Unit 1
Emperor Taizu was the very first emperor of the major Dynasty in China.
What is the Song Dynasty?
What was the term used to describe the "system of credit" used across the Silk Road? This system involved depositing money in one location and withdrawing it elsewhere.
What is Flying Cash?
Shah Ismail the First of this empire built the empire on Shia Islam.
What is the Safavid Empire?
This was a major crop that originated in the New world and travelled to the old world. It would eventually lead to a famine in Ireland in the 19th Century.
What are Potatoes?
This statement sums up the entire enlightenment movement, with science prevailing over religion.
What is reason over revelation?
Which one of the five pillars of Islam is a prerequisite to be considered a Muslim? It must come first for you to be "in the faith".
What is a Statement of Faith?
What was a major item traded along Indian Ocean Trade routes and the silk road that was not in high demand in India?
What are Spices?
This Safavid Leader was more tolerant of other religions, especially Christians. He also made the Safavid army more modernized.
Who is Shah Abbas the First?
Trade companies like the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company are examples of this. People would invest as a group to limit the liability factor of an investment.
What is a Joint Stock Company?
This enlightenment thinker believed in Natural laws and a Social Contract.
Who is John Locke?
What South American Country did the Incan Empire first occur in. It is very mountainous and the home of Machu Pichu.
What is Peru?
What is the Mali Empire?
The term "Janissary" is most closely associated with what major system in the Ottoman Empire?
What is the Devshirme System?
A system of labor used by Spain that gave colonists rights to demand labor or other services from indigenous people in exchange for protection by the Spanish Crown.
What is the Encomienda System?
This French Thinker believed against absolutism, instead favoring Checks and Balances. He even inspired the three branches of the United State's Government.
Who is Montesquieu?
What is the term that best describes the system of the Mayan Government? It involves one major area being it's own independent entity.
What is a city-state?
This kingdom took the place of the Kingdom of Mali. The Kingdom of Mali fell apart after the leader, Mansa Musa, died.
What is the Songhai Empire?
Shah Jahan, the emperor of this empire is remembered for building the Taj Mahal for his late wife.
What is the Mughal Empire?
System of Labor that involved conquistadors owning large portions of land and using indentured servants, slaves from Africa, or enslaved natives to work the land.
What is the Hacienda System?
This Enlightenment thinker believed in the term Laissez-Faire and the idea of the government being "hands off" and letting the economy run on its own. He is widely regarded as one of the most famous and influential economists of all time.
Who is Adam Smith?
Filial Piety is a belief that you should respect your elders, specifically your parents. This lead to a kinder and more successful song culture. This belief was derived from Confucius who believed that respect for your elders would lead to respect to others. You respected your elders as you believed they are more experienced than you.
What is Filial Piety and how did it affect Song Culture?
Mansa Musa's journey lead to the spread of Islam across Africa. He gave out money and riches to his hosts and also built elaborate mosques along his path. This lead to the spread of Islam across his path and made Islam a more dominant religion.
What was the influence of the Journey of Mansa Musa?
The three Gunpowder empires were the Mughal, Safavid and Ottoman Empires. They are all Muslim, but the Safavid were Shia Muslims while the others were Sunni. They all spoke a Turkic Language. A gunpowder empire is an empire that used firearms to obtain and maintain power or rule.
What are the 3 Gunpowder Empires and what are their similarities?
Chattel Slavery is the ownership of slaves, as they are your property, while indentured service is voluntary, and you can be treated better and rewarded for your service. Indentured service may also have better conditions and better benefits. Chattel Slavery is not voluntary, as you are taken from your home and shipped across the middle passage to be sold into slavery.
What is the difference between Chattel Slavery and Indentured Service?
Locke claimed that the governments job is to create laws and it is the job of the citizens to follow them. Locke believed that humans needed structure and order to keep people in check, as well as keeping people safe from themselves, and others. Locke believed that people were naturally born with a "clean slate" and were naturally good. He also believed that people were given "natural rights" like property and liberty.
What is a Social Contract according to John Locke?