Americas Before 1491
The term used for revisionist historians who believe that Native Americans existed in the Americas before 1492 in numbers far greater than previously thought.
High counters
Cultivation and production of this crop was central to economy in St. Domingue
Sugar
What areas of Africa were successful in maintaining independence in the era of European imperialism?
Liberia, Ethiopia
Emperor of Ethiopia, helped them to stay independent and modernize their country in the 1800s
King Menelik II
A meeting held in a German city to establish the rules for colonialism in Africa in 1884.
The Berlin Conference
1. This Pre-Columbian empire stretched from modern day Colombia to southern Chile
2. This Pre-Columbian empire centered around Southern Mexico and modern day Belize and Guatemala
1. Incan Empire
2. Mayan Empire
The island of Hispaniola consists of these two modern day countries.
50 points each
What are Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
Who were the original European colonizers of the Congo? What main resource were they after?
Belgium, King Leopold; Rubber
English writer, philosopher and advocate for women's rights in the Enlightenment era.
Mary Wollstonecraft
This agreement officially ended World War I
The Treaty of Versailles
This conquistador (1) overthrew this Aztec ruler (2) in Mexico to establish a colony for this European country (3)
1. Cortes
2. Moctezuma
3. Spain
Were the Jacobins radical, moderate, or conservative?
Radical
The Polynesian Triangle consists of these three locations:
1. Hawaii
2. Easter Island
3. New Zealand
This British American man is dubbed the Father of the American Factory System because he memorized designs of textile factory machinery and introduced them to the U.S.
Samuel Slater
The United States gained these three places as territories as a result of the Spanish American War
1. Puerto Rico
2. Guam
3. The Philippines
This ancient Aztec city was located in what is now Mexico City
Tenochtitlan
Before and during the French Revolution, French society was split into three estates. What types of people belonged to each estate?
1st Estate - The Clergy
2nd Estate - The Nobility
3rd Estate - Everybody else (middle classes and urban workers/peasants)
Connect the colony with it's colonizer (write independent if it successfully resisted colonialism)
1. Siam
2. Indochina
3. Philippines (two answers)
100 points for 1 and 2; 200 points for 3
1. Independent
2. France
3. The United States and Spain
German secretary of foreign affairs, whose note to Mexican officials was intercepted by the British and in part led to American intervention into World War I
Arthur Zimmerman
The industrial revolution took place in this country first ___________________. (100 points)
Three examples of the factors of production that allowed them to do this are:
1.
2.
3.
England
1. Land (resources like water, iron ore, etc.)
2. Labor (strong work force)
3. Capital (money)
This was Charles Mann's thesis in 1491.
(Describe in 1-3 complete sentences)
Answer must include details about population, timeline of their arrival, and impact on environment/cultural accomplishments.
Toussaint L'ouverture
List a major resource connected to each colony
1. Congo
2. South Africa
3. United States
4. Malaysia
5. Nigeria
1. Rubber
2. Diamonds, gold
3. Cotton
4. Rubber
5. Palm Oil
Legendary first settler of Easter Island
Hotu Matu'a
This member (1) of this Serbian organization (2) murdered this Austrian leader (3) and his wife (4) in this Bosnian city (5)
1. Gavrilo Princip
2. The Black Hand
3. Franz Ferdinand
4. Sophie Chotek
5. Sarajevo