land-based empires
What was the main technological invention that fostered the territorial expansion of empires in 1450-1750?
What is gunpowder?
What is the name of the empire that allowed safe trade along the Silk Roads?
What is the Mongol Empire?
What is the name of the illness that took over Europe in the mid-fourteenth century?
What is the bubonic plague? (black death)
What is the name of the traditional Chinese religion that was used to consolidate power for many centuries?
What is Confucianism?
Which empire inhabited the Andean Region?
What is the Incan Empire?
What is the name of the empire that had a rivalry with the Ottoman Empire (Sunni Islam) over religious differences?
What is the Safavid Empire? (Shi'a Islam)
What is the name of the trade route that famously traded gold, salt, and slaves?
What is the Trans-Saharan trade route?
What is the name of the social system that dominated Western Europe from the ninth to the thirteenth centuries?
What is feudalism?
China often practiced_______ tendencies when it came to foreign trade.
What is isolationist?
Which empire was difficult for colonizers to conquer, as they were politically fragmented and split into competing kingdoms?
What is the Mayan Empire?
What is the name of the elite version of the Devshirme, an Ottoman forced recruitment system that created a loyal army and bureaucratic source for the Sultan?
What are the Janissaries?
What economic invention was invented in China during the Tang dynasty and is still employed to an extent today?
What is paper money?
Which empire did Constantinople belong to when it fell to the Ottomans in 1453?
What is the Byzantine Empire?
What is the name of the dynasty in which China was under Mongolian rule?
What is the Yuan Dynsaty?
What was the name of the labor system in which able-bodied men were required to work for the state a set number of days out of the year and were provided food, clothing, and security as a result?
What is the Mit'a system?
What is the name of the empire that blended Persian and Indian culture and built the Taj Mahal?
What is the Mughal Empire?
What is the name of the traveler who documented their discoveries in "Rihla"?
Who is Ibn Battuta?
What is the name of the church that was created as a result of King Henry VIII's separation from the Roman Catholic Church?
What is the Anglican Church?
What was the ethnic identity of the rulers of the Qing dynasty who overthrew the Ming dynasty?
What is Manchu?
What was the main method of transportation in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan?
What are extensive networks of canals?
What is the name of the mandatory Islamic journey to Mecca that travelors such as Mansa Musa completed?
What is Hajj?
What is the name of the most notable Swahili city-state trade hub, creating its own copper coin?
What is Kilwa Kisiwani?
Which country did Russia enter into several conflicts with to attempt to gain control of the Baltic Sea?
What is Sweden?
What was the overall pass rate for the civil service exam, which reappeared many times throughout Chinese history?
What is 1-5%?
What was the name of the massive trade hub located in present-day Illinois?
What is Cahokia?