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100

This infastructure project in China was important in linking distant parts of the Song Dynasty. 

The Grand Canal
100

This political system is characterized by a king who has power lords who in turn have power over local vassals. 

When and where on the planet was this the dominant political system?

Feudalism. Europe from 800s-1400s. Also popular in Japan 1100s-1800s. 

100
This system was created in New Spain after the conquests of the Conquistadors, separating people based on the % of Spanish blood they had

Casta System

100

Both of these economic systems were created in response to Capitalism during the Industrial Revolution

Communism and Socialism

100

Which technologies were most important during the European Imperial expansion into Africa of the late 1800s

Telegram, telegraph, steam boat, railroads, medicine, cartography, guns
200

This process was started in the late 1400s and involved the transportation of crops, animals and people between the Americans and Afro-Eurasia. 

Columbian Exchange

200

This term refers to the political stability, security, and expanding rights under the Mongol Empire during the 13th and 14th centuries

Pax Mongolica

200

What makes the system of Chattel Slavery (of Spain and Portugal in the 1500-1800s) novel (unique) compared to earlier systems of slavery throughout human history?

It was more racially focused than previous systems leading to increased discrimination and dehumanization among enslaved people

200
The Cold War was mainly a battle between which two idealogies that were represented by which two superpowers?

Capitalism and Communism

200

This technology was harnessed somewhere in Dar al-Islam (the Home of Islam) and later spread to European nations in the 1400s. It's purpose to help a sailor correctly calculate their latitude while at sea

Astrolabe

300

Summarize the theme among debates about the environment from 1900-present. 

Reacting to human involvement in climate change and global warming

300

This intellectual movement had a direct effect on causing revolution movements throughout the world in the early 1800s. What is the movement and what is one example of a revolution it caused?

The Enlightenment - French Revolution, Haitian Revolution, Bolivia, Colombia, American Revolution

300
During the Industrial Revolution, Karl Marx coined two new terms for describing the working poor and the business owners. What were each of these terms?

Proletariat - working poor

Bourgeoise - business owners

300

This economic system was closely linked to Feudalism in Europe. What is it and how was power structured?

Manorialism. Local lords with power over landlords and landlords have power over serfs (peasants)


300

Identify 5 of the most important military technologies in conducting World War I

Artillery, tanks, cars, radio, chemical gases, 

400

What were the causes of the industrial revolution starting in Britain?

Access to waterways and coal deposits around Britain

400

This system relied heavily on smaller states paying for the protection and trade relationships of larger empires.

What is the name of it and an example?

The tribute system - Song Dynasty with Japan, Korea, Champa, and Vietnam being tributary states

400
How did this deadly disease in the 14th century cause demographic shifts throughout Eurasia?

The Bubonic Plague or Black Death lead to a decrease in urban populations across Eurasia because these were the places where the pandemic spread most rapidly.

400

This economic system was used in the Americas to mine silver. What is it and how did it work?

Mita system - was an adaptation of the rotational service for the adult male population but was much more rigorous and deadly for workers. Rotations were much longer, more grueling and never voluntary

400

What was the project were the Atomic Bomb was developed during WWII and how did it contribute to early cold war tensions?

The Manhattan Project - Soviet Spies relayed the technology to the Kremlin which encouraged the beginning of the nuclear arms race

500
Which environmental factor was important for traders to master trade across the Indian Ocean Trading Network (Sea Roads)

Monsoon Winds

500

Compare the way two land based empires (1450-1750) maintained control over diverse populations.

Hint: Look at Unit 3

Unit 3 

Ottomans were the most flexible in allowing for people to practice diverse religions and cultural practices. They did convert people through Devshirme which took boys from Europe and recultured them in the Ottoman ways. Mughals were similar in the way they allowed for religious tolerance and freedom. Safavids were different in that it relied more on religious conformity with the Shia form of Islam that they adopted and promoted. 

500

What is the term for the blending of different religious systems? What is an example of this phenomenon that occurred during the age of maritime empires from 1450-1705? 

Religious syncretism - Cult of Guadalupe, Day of the Dead, Candomblé, Voodoo 

500

Perform a HIPP analysis of the image on your table

H - Historical Context

I - Intended Audience

P - Purpose 

P - Perspective

H - Economic imperialism of the last mid to late 1800s. Countries in Europe wanted power over China and the USA asserted its interests in the region. 

I - People and leaders of countries in Europe

P - To show that America would be taken seriously in the Asia and nothing could be done there without the USA support

P - From the USA point of view, as seen in the dominance of Uncle Sam over all the leaders of Europe

500

These Empires are named for the development of one important technology in China which spread across Asia in the Mongol invasions of the 13th Century. 

Provide the nickname for these Empires and give one example. 

Gunpowder Empires 

Ottomans

Safavids

Mughals