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
The Ottoman Empire was mainly under this sect of the Muslim faith.
What is the Sunni sect?
This economic system emphasizes private ownership and profit.
What is capitalism?
This island nation led the first successful slave revolt in the Western Hemisphere.
What is Haiti?
This philosophical movement in 18th-century Europe emphasized reason, liberty, and progress.
What is the Enlightenment?
This Chinese invention changed the nature of warfare in Eurasia from the 9th century on.
What is gunpowder?
This Portuguese explorer was the first European to sail around Africa to India.
The Qing continued this examination-based system to recruit bureaucrats.
What is the civil service exam?
This industry was the first to industrialize in Britain.
What is the textile industry?
This document, written by Thomas Paine in 1776, argued that independence was both moral and a practical necessity.
What is Common Sense?
This 1848 pamphlet called for the working class to rise against the bourgeoisie.
What is The Communist Manifesto?
This 13th-century ruler created the largest continuous land empire in history.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This South Asian city grew because of its location along a prominent trade route, serving as a mid-way point between Arabia and China.
What is Calicut?
This Mughal emperor was known for his religious tolerance and abolished the jizya tax.
Who is Akbar the Great?
This labor system, common in factories, divided work into repetitive tasks.
What is the assembly line (or specialization of labor)?
Widespread resentment of this class system helped spark the French Revolution.
What is the Estates System?
This theory, which said that kings were chosen by God, led to absolutism in Europe.
What is divine right?
This 1960s conflict symbolized Cold War tensions and resulted in U.S. withdrawal in 1975.
What is the Vietnam War?
The Spanish forced indigenous people into this labor system in the Americas.
What is the encomienda system?
This 16th-century Ottoman ruler is known as "The Lawgiver" for his legal reforms and territorial expansion.
Who is Suleiman the Magnificent?
This canal, opened in 1869, shortened trade routes between Europe and Asia.
What is the Suez Canal?
This document, issued in 1789, was inspired by Enlightenment ideals in France.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
This Hindu temple complex in Cambodia reflects Indian influence in Southeast Asia.
What is Angkor Wat?
This 1947 plan provided U.S. aid to help rebuild Western European economies.
What is the Marshall Plan?