Unit 1: Post-Classical Americas & Africa
BOTH environmental adaptations the Inca Empire relied on
(1) What is terraced farming?
(2) What is a system of bridges and roads?
Notable Tsar who wanted to Westernize Russia
Who is Peter the Great?
The horrific section of the Triangle Trade which brought enslaved peoples from West Africa to the New World
What is the Middle Passage?
Enlightenment philosopher who believed life, liberty, and property were natural rights
What is the first step in 5 stages of a revolution?
What is Old Regime or Ancien Regime?
Great center of learning and trade in Post-Classical West Africa
What is Timbuktu?
A syncretic religion practiced in Ming China
What is Neo-Confucianism?
The notion that China is much better than the rest of the world and should isolate themselves to stay away from "barbaric" states
Three sources of knowledge BEFORE the Scientific Revolution
What is (1) ancient wisdom?
What is (2) religion?
What are (3) rulers?
Which nation did T'oussaint L'Ouveture fight for first?
What is Spain?
The Swahili Coast had to environmentally adapt to ____ by using a technology called ____
(1) What are monsoon winds?
(2) What are lateen sails?
What is Din i Ilahi?
The island Christopher Columbus originally landed AND the countries that are there today
What is (1) Hispaniola?
What are (2) Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
Something that goes against the policy of the church
What is heresy?
"The Liberator": led independence movements in Latin America
Who is Simon Bolivar?
A religious trip to Mecca made by Mansa Musa
What is Hajj?
The three Islamic Gunpowder Empires
(1) What is the Ottoman Empire?
(2) What is the Mughal Empire?
(3) What are the Safavids?
Race-based system of slavery practiced in the New World
What is chattel slavery?
An agreement between the people and their government in which they consent to be governed as long as the government follows the general will of the people
What is the social contract?
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
The story of the founding of the Mali Empire
What is the Epic of Sundiata?
At least TWO pieces of architecture used to legitimize a ruler's power in Early-Modern Eurasia
Possible acceptable answers:
(1) What is the Forbidden City?
(2) What is the Palace of Versailles?
(3) What is the Winter Palace?
Slain by Hernan Cortes during the siege of Tenochtitlan where the Aztec Empire fell
Who is Montezuma II?
The order of revolutions during the Age of Revolutions
(1) What is the American Revolution?
(2) What is the French Revolution?
(3) What is the Haitian Revolution?
(4) What is the Latin American Revolution?