People
Places
Empires
Ideas
Miscellaneous
100
Who was the Chinese explorer known for his impressive fleet who obtained a giraffe in Bengal in 1414? 
Zheng He
100
Where is chocolate native to?
The Americas/Old World
100
What Central Asian empire, led by Genghis Khan (Chinggis Khan), was able to conquer most of Eurasia in the 1200s?
The Mongol Empire
100
What is the term used to describe the transatlantic voyage taken by slave ships?
The Middle Passage
100
What country successfully colonized the east coast of the present day United States in the early 1600s?
Britain
200
What was the name of the extraordinarily wealthy ruler of the Mali Empire whose generous gifts lowered the price of gold in Egypt for a decade?
Mansa Musa I
200
From what part of Africa were the most enslaved people taken from? (north, south, east, west)
West Africa
200
What was the name of the historical empire located in modern-day Turkey that once dominated much of southwestern Europe and the Middle East? Its capital was Constantinople/Istanbul.
The Ottoman Empire
200
What is the term for the flow of goods, animals, plants, and diseases from Afro-Eurasia to the Americas and vice versa after European contact with the Americas?
The Columbian Exchange
200
What Chinese dynasty followed the Ming Dynasty?
Qing Dynasty
300
What English slave ship captain later became a preacher and abolitionist? (think primary source quiz)
John Newton
300
What was the name of the British colony in the Caribbean whose economy was primarily based on sugar plantations and enslaved labor?
Barbados
300
What empire, located in the Andes mountains in modern-day Peru, was conquered by the Spanish in the 1500s?
Inca Empire
300
What is the name of the European cultural and intellectual movement that peaked in the 1700s which emphasized reason, empircal evidence, and the scientific method?
The Enlightenment
300
What European nation divided up South America with Spain along a line of longitude in the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Portugal
400
What was the name of Hernan Cortes's female interpreter who spoke both Maya and Nahua and enabled Cortes to communicate with the Aztecs?
La Malinche/Malintzin
400
What Asian country closed its borders to European Christian missionaries and traders in the 1630s?
Japan
400
What historical empire, located in present day India, accumulated vast wealth by levying agricultural taxes?
The Mughal Empire
400
What was the name of the legal document created by the Spanish Crown that was read at the time of encounter with new indigenous groups, offering the opportunity to peacefully accept Christianity and the authority of the Spanish Crown, or refuse and jeopardize life?
The Requerimiento (Requirement)
400
What was the name of the split in the Christian church prompted by Martin Luther's criticisms of Catholic corruption?
Protestant Reformation
500
What was the name of the Aztec leader who was emperor at the time of first contact with the Spanish and was later stoned to death by his own people?
Moctezuma/Motehcuhzoma/Montezuma II
500
In what present day South American country are the Potosi silver mines located?
Bolivia
500
What is the name of the successor state to the Mongol Empire that ruled over present day China from 1271-1368?
The Yuan Dynasty
500
What was the Spanish system of dividing up claimed lands and assigning indigenous inhabitants to Spanish overlords called?
Encomienda
500
What was the name of the Spanish priest who wrote A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indes and A History of the Indians and criticized Spanish cruelty toward indigenous Americans?
Bartolome de las Casas