Fukuyama
Afro-Eurasian Empires
American Empires
Geography
Contact and Conquest
100

Fukuyama's first name

Francis

100

The empire that used a competency-based exam to staff its civil service in an effort to reduce corruption

The Ming Dynasty

100

The mountain range in which the Inca Empire was primarily located

The Andes

100

The city that served as the capital of the Ottoman Empire

Istanbul

100

The Spaniard who led the conquest of the Inca Empire

Francisco Pizarro

200

The phenomenon in which political institutions fail to adapt to changing circumstances

Political Decay

200

The empire founded by Babur in 1526

The Mughal Empire

200

The empire that developed a herbal antispasmodic medication

The Aztecs

200

The city in the Mali empire that was a global center of learning in the 14th and 15th centuries

Timbuktu

200

The explorer depicted in Theodoor Galle's engraving America

Amerigo Vespucci
300

Fukuyama's three core categories of political institutions

The state, the rule of law, democratic accountability

300

The city in which Mansa Musa allegedly distributed so much gold that the market crashed

Cairo

300

The Inca emperor at the time of the Spanish conquest

Atahualpa

300

What empire is this?

The Ottoman Empire

300

Name any THREE of the technologies, weapons, or other elements that the conquistadors used to their advantage in their battles against the American empires

Gunpowder weapons, metal armor, horses, attack dogs, steel swords, crossbows, lances

400

Name any THREE of Fukyama's factors for first state formation

Social contract, population density, geographic circumscription, war and violence, charismatic leadership

400

The system under Ottoman Rule in which religious groups were given relative autonomy in exchange for a poll tax

The Millet System

400

The name of the Inca system of labor-based taxation, which was later coopted by the Spanish

The Mita System

400

What is this empire?

The Mongol Empire

400

The document that the Spanish read to native groups outlining their religious goals and demands for obedience

El Requerimiento

500

Name all SIX of the specific characteristics of #denmark

Denmark is stable, democratic, peaceful, prosperous, inclusive, and has extremely low levels of political corruption.

500

Name the Ming Dynasty's three major construction projects

The Grand Canal, the Great Wall, and the Forbidden City

500

The emperor who took over from Moctezuma and led the Aztec resistance against the Spanish before dying of smallpox

Cuitláhuac

500

The lake in which the city of Tenochtitlan was located

Lake Texcoco

500

The primary native group with whom the Spanish conquistadors formed an alliance against the Aztecs

The Tlaxcalans

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