Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5 - Enlightenment & Revs
Unit 5 - Revolutions
100
In which region would you have seen the most decentralized kingdoms ruled by a system called "feudalism"?
Western Europe
100
Which pastoralist peoples controlled Silk Road trade in 1279 C.E., sparking a "golden age" of trade?
The Mongols
100
Name the empire:
Middle East. Persia. Shia Islam. Went to war with Ottomans. Ruled by a "Shah."
Safavid Empire
100
Which European nation (and person) was the first to sponsor extensive maritime travel?
Portugal - Prince Henry the Navigator
100
Pre-Enlightenment. THIS was the political philosophy that a King's power game from God, and he was justified in any choices he made for the country.
Divine Right to Rule
100
The time period in France that was marked by over 40,000 beheadings was called...
the Reign of Terror
200
This Chinese political ideology was used to legitimize the imperial rule of emperors.
The Mandate of Heaven
200
List 3 examples of luxury goods traded along the Silk Road
Silk, porcelain, Malaccan spices, Persian rugs, & lacquerware.
200
What invention allowed Russian Czar Ivan the Terrible to expand the Russian Empire?
Gunpowder
200
THIS is an economic system based on the idea that a nation's wealth and power were best served by increasing exports and trade.
Mercantilism
200
Theory that gained popularity in the Enlightenment - THIS is an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection.
The Social Contract
200
This was written by Simón Bolívar while in exile and was aimed at rich creoles to join the cause of independence from Spain
Jamaica Letter
300
Which East Asian philosophy intensified patriarchy during the Song Dynasty with "foot-binding"?
Confucianism
300
Angkor Wat, in Southeast Asia, shows religious syncretism (🕉+☸) between which religions of the Indian Ocean Route ?
Hinduism and Buddhism
300
The Ottomans conquered and renamed this city and established it as their center of power. (BOTH NAMES REQUIRED).
Constantinople > Istanbul
300
The "Great Dying," (Smallpox deaths of indigenous ppl) combined with other factors, meant that European settlers were seeking alternatives to indigenous coerced labor. What was the "solution" to their labor shortage?
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade/ African Slave Labor
300
Tell me a cause of the American Revolution.
Taxation. Popular Sovereignty.
300
Who led the coup d'etat and overthrew the Directory in France in 1799?
Napoleon
400
This was a major cultural and intellectual center in Baghdad during the Abbasid era.
The House of Wisdom
400
The Chinese invention of paper MOST CAUSED which new commercial practice between 1200 to 1450?
Printing of paper money
400
For the Ottomans, THIS was a system that took Christian children as tributes for the army.
Devshirme
400
What was the name of European state-sponsored companies sent to control trading posts in Asia? Name 2 of them.
Joint stock companies. British East India Company & Dutch East India Company
400
He was a former slave who fought for Haitian independence.
Toussaint L'Ouverture
400
French society was divided into __ which categorized people according to social class and/or occupation
3 Estates
500
Llama caravans. Andean roads. Quipu accounting. These words would be MOST associated with what empire?
South American Incan trade
500
Which innovation would help you MOST to deal with the environmental challenges of the Trans-Saharan routes?
Camel saddle
500
Louis XIV and Henry VIII are examples of ___ rulers.
Absolutist
500
What was the primary reason for Europeans' desire to begin extensive maritime travel?
To trade with Asia more easily (avoid taxes from Gunpowder Empires)
500
Montesquieu is most renowned for his writings on...
the separation of powers
500
Besides Enlightenment thought - list ONE cause of the Haitian Revolution.
Weakening French control during their revolution.
The brutality of sugar plantation owners.
Growing nationalism.