Unit 3: Land-Based Empires
This empire ruled over much of South Asia and was known for architectural feats like the Taj Mahal.
What is the Mughal Empire?
His expedition completed the first circumnavigation of the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This 1789 revolution in Europe was influenced by Enlightenment ideals and economic inequality.
What is the French Revolution?
This term refers to a policy where a powerful country dominates another politically and economically.
What is imperialism?
This group unified much of Eurasia and revitalized trade along the Silk Roads in the 13th and 14th centuries. (Unit 2)
Who are the Mongols?
The Ottoman Empire used this elite military group made up of Christian boys taken through the devshirme system.
What are the Janissaries?
The exchange that involved the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases from old and new world.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This key invention by James Watt greatly improved machinery and transportation during the Industrial Revolution.
What is the steam engine?
This conflict between Britain and China began over trade imbalances and the illegal British export of a narcotic.
What is the Opium War?
This policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism after World War II, influencing U.S. foreign policy. (Unit 8)
What is containment?
This East Asian dynasty maintained Confucian values and expanded the civil service system.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
This system forced indigenous people in the Americas to work for Spanish colonists.
What is the encomienda system?
This social class expanded during the Industrial Revolution, consisting of factory workers and urban laborers.
What is the working class (or proletariat)?
This rebellion in India began due to resentment of British rule and religious insensitivity.
What is the Sepoy Mutiny (Rebellion)?
This total war introduced new military technologies like tanks, machine guns, and chemical weapons, and was primarily characterized by trench warfare. (Unit 7)
What is World War I?
This Russian ruler modernized and expanded Russia, adopting many Western European ideas.
Who is Peter the Great?
This economic theory emphasized colonies providing raw materials to the mother country to increase wealth.
What is mercantilism?
This political and economic system emerged as a reaction to capitalism, especially in industrial societies.
What is socialism (or communism)?
This theory justified imperialism by suggesting that stronger nations were naturally superior.
What is Social Darwinism?
This Chinese system maintained order by ranking people based on Confucian principles and emphasized education. (Unit 1)
What is the civil service exam system?
Shi’a Islam was the state religion of this Persian empire, often clashing with the Sunni Ottomans.
What is the Safavid Empire?
This economic system involved private merchants and investors financing overseas ventures, laying the groundwork for early capitalism.
What is joint-stock companies?
Britain's access to coal and iron & a strong banking system led to this revolution.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The Berlin Conference of 1884–85 divided this continent among European powers.
What is Africa?
This international organization was created in 1995 to promote free trade and resolve global trade disputes. (Unit 9)
What is the World Trade Organization (WTO)?