Basics
MCQ: Which new development allowed transoceanic exchange?
A) Printing press
B) Telephone
C) Caravel
D) Caravenserai
What is C, the caravel?
MCQ: Which is NOT an effect of industrialization?
A) Growth of the working class
B) Mass production
C) Overcrowding
D) Return to agricultural-based economies
What is D, return to agricultural-based economies?
MCQ: Whose voyages demonstrated early Chinese chipbuilding technology, advancements, and established tribute relationships?
A) Chinggis Khan
B) Zheng He
C) Ho Chi Minh
D) Mao Zedong
Who is B, Zheng He?
SAQ: Explain the development of maritime empires.
What is...
Maritime empires were developed due to new innovations such as the caravel and new shipbuilding techniques. This facilitated setting up colonies and transatlantic trade. They were also motivated because of the shift in importance from the Silk Road to the Indian Ocean Trade routes which included posts around Africa and parts of Asia.
Compare the Soviet Union and US.
What is...
US: capitalist, democracy, NATO
Soviet: communist, authoritarian, Warsaw Pact
MCQ: What is the event that is characterized by nationalism, humanism, and natural rights?
A) Scientific Revolution
B) Enlightenment
C) Modern Era
D) Middle Ages
What is B, the Enlightenment?
MCQ: Which of the following is a cause of WWI?
A) MAIN
B) Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
C) Declining economies
D) Boredom
What is A, MAIN?
SAQ: Identify and describe the significance of Christopher Columbus.
What is...
Christopher Columbus was commissioned by Spain and his voyage ultimately created the triangular trade. This trade connected Africa, Europe, and the Americas. This trade facilitated the spread/introduction of technologies, natural resources/materials, and slavery.
SAQ: Explain the significance of rise of absolute monarchies.
What is...
Absolute monarchies wanted centralized power as well as absolute control without sharing with parliament. For example, Louis XIV was the absolute monarch of France who dissolved parliament and kept his nobles under his watch in the Palace of Versailles. However, absolute monarchs' tight control in addition to Enlightenment ideals ultimately led to the Fronde.
Continuity or Change: Industrialization
What is change?
MCQ: What is the major land-based exchange route that stretched across East Asia to Europe?
A) Silk Road
B) Mongolia
C) Trans-Saharan Trade
D) Indian Ocean Trade
What is A, the Silk Road?
MCQ: What was a cause of the US and the Soviet Union to start the Cold War?
A) economic decline
B) communism vs anti-communism
C) both nations were communist
D) both nations were capitalist
What is B, communism vs anti-communism?
SAQ: Explain the significance of Chinggis Khan.
What is...
Chinggis Khan was the ruler of Mongolia with strong leadership qualities. For example, during his reign, the Silk Roads became much safer which increased trade productivity and had an efficient military. In addition, he promoted his citizens based on their talent/merit rather than nepotism.
MCQ: Which invention caused serious/increased the mortality rate during WWII?
A) Trenches
B) Nuclear weapons
C) Horses
D) Ships/naval
What is B, nuclear weapons?
Continuity or Change: military alliances
What is continuity?
MCQ: What were the two empires that rivaled due to their religious differences of Shia and Sunni?
A) Safavid & Ottoman
B) Ottoman & Mughal
C) Manchu/Qing & Safavid
D) Safavid & Mughal
What is the A, the Safavid and Ottoman empires?
MCQ: Which is not an effect of religion on a country?
A) unifying force
B) divine right of kings
C) did not have any power in governance
D) led education
What is C, did not have any power in governance?
SAQ: Identify and describe the impact of Vladmir Lenin.
What is...
Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevik party who were communist. After their success of overthrowing the Romanov Dynasty, the USSR was formed. The USSR became the first large-scale communist state, and after Lenin's death Joseph Stalin took over. The nation's ideology of communism later also led to the Cold War.
MCQ: What event began religious warfare in Europe?
A) Feudalism
B) Sunni vs Shia
C) Martin Luther's 95-Theses
D) Colonization efforts
What is C, Martin Luther's 95-Theses?
Continuity or Change: consumerism
What is Change?
MCQ: Which is NOT a factor/characteristic of the Song Dynasty?
A) Confucianism
B) Filial Piety
C) Sharia
D) Civil Service Exam
What is C, Sharia?
MCQ: Which was an outcome of the Green Revolution?
A) decreased chemical use in agriculture
B) decreased food production
C) increase in famine
D) water depletion
What is D, water depletion?
SAQ: Identify and describe the significance of Olympe de Gouges.
What is...
Olympe de Gouges wrote the "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen" during the French Revolution. The French Revolution was influenced by Enlightenment ideals such as humanism and natural rights. Her work was significant due to speaking up for women's rights such as suffrage and equal opportunity for French women.
MCQ: Which event killed millions during the Middle Ages (hint: spread by fleas)
A) Bubonic Plague
B) COVID-19
C) Measles
D) Smallpox
What is A, Bubonic Plague?
Compare the Silk Road and Triangular Trade.
What is...
Silk Road: land-based, silk/porcelain luxury goods, China/Asia holds most power
Triangular Trade: sea-based, transportation of slaves, tobacco goods