West African States
This powerful coastal kingdom grew wealthy by trading gold and captives for European firearms.
What is the Asante/Ashanti Kingdom?
These were independent communities formed in remote areas by people who had escaped from slavery.
What are Maroon Societies?
After kicking out the Mongols, the Ming Dynasty brought back this traditional philosophy to run their government.
What is Confucianism/Neo-Confucianism?
These elite Japanese warriors saw their roles change from active fighters to government bureaucrats during the long peace of the Tokugawa era.
Who are the Samurai?
When you explain why the arrival of firearms led to the rise of new African states, you are using this historical skill.
(What is Causation?)
This King of the Kongo initially welcomed the Portuguese but later wrote letters protesting the illegal kidnapping of his people. Who is King Afonso?)
Who is King Afonso?
She was the female ruler of Ndongo who used both clever diplomacy and military alliances to fight off the Portuguese.
Who is Queen Nzinga?
This famous Ming admiral led a massive fleet of "treasure ships" across the Indian Ocean to show off Chinese power.
Who is Zheng He?
This was the strict isolationist policy that banned most foreigners from entering Japan for over 200 years.
What is the Closed Country Policy/Sakoku?
A letter written by King Afonso during the time he lived is considered this type of source.
What is a Primary Source?
Because the slave trade took away more men than women, this social change occurred in many West African societies.
What is women taking on new leadership/economic roles?
This 1680 uprising in North America saw indigenous people successfully drive Spanish colonizers out of New Mexico for over a decade.
What is the Pueblo Revolt?
The Qing Dynasty was unique because it was ruled by this ethnic minority group from the north, not the Han Chinese.
Who are the Manchus?
To keep them from rebelling, the Shogun forced these local lords to live in the capital of Edo every other year.
Who are the Daimyo?
When you look for things that stayed the same in China from the Ming to the Qing dynasties, you are looking for this.
What is Continuity?
This term describes the brutal sea journey that carried enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?
This rebellion in Peru was a massive indigenous uprising against Spanish colonial rule / exploitation in the silver mines in the late 1700s.
(What is the Tupac Amaru rebellion?)
Because of the "Single-Whip Tax System," the Ming government required all taxes to be paid in this specific precious metal.
What is Silver?
This specific European group was the only one allowed to trade at a small island in Nagasaki during the isolation period.
Who are the Dutch?
This major historical essay task requires students to combine multiple documents to form a written argument.
What is a DBQ or Document-Based Question?
Unlike earlier empires like Mali, newer states like Benin and Oyo became highly "this," meaning power was concentrated under a strong central military leader.
What is Centralized?
The "Society of Jesus," whose members were often expelled from Japan and China for trying to convert locals, are better known as this.
(Who are the Jesuits?)
This system allowed the Emperor to maintain China's position as the "Middle Kingdom" by requiring foreign visitors to give gifts and perform rituals.
What is the Tribute System?
This 1600 battle was the turning point that allowed Tokugawa Ieyasu to finally unify Japan.
What is the Battle of Sekigahara?
When you look at how Japan and China both responded to European explorers to find similarities and differences, you are using this skill.
What is Comparison?