Vocabulary
The Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil administration, industry, education, and arts other than military.
What is the Song dynasty?
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
What is Imperialism
Conquered a massive, contiguous land area stretching from East Asia to Eastern Europe, including modern-day China, Russia, Iran, Iraq, Central Asian nations, and parts of Eastern Europe.
What is the Mongol Conquest
Global trade network emerged after 1500 and linked the Americans, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
What is the Silk Road?
This Empire used the devshirme system to staff its elite military and bureaucracy.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
The ancient trade routes between China and the Mediterranean Sea, linking China with the Roman Empire. The Silk Roads were important because they helped to generate trade and commerce between a number of different kingdoms and empire
What is the Silk Roads?
Stalin's economic policy to rebuild the Soviet economy after WWI. tried to improve heavy industry and improve farm output, but resulted in famine
What is the Five Year Plan?
Occurred due to profound dissatisfaction with the corrupt, Manchu-led Qing Dynasty, combined with severe famine, economic depression, and the rise of a revolutionary, quasi-Christian religious movement led by Hong Xiuquan.
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
Leader of the Haitian Revolution became the first ruler of independent Haiti.
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
This West African ruler's pilgramage in 1324 disrupting Mediterranean economics die to the amount of gold he distributed.
Who is Mansa Musa?
Southwest, Central, and South Asia that relied on firearms to conquer and control their territories.
Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal
What are the Gunpowder Empires?
1949 alliance of nations that agreed to band together in the event of war and to support and protect each nation involved
What is NATO?
A war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve slavery.
What is the American Revolution?
Describes the movment of people from rual areas to cities during industrialization.
What is Urbanization?
This Chinese dynasty justified its rule through a revival of Confucian idals and a merit-based bureaucracy after Mongol rule.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
The "rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome.
What is the Renaissance?
a large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties (due to genetic engineering, cross breeding)
What is the Green Revolution?
Also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included Europe and the Middle East, as well as parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific.
What is World War one?
The social class that emerged during industrialization as factory owners and buisness leaders.
What is the Bourgeoisie?
This Islamic scholar from North Africa is known for his historical work analyzing cycles of dynastic rise and fall.
Who is Ibn Khaldun?
A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.
What is a social contract?
The focus is 1200 CE to the present, the course will include cultural, religious, economic, and social developments from previous eras that influence the modern world
What is AP world?
A global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, the latter enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the only nuclear weapons used in war.
What is World War Two?
This US plan provided economic aid to rebuild Europe after World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This philosophical movement blended Confucianism with Buddhist and Daoist ideas during the Song Dynasty
What is Neo-Confucianism?