China
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Geography
100

The major monument fixed and expanded by the Ming Dynasty

The Great Wall of China

100

Three empires that used gunpowder to expand their empires

The Gunpowder Empires

100

Renaissance mean

Rebirth (specifically of Roman and Greek ideas, art, and architecture)

100

Define Encomienda (a Spanish system in the Americas)

A system in which Spaniards gained cheap labor for plantations through demanding labor from the indigenous people

100

What country is this?

What is the name of the mountain range to the north that protects this country from invasions?

India

Himalayas

200
Enemies of China whose disruption to the Ming Dynasty resulted in the continued construction of the Great Wall

The Mongols

200

One Gunpowder Empires that featured an Islamic minority ruling over a Hindu majority (modern day India)

The Mughals

200

Martin Luther's main complaint against the Catholic Church

Obedience to the Pope was seen as higher than worship

200

The exchange of plants, animals, people, and germs between Africa, Europe, and the Americas

The Columbian Exchange

200

Which part of China contains the Great Wall of China (think of the directions on a compass)

North or North-East

300

An explanation of why one ruling family lost power (in China) and another was justified in assuming power

The Mandate of Heaven

300

The five pillars of Islam

Prayer (5 times a day!), fasting, giving alms, confession of faith, and a pilgrimage to Mecca

300

The Revolution in which new ideas were theorized and challenged the beliefs of the Catholic Church

Scientific Revolution

300

Define Mercantilism

The idea that national wealth is based on a favorable balance of exports over imports
300

What ocean did enslaved Africans sail over in the Middle Passage?

Atlantic

400

A Chinese explorer who lead a number of voyages around South Asia and East Africa

Zheng He

400

Highest prophet in the Muslim religion

Muhammed

400

Put these three European countries in the order in which they formed trade empires in the Indian Ocean

British, Dutch, Portuguese

Portuguese, Dutch, British

400

The precious metal the Spaniards found in huge amounts and which was responsible for transforming the global economy from 1500 and 1700

Silver

400

Name three bodies of water which touched the Gunpowder Empires

Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal

500

Explain the dynastic cycle

500

What does monotheistic mean?

A belief in one god

500

The motivations behind the Age of Exploration

Competition for resources and alternate trade routes to India and East Asia

500

The name for the journey in which enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas

The Middle Passage

500

Which American civilization was in the Yucatan Pennisula?

Maya