Unit 1
Japanese bushido, meaning "the way of the warrior", was a code of conduct for Japanese samurai to follow. What was the name of the European equivalent of this code?
Chivalry
What mineral that was mined in massive amounts in South America by the Spanish helped to increase global trade and commerce?
Silver
The political and intellectual movement that took place in Europe during the 1600's and 1700's that brought about new ideas about government, such as natural rights and the social contract, was called what?
What was the name of the enormous economic downturn that was experienced in the United States and Europe starting in 1929 and through the 1930's?
Great Depression
What treaty alliance was set up after World War II by the United States and the states of Western Europe in order to protect each other from Soviet aggression?
North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO)
Genghis Khan created the largest land empire to ever exist in world history. What was the name of his people/empire?
The journey that slaves took across the Atlantic Ocean was known as what?
The Middle Passage
What was the major effect in Europe of the arrival of American crops to Europe as a result of the Columbian Exchange?
Population Increase
The treaty that ended World War I was called what?
Treaty of Versailles
Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi used what type of method in order to gain India's independence from Great Britain.
Civil Disobedience
China was a society in which men held almost all the power in the family, society, and government. This is known as what?
Patriarchy
What was the term used to describe a Spanish colonial person with one European parent and one Native American parent?
Mestizo
People with education and advanced skills, such as managers, accountants, and doctors, formed what new social class in England during the Industrial Revolution?
Middle Class
The strong belief in the superiority of your people over other peoples is known as what?
Nationalism
What invention made it easier to communicate across long distance, which allowed Europeans to better govern their distant colonies?
Telegraph
For over a thousand years, Asia and Europe were connected economically and culturally by travel and trade over what route?
The Silk Roads
Most slaves on plantations in the Americas labored to produce what type of goods, such as sugar?
Cash Crops
The radical phase of the French Revolution in which thousands of people were executed was called what?
The event that occurred in Russia in 1817 where the czar was overthrown and eventually replaced by the creation of the communist Soviet Union was called what?
The Korean War, Vietnam War, and Soviet-Afghan War are all examples of what kind of conflict that characterized the tension between the United States and Soviet Union in the 20th century?
Proxy Wars
During the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther became angry over the selling of what?
Indulgences
Spanish conquistadors and colonists forced many Native Americans to work in mines and on farms in a labor system known as what?
Encomienda
What political ideology was developed by Karl Marx as a response to the negative aspects of the Industrial Revolution?
Communism
After World War II, what international organization was set up to help nations settle disputes without having to go to war?
United Nations
What event happened in 1884-1885 in which leaders of European states met to discuss the rules and boundaries for the division of Africa into European colonial empires?
Berlin Conference