1200-1450
The three main Afro-Eurasian trade routes
Silk road
Sand roads
sea roads
Exercise of power over a nation, often by a Western empire, to exploit them for resources and economic or political gain
Imperialism
What event led to mass urbanization, new job opportunities, and increased production, following the new mechanization of industries
Industrial Revolution
The interdependence of nations via advancing communication, transportation, and economics
Globalization
Military leader who rose to power during the French Revolution through famous military successes
Napolean
An outpost common on the Silk Road, acting as a rest stop and a trading hub for merchants and missionaries to spread goods and ideas.
Caravanseri
Crops mass farmed in the Caribbean through slave labor, such as tobacco, sugar, and cacao, then exported for huge profits
Cash crops
Workers uniting as a group to use leverage to stand against unfair pay and poor working conditions, often through strikes
Labor Unions
What were the key agricultural developments leading to the Green Revolution?
HYV (high-yielding and other adapted seed varieties)
Fertilizers (pesticides)
Mechanized farming (combines, tractors, etc)
Improved Irigation systems
The common Western and South American belief of leaders being picked and given power by god
Divine right, Mandate of Heaven
The disease that killed the majority of indigenous South Americans following Western imperialism
Spanish Flu
The writer of the 95 Theses, who challenged the catholic church and led the protestant reformation
Martin Luther
The meeting of European nations to find a way to divide African territories without fighting eachother
Berlin conference
Document constructed after World War I to act as a punishment to Germany for it's distruction
Treaty of Versailles
Japanese reforms in an attempt to adopt Western political and economic practices, to keep up with industrialized nations
Meiji restoration
What dominant empire boosted trade on the Silk Road by actively policing trade routes and promoting the status of merchants
Mongols
Heavily militarized trade companies dominating the indian ocean
Joint stock trading companies
The document made after the French Revolution, granting human rights to citizens; inspired by John Lockes enlightenment ideas
The Bill of Rights of Man
What opportunities did global conflicts like the world wars provide for woman
Working in factories and varying jobs to fill the roles of men and support the war efforts
What Chinese exam is taken to get into the bureaucracy, allowing lower-class citizens opportunity for wealth
Civil service exam
The Islamic word is for Mansa Musa's journey to Mecca
Hajj
A treaty set in place by the Pope, constructing a line to divide the Portuguese and Spanish empires
Treaty of Tordesillas
Conflict between China and Western powers as a result of trade imbalance, followed by the illegal exports of certain substances into China
Opium wars
The two European alliance systems leading up to WWI
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
What is Fluth favorite tree
Rocky Mountain juniper