Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 2 Part 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
100

What was the period in history after the Fall of Rome?

Middle Ages/Dark Ages
100

What was the trade route that connected Europe and Asia?

The Silk Roads

100

What is this term? 

a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of new trading routes, wealth, and knowledge

Age of Discovery/Age of Exploration
100

Where was the Ming Dynasty located?

China

100

Name one economic cause of New Imperialism

Need for raw materials or need for new markets

200

This place was where Muslim Scholars met in the city Baghdad in the Abbasid Empire

The House of Wisdom.

200

Which group helped make trade between Europe and Asia safe by establishing an empire?


The Mongols

200

What was the ultimate reason that the Spanish were able to conquer the Incas?

Geography, or that their civilization was more advanced due to geography

200

Explain how the Mongol Empire fell

It got too big and divided up into different sections, civil war, the black death, rebellion from conquered people

200

Name two goods that Europeans were interested in when imperializing Africa

Answers will vary...

300

What lead to a population increase from 1000-1300

Farming techniques


300

What were the two main goods traded on the trans-saharan trade routes?

Gold and Salt

Bonus: Name two of the African empires that controlled trade on the Trans-Saharan routes

300

The transfer of goods from the Old World (East of Atlantic) and New World (West of Atlantic) is called

Columbian Exchange

300

Where was the Mughal Empire located?

India

300

How did the dependence on cash crops impact the long-term economic development of Latin America after independence?

It resulted in economic vulnerability and inequality.

400

Which of the following is incorrect? 

Hinduism originated in India, Buddhism in India, and Christianity in the Middle East.

They are all correct!

400

What was the disease called that spread through Europe from Asia and killed nearly half of the population in Europe?

The Black Death/Black Plague

400

Explain the factors that lead to the Industrial Revolution beginning in England

Need 2 of the following: Land Enclosures, The Scientific Revolution, Discovery of Coal/Steam Power, Population Increase, Urbanization 
400

How did the Ottomans use gunpowder?

For conquest

400

What was the event that lead Japan to modernize through the Meiji Restoration and imperialize nearby territories such as China and Japan?

The arrival of the United States (Commodore Perry) to Japan

500

Explain how Christianity became the state religion of Rome

Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and legalized it with the Edict of Milan.

500

Name a cultural similarity between the Trans-Saharan Trade Routes and the Silk Roads

They both lead to diffusion of culture, both spread religion (Islam and Christianity, Buddhism and Christianity)

500

Describe one benefit and one downside to Globalization

Answers will vary. There are wealthy countries and countries that are not wealthy. The gap is continuously increasing as wealthy countries have capital and often use developing countries for labor and materials.

500

What were the goals of Peter the great for Russia?

To modernize and westernize Russia - to bring in new education, military, administration, and industry.
500

What was the system of segregation called in South Africa?

Apartheid

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