Regions
Geography
Land-Based Empires
Maritime Empires
Connections Across the Atlantic
Religious & Social Changes
100
This borders of this type of region are based on peoples' beliefs
What is a perceptual region?
100
This problem happens when a country has way more older adults than young people. With fewer workers to replace retiring ones, the country struggles to pay for healthcare, pensions, and keep its economy running strong. Name of this type of population pyramid.
What is a negative population pyramid?
100
The system where empires took boys from minority groups and trained them for government or the army.
What is the devshirme system?
100
What were the two original main maritime empires?
What is Spain and Portugal?
100
The name of the biological exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the Old World and the New World
What is the Columbian Exchange
100
This invention helped Reformation ideas spread quickly because people could finally read sermons, arguments, and Bibles on their own.
What is the Printing Press?
200
The borders of this region are based on set, defined boundaries
What is a formal region?
200
The birth rate of this population pyramid (low, medium, or high)
What is low birth rate?
200
This form of technology/invention played the largest role in the expansion and conquest of many of these empires.
What are gunpowder weapons?
200
European countries sailed around Africa to reach this region for profitable trade.
What is Asia?
200
The crop that is originally from the Americas and had a major impact on European diets and population growth
What is the potato?
200
The blending of cultures and religions that happened as a result of contact between Europeans and Indigenous peoples.
What is syncretism?
400
The name of this type of region
What is a functional region?
400
The name of this population pyramid
What is rapid growth population pyramid?
400
This luxurious commodity spurred Russia to expand East
What is fur?
400
The European country that gained massive amounts of wealth through the mining of silver
What is Spain?
400
Name one major disease that Europeans brought to the Americas, devastating native populations.
What is:
- Smallpox
- Measles
- Influenza
- Typhus
- Bubonic plague
- Chickenpox
400
What period in European history, beginning in the 14th century, is known for its revival of art, culture, and intellectual achievements, drawing inspiration from classical antiquity?
What is the Renaissance?
600
The Valley is this type of a region
What is a perceptual region?
600
(1200 Bonus Points) The birth rate of Mexico in 1965 (low, medium, high)
What is high birth rate?
600
The term often used to describe the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires because of their use of new military technology.
What are gunpowder empires?
600
A company made up of investors who shared risks and profits, and had the power to run trade, set up colonies, and control territory.
What is a joint-stock company?
600
The primary economic impact on Spain's economy from the introduction of silver from the Americas
What is inflation?
600
The movement that began when people started questioning church practices and wanted reforms in Christian beliefs.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
800
The name of this type of region
What is a formal region?
800
The mortality rate of this population pyramid (low, medium, or high)
What is a high mortality rate?
800
Rulers used this to legitimize their rule and show off their power.
What are monuments or fancy public art/architecture?
800
Bonus (1200 points) The name of the economic system that emphasized exporting more than importing
What is mercantilism?
800
Disease caused demographic collapse across the Americas, leading Europeans to depend more on this source of labor.
What is enslaved Africans?
800
A complaint Martin Luther had about the Catholic Church was that church leaders were doing this instead of focusing on faith and scripture.
What are selling indulgences, abusing church power, and giving the pope too much authority?
1000
Bonus (2000 Points) The name of this type of region
What is a functional region?
1000
The name of this population pyramid
What is a negative growth population pyramid?
1000
This painting shows the Mughal emperor following what policy?
What is limited religious tolerance?
1000
The name of the worldwide trade network shaped by silver from the Americas.
What is the global silver trade?
1000
The primary cash crop grown in the Caribbean that drove the need for labor
What is sugar?
1000
Who is the best teacher?
Mr. Longoria