1200-1450 (Post-Classical Era)
Which Islamic empire controlled much of India and was known for using Persian language and architecture?
Delhi Sultanate
These two navigational technologies made European overseas exploration possible in the 15th century.
What are the compass and caravel ships? (Also accept astrolabe, portolan charts)
What ideology promoted national unity based on shared language and culture?
Nationalism
Which Cambodian political group, under the leadership of Pol Pot, was responsible for the genocide that led to the deaths of an estimated 1.5-2 million people between 1975 and 1979?
What are the Khmer Rouge?
What structure connected northern and southern China?
Grand Canal
Which state in West Africa became a major center of Islamic learning and trade, especially in Timbuktu?
Mali
The military and political conquest of these two major American empires by Spanish conquistadors dramatically changed global power dynamics.
What are the Aztec and Inca Empires?
Which African kingdom successfully resisted European imperialism by modernizing its army?
Ethiopia
In 1994, the Rwandan Genocide resulted in the deaths of an estimated 800,000 people. The violence was primarily between which two ethnic groups?
Who are the Hutus and Tutsis?
What empire used a bureaucracy of scholar-officials selected by civil service exams? (Song Dynasty)
Song Dynasty
What innovation increased agricultural yields in Song China and was imported from Vietnam?
Champa rice
This economic theory emphasized accumulating gold and silver, establishing colonial monopolies, and maintaining favorable trade balances.
What is mercantilism?
What major industry drove early industrial growth in Britain?
Textile
What 20th-century economic system aimed to abolish private property and class distinctions?
Communism
The Abbasid Caliphate, known for its golden age, made which city its capital in the 8th century, transforming it into a major cultural and intellectual hub?
What is Baghdad?
This Mesoamerican empire centered at Tenochtitlan created floating gardens (chinampas), a tribute system, and a triple alliance political structure.
Who are the Aztecs/Mexica?
What invention helped spread Protestant ideas quickly across Europe?
Printing press
What 19th-century intellectual defended capitalism and criticized socialism in The Wealth of Nations?
Adam Smith
Name 3 Confucian features of Chinese government during the Song Dynasty.
Civil service exams, filial piety, scholar-gentry class, meritocracy, emphasis on education.
What 18th-century revolution influenced Haitian independence?
French Revolution
Name 3 technologies or innovations that enabled Silk Road trade.
What are caravanserai, credit (like bills of exchange), and paper money?
This 16th-century religious and political movement fractured European Christianity, leading to wars of religion and new Protestant denominations.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
What 1850s war revealed the weakness of the Qing Dynasty against Western powers?
Opium War
What 1979 revolution established an Islamic theocracy in the Middle East?
Iranian Revolution
The Great Schism of 1054 led to?
the permanent division of the Christian Church into what two branches