The Global Tapestry (1200-1450)
This Chinese dynasty revived Confucian bureaucracy through the civil service exam
What is the Song Dynasty?
This trade route connected China, the Middle East, and Europe.
What is the Silk Road?
The Ottoman Empire conquered this Byzantine capital in 1453.
What is Constantinople? (now known as Istanbul)
This European explorer is credited with reaching the Americas in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This revolution led to the independence of 13 British colonies in North America.
What is the American Revolution?
The Industrial Revolution began in this European country.
What is Britain?
The Aztecs used this labor system to collect tribute from conquered peoples.
What is the tribute system?
The spread of Islam along the Indian Ocean trade network was aided by these seasonal winds.
What are monsoon winds?
This elite infantry unit of the Ottoman Empire was made up of Christian boys taken through the devshirme system.
What are the Janissaries?
This forced labor system exploited Indigenous people under Spanish rule.
What is the encomienda system?
This French document, inspired by Enlightenment ideals, declared rights for men.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?
This canal, completed in 1869, connected the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
What is the Suez Canal?
This West African empire flourished due to trade in gold and salt.
What is the Mali Empire?
This Black Death pandemic spread along trade routes and devastated populations.
What is the bubonic plague?
The Safavid Empire promoted this branch of Islam as its official religion.
What is Shia Islam?
The Atlantic slave trade was part of this larger trade system.
What is the Triangular Trade?
This Haitian leader led a successful slave revolt against French rule.
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
Japan's modernization efforts under the Meiji Restoration were modeled after this region.
What is Western Europe?
The Delhi Sultanate in India was ruled by leaders following this religion.
What is Islam?
This Venetian merchant's travels to China were recorded in his famous book.
Who is Marco Polo?
This Mughal emperor is known for religious tolerance and administrative reforms.
Who is Akbar the Great?
The Columbian Exchange introduced this Old World disease to the New World.
What is smallpox?
This industrial invention greatly increased textile production in Britain.
What is the spinning jenny?
The Opium Wars were fought between Britain and this Asian country.
What is China?
This nomadic group created the largest contiguous land empire in history.
Who are the Mongols?
Caravans traveling across the Sahara relied on this animal for survival.
What is the camel?
The Qing Dynasty ruled China but originated from this region.
What is Manchuria?
This crop, originally from the Americas, became a staple food in Africa.
What is maize (corn)?
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote this book criticizing capitalism.
What is The Communist Manifesto?
This term describes the belief that Europeans had a duty to civilize non-Western peoples.
What is the White Man’s Burden?