Wait For It....The Mongols! (DG)
The mongols brought great stability to this network of exchange in Eurasia.
What is the Silk Road?
According to the Catholic Church, these were "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins".
What are indulgences?
This desert animal known for its humps was one of the main mode of transportation in the silk road era.
What is a camel?
The exclusive control over the trade of a good/supply/commodity.
What is a monopoly?
This philosophy was the reason many people were in favor of imperialism. It stated that imperialism actually supported the people that were imperialized.
What is the White Man’s Burden?
The Mongol invasion of this city marked the official end of the Abbasid Caliphate.
What is Baghdad?
A group to educate people around the world about Catholicism, stop the spread of Protestantism, and convert people to Catholicism.
Who are Jesuits?
This famous silk road traveler is also known for the pool game using his name.
Who was Marco Polo?
A conqueror or colonizer, particularly ones from Mexico and Peru in the 1500s.
What are conquistadors?
An imperialist country that attempted to invade Ethiopia and was promptly rebuffed at the Battle of Adwa.
What is Italy?
This term refers to the time period of great stability and peace in Eurasia while under mongol rule.
What is Pax Mongolia?
A list of propositions for an academic disputation written in 1517 by Martin Luther, then a professor of moral theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany.
What is the 95 theses?
The decline of the silk roads was partially caused by the fall of this empire.
What is the Mongol empire?
A joint-stock company set up by Britain to control their trade with India, as well as East and Southeast Asia.
What is the British East India Company?
A term coined to describe imperialist countries’ quick colonization of Africa in the late 19th century.
What is the Scramble for Africa?
The mongols would for the most part kill everyone they invaded EXCEPT for this type of workers.
What are artisans?
The war lasted from 1618 to 1648, starting as a battle among the Catholic and Protestant states that formed the Holy Roman Empire.
What is the 30 years war?
The silk roads led to the spread of this major world religion from India to China.
What is Buddhism?
The combining of different religious beliefs and practices.
What is syncretism?
This diamond baron was responsible for the blood diamond trade in Africa, and a strong proponent of a trans-African railroad.
Who is Cecil Rhodes?
This alphabet was adopted by the Mongol empire in an attempt to unify the empire. This alphabet is still used in Mongolia today.
What is the Uyghur alphabet?
A Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat without previous naval experience appointed by Philip II of Spain.
What is the Spanish Armada?
This ancient Chinese oasis city in the desert served as an important stop for trade on the silk roads and is also known for the nearby Thousand Buddha (Mogao) Caves.
What is Dunhuang?
“Dance to honor the gods”- a religion that combines Yoruba, Fan, and Bantu beliefs; originated in Brazil.
What is Candomblé?
A series of conflicts between a native population in and the British Empire over the establishment of the Cape Colony in South Africa.
What are the Boer Wars?