Unit 1
This Islamic dynasty, ruling from 750 to 1258, moved the capital to Baghdad and became known for its support of learning during the Islamic Golden Age.
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?
This city in modern-day Uzbekistan became a major Silk Roads trading hub and was known for its wealth, culture, and Islamic learning.
What is Samarkand?
This empire ruled much of India and was known for its religious tolerance under Akbar.
What is the Mughal Empire?
This system granted Spanish settlers the right to extract labor from Indigenous peoples.
What is the Encomienda system?
The first successful slave revolt that led to an independent Black republic.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
This Asian country was called the "Jewel in the Crown" of the British Empire.
What is India?
This treaty ended WWI and blamed Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This 1962 confrontation brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This event, held in 1884–85 without African representation, established the rules for European colonization of Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This Chinese philosophy, revived during the Song Dynasty, emphasized traditional Confucian ideas blended with metaphysical and spiritual elements.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
This Venetian merchant traveled to China and wrote about the wonders of the Yuan Dynasty in his travel journal.
Who is Marco Polo?
This empire used the devshirme system to recruit boys into the bureaucracy and military.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This ship design helped Europeans navigate long voyages with better maneuverability.
What is the caravel?
This philosopher argued for natural rights and government by consent.
Who is John Locke?
This conflict between Britain and China began over trade imbalances and narcotics.
What is the Opium War?
This global economic crisis contributed to the rise of authoritarian regimes.
What is the Great Depression?
This policy of racial segregation existed in South Africa until the 1990s.
What is apartheid?
This East African rebellion against German colonial rule was sparked by opposition to cotton cultivation and was named after a spiritual belief that magic water would turn bullets to water.
What is the Maji Maji Rebellion?
This monastic religion spread along the Silk Roads and Indian Ocean trade routes, adapting to local cultures through syncretism—particularly in East and Southeast Asia.
What is Buddhism?
This term refers to the period of stability and increased trade and communication under Mongol rule.
What is Pax Mongolica?
This Japanese government enforced isolation and centralized power through the daimyo system.
What is the Tokugawa Shogunate?
These were some of the most transformative items exchanged between the Old and New Worlds.
What are smallpox, horses, and sugarcane?
This invention powered machinery and transformed industries and transportation.
What is the steam engine?
This labor system replaced slavery in many British colonies.
What is indentured servitude?
The systematic genocide of 6 million Jews by the Nazis.
What is the Holocaust?
This global organization was founded in 1945 to promote peace and cooperation.
What is the United Nations?
This major shift in global commerce led to the decline of trans-Saharan trade routes by the 17th century.
What is the rise of the Atlantic Ocean trade?
This West African empire reached its height under Mansa Musa and became known for its wealth, Islamic scholarship, and trade networks centered around cities like Timbuktu.
What is the Mali Empire?
This Chinese admiral led seven voyages through the Indian Ocean during the Ming Dynasty.
Who is Zheng He?
This famous building was commissioned by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum.
What is the Taj Mahal?
This economic system emphasized exports over imports and the accumulation of gold and silver.
What is mercantilism?
These organizations emerged to demand better wages and working conditions.
What are labor unions?
hese reforms in the Ottoman Empire aimed at modernization and centralization.
What are Tanzimat Reforms?
This concept describes warfare that involves civilian populations and entire economies.
What is total war?
This African country gained independence from France in 1962 after a violent struggle.
What is Algeria?
This economic and political program transformed Japan into an industrialized empire through state-sponsored reforms in the late 19th century.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
This powerful Hindu kingdom in southern India built massive temples and thrived through maritime trade in the Indian Ocean.
What is the Vijayanagara Empire? The Vijayanagara Empire was located in southern India, specifically in the Deccan Plateau, encompassing modern-day Karnataka and parts of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Its capital, Vijayanagara, was situated along the Tungabhadra River.
These innovations allowed for the expansion of trade across the Sahara Desert.
What are camels and caravans?
These methods were used by empires to collect revenue and manage territories.
What are bureaucracies and tax farming?
This brutal labor system became dominant in the Americas and treated people as property.
What is chattel slavery?
This 1848 event marked the beginning of the women’s rights movement in the United States.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This process resulted from industrialization and led to crowded, polluted cities.
What is urbanization?
This German military tactic used fast, surprise attacks with tanks and planes.
What is blitzkrieg?
This Indian leader promoted nonalignment during the Cold War.
Who is Nehru?
This term describes the blending of Islamic and Hindu beliefs in South Asia during the Mughal period, seen in art, architecture, and religious practices.
What is syncretism (or Indo-Islamic culture)?