Transoceanic Encounters
and the Americas
Africa and the Islamic Empires
East Asia and Europe
Revolutions and Societies at Crossroads
The Making of Industrial Society
100
These connected Europe and Asia before 1500.
What are the Silk Roads?
100
This was the voyage taken by African slaves from Africa to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?
100
He was a Chinese admiral who led a series of explorations in the 1420s.
Who is Zheng He?
100
In this body, the Church had 1 vote; the landowning elite had 1 vote; and everybody else had 1 vote.
What is the Estates General?
100
He wrote The Wealth of Nations
Who is Adam Smith?
200
This conquistador defeated the Aztec Empire with the help of an interpreter.
Who is Hernando Cortez?
200
He conquered the city of Constantinople in 1453.
Who is Mehmed II?
200
This dynasty overthrew Mongol rule in 1368, resulting in a revival of Chinese culture.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
200
This refers to the period of reform in the Ottoman Empire between 1839 and 1876.
What is the Tanzimat Period?
200
This idea means to "leave it alone," meaning the government should have no role in the economy.
What is laissez-faire?
300
This was the most profitable crop in the Caribbean.
What is sugar?
300
This Islamic empire covered southern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
300
He posted the 95 Theses in 1517, which protested against corruption in the Catholic Church.
Who is Martin Luther?
300
He came from the island of Corsica and became Emperor of the French in 1804.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
300
The Industrial Revolution started in this country.
What is Great Britain?
400
This was the chief colonial administrator in the Spanish colonies in Latin America.
What is the viceroy?
400
This was a battle in 1514 that weakened the Ottoman and Safavid Empires.
What is the Battle of Chaldiran?
400
In this ideology, if the emperor was no longer taking care of his people, then it was time to change the dynasty.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
400
This treaty ended the Opium Wars and ushered in the Era of Unequal Treaties for China.
What is the Treaty of Nanjing?
400
He believed that the working class would ultimately overthrow the capitalists.
Who is Karl Marx?
500
This law, passed by the British Parliament in 1867, gave self-rule to Canada.
What is the British North America Act?
500
He was a British politician who lobbied for the end of the slave trade in the late 1700s.
Who is William Wilberforce?
500
This treaty ended the Thirty Years' War and established the rise of secular sovereign states.
What is the Treaty of Westphalia?
500
This is the ideology that people who share certain characteristics, like language and culture, should be able to rule themselves.
What is nationalism?
500
He believed that ultimately there would not be enough food to feed the population
Who is Thomas Malthus?
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