: Unit 1 – Global Tapestry
What philosophy in China focused on respect for elders and order?
What is Confucianism
Who united the Mongols and began their empire?
Who is Genghis Khan
What desert did caravans cross to trade in West Africa?
What is the Sahara Desert
What disease weakened the Catholic Church’s control and allowed monarchs to centralize power?
What is the Bubonic Plague
What are the three main divisions of history (Ancient, Medieval, Modern)?
What is Ancient (4000 BC–500 AD), Medieval (500–1500 AD), Modern (1500–present)
What Indian religion believed in karma and dharma?
What is Hinduism
What was the name of the Mongol peace that protected trade?
What is the Pax Mongolica
What animal made long-distance Trans-Saharan trade possible?
What is the camel
Who sponsored Columbus’s voyage in 1492 that led to European colonization of the Americas?
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella
What do the letters “BC” and “AD” mean?
What is “Before Christ” and “Anno Domini”
What dynasty expanded Chinese trade and used the civil service exam?
What is the Song Dynasty
What luxury good was the most traded from China on the Silk Roads?
What is silk
What religion spread into Africa along trade routes?
What is Islam
What Portuguese prince sponsored early voyages that created a trading-post empire?
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator
If two dates are both BC or both AD, how do you find the years between them?
What is subtract the smaller number from the larger number
What document-based question (DBQ) focused on trade across Asia?
What is the Silk Road DBQ
Who was the European traveler that visited the Yuan Dynasty
Who is Marco Polo
What city in Mali became a center of trade and Islamic learning?
What is Timbuktu
What Protestant nation defeated Catholic Spain and later colonized Virginia?
What is England
What does the word circa mean when used with a date?
What is “about that time”
What global religion spread across Dar al-Islam during this period?
What is Islam
What Mongol leader established the Yuan Dynasty in China?
Who is Kublai Khan
What disease spread along Eurasian trade routes?
What is the Black Death
What European power established New Amsterdam (later New York) and dominated Indian Ocean trade?
Who are the Dutch
If Rome was founded in 753 BC and the year is 2021 AD, how many years ago was it founded?
What is 2,774 years ago