Unit 1
Africa in the 13th-15th centuries was primarily made up of this type of state.
What are decentralized states?
Land based trade route that connected China to the Middle East.
What is the Silk Road?
These three "Gs" are the main reasons that Europeans began exploring in the 1500s.
What are God, Glory, and Gold?
This was a religious movement in Europe during the 15th century that challenged the power of the Catholic Church.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
This man's belief that the people have a right to overthrow their government if it is not meeting their needs inspired many revolutions in the period 1750-1900.
Who is John Locke?
Empire that became the dominant force in Mesoamerica after the collapse of the Maya and Teotihuacan.
Who are the Aztec?
Sea based trade route that connected the Middle East and India.
What is the Indian Ocean Trade Route?
European exploration led to the start of this "trade." This "trade" provided a labor force to newly founded colonies.
What is the Atlantic Slave trade?
True or False: Monumental architecture like the Palace of Versailles or the Taj Mahal were used by rulers of land based empires to demonstrate their power.
What is true?
This revolution began as a result of heavy taxes, starving peasants, and a monarchy that ignored the needs of its people.
What is the French Revolution?
An Islamic Empire in northern India that was established in the 13th century.
What is the Dehli Sultanate?
This trade route relied on the camel to transport goods across North Africa.
What is the trans-Saharan trade route?
Exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
New technology like this substance made it easier for land based empires to expand in the period 1450-1750.
This revolution began as a slave revolt, and successfully removed the French from their territory.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
Islamic empire that was seen as the Golden Age of Islamic learning.
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?
These two religions primarily spread as a result of trade in the period 1200-1450.
What are Buddhism and Islam?
This country monopolized the spice trade in the Indian Ocean during the 15th century.
What is Portugal?
Conflict between these two empires would ultimately deepen the Sunni-Shia split in Islam.
What are the Safavid and Mughal Empires?
Workers during the Industrial Revolution lived in cramped apartments and worked long, dangerous hours while the wealthy enjoyed increased privileges. This would inspire this economic and political ideology.
What is communism?
Song China promoted this ideology to gain support from the masses.
This man led the Mongol Empire as they created the largest land empire ever.
Who is Genghis Khan?
Metacom's war began in 1675 after the English colonists shot at members of this Native American tribe.
Name 3 different leaders that we studied who governed land based empires at this time.
Who are Akbar, Pachacuti, Moctezuma, Louis XIV, Vlad the Impaler, Suleiman the Magnificent, Yongle Emperor, Qianlong Emperor, and Shah Abbas
The governments of these two countries decided to industrialize to keep up with the industrializing west.