China
Mongols
Absolute Monarchs
Age of Exploration
Geography
100
How is China different than Europe during the Middle Ages?
China is thriving while Europe is dying
100
What animal did the Mongol military use?
100
What is Absolutism?
A single ruler holds supreme, unconstrained authority
100
What are the three G's?
Gold
God
Glory
100
To the West, China is surrounded by the tallest Mountain range in the world known as the _____________.
Himalayan mountains
200
What two dynasties are known as China's Golden Age?
Tang and Song
200
What was the Mongol period of peace known as?
Pax Mongolica
200
What city did Peter the Great build on the Baltic Sea?
Saint Petersburg
200
What percentage of American natives died from European diseases?
80-90%
200
What two deserts surround China to the North?
Gobi Desert and the Taklamakan Desert
300
This innovation was first used to create fireworks before becoming a weapon of war.
Gunpowder
300
What country was able to resist Mongol invasion, largely due to typhoons?
Japan
300
What is the divine right?
A monarch derives authority directly from God, not from the people, making them accountable only to divine law
300
What Eurasian diseases impacted Native Americans?
Smallpox, Measles, Influenza, and the Bubonic Plague
300
What part of the world did Europeans see as the new world?
North and South America
400
What are two signs that a ruler has lost the mandate of heaven?
Floods
Peasant revolts
Attacks from outsiders
Etc...
400
What style of warfare did the Mongol Military use?
Psychological
400
What happened to the power of English Monarchs during the period of Absolutism?
English Monarchs are losing power
400
Define cartography
The science or practice of drawing maps
400
The Mongol Empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to ______________.
Eastern Europe
500
What were the goals of Zheng He's 7 voyages?
Expanded Chinese power, trade, and collected tribute
500
What does Genghis Khan translate to?
Universal Ruler
500
What was King Louis XIV's nickname?
The sun king
500
What are two innovations that explorers used to travel across the Atlantic?
Compass
Astrolabe
Caravel
Lateen Sails
500
What 3 civilizations made up Mesoamerica and the Andes?
Aztec
Inca
Maya