Unit 0
A major development allowed humans to settle in one place and create a civilization.
What is the Agricultural/Neolithic Revolution?
The belief system founded by Confucius that became widespread in China, and beliefs from it were used for centuries.
What is Confucianism?
The famous trade route that connected a majority of Eurasia.
What is the Silk Road?
The empire ruled by Suleiman the Magnificent that controlled a lot of the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
The explorer who discovered the "New World" or the Americas in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The era before humans started to settle in one area. (They were primarily hunter/gatherers).
What is the Paleolithic Era?
The Chinese dynasty that ruled during 1200–1450 and encouraged trade along the Silk Road.
What is the Song Dynasty?
The deadly disease that spread along trade routes and killed millions.
What is the Black Death/Bubonic Plague?
The empire in India that was known for religious tolerance under the rule of Akbar.
What is the Mughal Empire?
The exchange of plants and diseases between the Old World and the New World.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The reason early civilizations usually developed near rivers.
What is fertile soil for farming, water for crops, water to drink? (Answering two out of three will give points).
The reason the Mali Empire become wealthy off gold and salt despite being disconnected from Eurasia for centuries.
What is new trading technologies (caravans, caravanserai, camels), and trading routes along the Sahara Desert.
(Answering two out of four will give points).
The reason many merchants preferred the Indian Ocean trade route over the Silk Roads for transporting large amounts of items.
What is ships could carry much more cargo than caravans, monsoon winds allowed merchants to travel long distances easier when predicted?
(Answering one out of two will give points).
The reason gunpowder weapons were important to the rise of land-based (gunpowder) empires such as the Ottomans, Mughals, and Safavids.
What is allowed rulers to conquer fortified cities and expand territory, helping them build powerful empires?
(Must mention one out of two to earn points).
The reason Europeans wanted to explore and establish sea routes to Asia during the 1400s, but ended up stumbling across the Americas.
What is direct access to valuable goods like spices and silk while avoiding land routes controlled by other empires?
(Answering one out of two will give points).
Explain one way agriculture changed human societies.
What is permanent settlements, population growth, job specialization, and development of governments. (Writing an SAQ about one will count as correct).
Explain one reason the Song Dynasty experienced economic growth.
What is champa rice, expanded trade routes, improved iron production.
(Writing an SAQ about one will count as correct).
Explain how trade networks led to cultural diffusion.
What is merchants and travelers spreading ideas, religions, technologies, and items between empires?
(The SAQ must mention a few of these to earn points).
Explain how gunpowder helped land-based empires expand.
What is conquer territory and maintain military power, allow for siege raiding?
(Writing an SAQ about one will count as correct).
Explain one major effect of Europeans traveling to the Americas.
What is Indigenous populations died off due to diseases they had no immunity to, new crops arrived in the Americas, and colonies eventually came from Europe?
(Writing an SAQ about one will count as correct).
Explain how the Neolithic Revolution changed both social structures and economic structures in early human societies.
What is shifted societies from nomadic hunting and gathering to agriculture. Led to population growth, permanent villages, job specialization, and social hierarchies?
(If most topics are mentioned, points are earned).
Explain how the government systems in Song Dynasty China and Europe were different in 1200-1450. Mention who had power over the empires.
What is China had a centralized government led by an Emperor following the mandate of heaven, whereas Europe used feudalism and power was held by the land owning nobles?
(If most topics are mentioned, points are earned).
Explain one economic and one cultural effect of the Silk Roads.
What is increased trade and wealth between regions, spreading religions like Confucianism and Buddhism across Asia.
(If most topics are mentioned, points are earned).
Compare the methods used by the Ottoman and Mughal empires to maintain control.
What is both used strong militaries and bureaucracies, but the Ottomans used systems like the devshirme system while the Mughals relied more on religious tolerance and good government systems?
(If most topics are mentioned, points are earned).
Explain how the Columbian Exchange changed economies around the world.
What is new crops like potatoes and corn increased food production and population growth, and silver mining in the Americas flooded China and other parts of the world with silver.
(If most topics are mentioned, points are earned).