Unit 1
This term refers to the 200 year period of peace under Augustus
What is the Pax Romana?
This country became wealthy as a result of the Silk Road
What is China?
This was the grand capital of the Aztec Empire
What is Tenochtitlan?
This three word term is the most correct explanation for the advantages Europeans had over native populations
What is Guns, Germs, and Steel?
This crop was the most important in China
What is Rice?
This Roman emperor was the first to convert to Christianity
Who is Constantine?
This Chinese emperor famously failed to invade Japan...twice!
Who is Kublai Khan?
Who is Cortes?
European Empires did not enslave native Americans for this reason
What is too many of them died of disease (smallpox)?
This was the official language of Rome
What is Latin?
This Roman invention allowed water to travel long distances
What is the Aqueduct?
Ghengis Khan was a member of this group
What are the Mongols?
The Aztec practiced publicly practiced this, which concerned the Spanish
What is human sacrifice?
This term refers to the brutal route that slaves took from West Africa to N. America
What is the Middle Passage?
This was the popular religion in China and Japan
What is Buddhism?
This is the reason why Islamic empires flourished scientifically and mathematically
What is religious toleration?
This is the honor code that Samurai followed
What is the Bushido Code?
This explorer had the most similar experience to Cortes
Who is Pizzaro?
These three cash crops became critically important for trading
What are sugar, coffee, and tobacco?
Islamic scientists based their research on this Ancient Greek
Who is Euclid?
Muhammad based his teachings off this important prophet
Who is Abraham?
This system of government was used in Japan
What is Feudalism?
This was an ancient temple that the Aztec reclaimed for religious use
What is Teotihuacan?
He was the first explorer to circumnavigate the earth
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This term refers to the exchange of slaves and crops form Africa, N. and S. America, and Europe
What is the Colombian Exchange?