1200-1450
Food that led to a population explosion in Asia.
What is Champa Rice?
This naval advancement allowed ships to travel longer distances, faster, with more accuracy.
What is the lateen sail?
The father of the factory.
Who is Richard Arkwright?
The peacekeeping organization created after WWI.
What is the League of Nations?
An ideological conflict between the Capitalist West and the Communist Soviets.
What is the Cold War?
Chinese innovation that led to the rise of empires.
What is gunpowder?
The belief that a ruler has a god-given right to rule.
What is divine right?
The term that refers to a "hands off" government approach to the economy.
What is laissez faire?
The region known as the "powder keg" in the early 20th century because of a sharp rise in nationalism.
What is the Balkans?
The belief that women and men are equal.
What is feminism?
The exchange of land for services.
What is feudalism?
The court that tried heretics in Catholic Spain under Ferdinand and Isabella.
What is the inquisition?
No private property, no competition, no consumer choice.
What is communism?
This country was created by the Balfour Declaration as a national homeland for the Jewish people.
What is Israel?
The compulsory labor system of the Incan government.
What is the mit'a system?
This institution in Baghdad preserved Greek and Roman innovations and advancements.
What is the House of Wisdom?
A period of isolationism in Japan.
What is Tokugawa?
Because of this, China was split into spheres of influence by Europeans.
What are the Opium Wars?
Militarism, nationalism, propaganda, and censorship.
What is fascism?
Floating gardens of Tenochtitlan. Created by the Aztecs for farming.
What are the chinampas?
This nomadic group was known for brutality but also religious tolerance.
What is the Mongols?
The system of kidnapping Christian boys to serve in the Ottoman military.
What is Devshirme?
This Belgian leader exploited and brutalized the Congo in his quest for rubber resources.
Who is King Leopold II?
This group of people was targeted by the Hutu during the Rwandan genocide.
What is the Tutsi?
The blending of religious traditions and customs.
What is religious syncretism?