Unit 1
The greatest explorer in Chinese History
Who is Zheng He?
Martin Luther's 95 Thesis started this movement
What is the Reformation?
This was the route that brought African slaves to the Americas
What is the Middle Passage?
This time period brought new ideas about government
The Five Pillars belong to this religion
What is Islam?
The most important trade items in ancient Africa
What is gold and salt?
This economic and political system was used in Medieval Europe
This disease killed 90% of the Native American population
What is smallpox?
This time period rapidly increased technology and manufacturing
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This natural occurrence affects Indian Ocean trade
What is a monsoon?
The most powerful person in the Catholic Church
Who is the Pope?
This campaign was a Christian attempt to regain the Holy Land
What are the Crusades?
This was the labor system that was used in the Americas
What is the encomienda system?
This is an implied agreement among the people to form a government
What is a social contract?
This philosophy practiced filial piety, and later, footbinding
What is Confucianism?
This time period caused cultural diffusion and religious tolerance across most of Asia through the Silk Road
What is the Pax Mongolica?
This time period focused on humanism, art, and technology
What is the Renaissance?
These are the motivations for European exploration
What are God, Gold, and Glory?
This man led the Haitian Revolution
Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture?
Most African slaves worked in this region
What is the Caribbean?
This is the most useful animal in Trans-Saharan trade
What is a camel?
This technology allowed the Ottomans to conquer Constantinople in 1453
What is gunpowder?
What are cannons?
This technology made the spread of ideas easier
What is the printing press?
This man is known as "El Libertador," who overthrew Spanish rule in South America
Who is Simon Bolivar?
This historical phenomenon explains the exchange of ideas, customs and technology
What is cultural diffusion?