Trade
Name one important commodity of the Trans-Saharan trade route
Salt/Gold
Name the primary religion of the area listed:
India
Hindu
This land based empire conquered the Abbasid city of Baghdad in 1258
Mongols
This type of ship enabled the Portuguese to go around the Sahara Desert to establish trade in Western Africa.
Caravel
What was the name of the program the United States used to make the first atomic weapons?
Manhattan Project
What three items were the most traded through India during the reign of the Mughal Empire?
Cotton/Silk/Spices
Name the primary religion of the area listed:
Japan
Shinto
This Chinese Dynasty (960-1279) was on the verge of starting an industrial revolution when attacked by the Mongols
Song
What was the Green Revolution?
technology transfer initiatives occurring between 1950 and the late 1960s, that increased agricultural production worldwide
What was the Domino Theory?
U.S. idea that if one country in Southeast Asia fell to communism more would follow
Which trade route did the Spanish establish to prevent English piracy?
Manilla Galleon
Name the primary religion of the area listed:
Spain
Catholicism
How did the American Revolution add to the economic troubles of France?
added to their debt/agricultural based economy
How did tobacco save the English colony of Jamestown?
Gave the colony a cash crop to survive
Explain the concept of island hopping in relation to Japanese imperialism
moving from island to island in the Pacific to get more natural resources
What was one reason the Ottomans did not allow trade to go through their empire?
fear of foreign influence/too tough to control/hard to tax/maintain defenses
Name the primary religion of the area listed:
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
Animism
Explain how World War I led to the end of the Russian Empire
Soldiers dying, economic troubles, czar not present, famine
What was the Casta System?
Spanish social structure in the Americas
Explain the term Africa neglect
The idea that European imperialist countries did not attend to affairs in Africa due to the world wars and it helped lead to countries in Africa gaining their independence.
Why was America interested in establishing trade with Japan in the mid-1800's
trying to establish foreign markets in Asia like England and France/wanted to expand the sphere of influence of their country
Name the primary religion of the area listed:
China
Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism
Name a sea based empire and explain how they grew in power
Spain/England/Japan/Portugal/Dutch/France
What was the political philosophy of Hobbes
People are not smart enough to make important political decisions, you need a strong monarch to run a country
Explain Keynesian Economics
The idea that a free market economy needs some government regulation in order to function properly