African Empires
Asian Empires
Explorers & Conquistadors
Trade
Colonization & Control
100
There are 5 African Empires we learned about this unit.
Name at least 3 of them.
What are: Kingdom of Kongo, Ashanti, Zulu, Ethiopian, Songhai
100
This building is a strong example of architecture in what Asian empire?
What is the Mughal Empire?
100
This explorer was born in Italy and sailed 4 times for Spain, "discovering" America when he landed in the Caribbean in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
The European want for labor in their American colonies led to the rise of this network of trade.
What is the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
100
The exchange of resources, products, & other things between the Eastern & Western Hemispheres
What is the Columbian Exchange?
200
This ruler of the Songhai Empire expanded and strengthened the empire.
Who was Askia Muhammad?
200
This allowed non-Muslims to manage their own affairs in exchange for taxes, which allowed for some religious tolerance.
Name the system & the empire that used it.
The Millet System; Ottoman Empire
200
This explorer made history when he became the first person to circumnavigate the globe, although he didn't survive the trip.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
200
This empire benefitted from controlling one end of the Silk Road, so they could raise prices as much as they wanted.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
200
They set up colonies in the Americas to compete with the Spanish. They traded with the Natives while also pushing them out of their land.
(Two acceptable answers).
Who are England and France?
300
This religion became influential in the Kingdom of Kongo when it became blended with animism.
What is Catholicism?
300
Ottomans periodically took boys from Christian villages in the empire & forced them to convert to Islam & serve in the military.
What was the name of this system?
Devshirme System
300
This explorer sailed from France to modern-day Canada in the 1500s.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
300
This major trade network connected East Africa to the Middle-East and Asia until the 1500s.
What is the Swahili Trade Network?
300
Created by the Spanish in their colonies; created a race-based social hierarchy where only the Spanish had full rights.
What is the casta system?
400
Name the Empire based off of the following:
- absolute monarchy
- Coptic Christianity
- Traded with Europe & Asia
What is the Ethiopian Empire?
400
This Mughal emperor practiced religious tolerance by opening government roles to Hindus and abolishing the tax on non-Muslims
Who is Akbar the Great?
400
This conquistador made history when he conquered the Aztecs in 1521.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
400
China closed off foreigners to only 3 ports where they could trade. What were these ports called?
What are enclaves?
400
This system of forced labor was placed on the Natives by the Spanish to mine gold and silver.
What is the encomienda system?
500
Name a difference between the Kingdom of Kongo and the Songhai Empire?
Kongo: animism mixed with Catholicism
Songhai: animism mixed with Islam
OR
Kongo was involved in Transatlantic Slave Trade, Songhai was a center of Trans-Saharan trade (not slaves)
500
Guru Nanak founded this new religion based in the equality of all people. They were also against the Mughal caste system.
What is Sikhism?
500
This conquistador made history when he conquered the Incas in 1532.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
500
Japan had an even stricter trade policy. After they unified under this military government, they only allowed 1 port of trade with the Chinese & the Dutch.
Who are the Tokugawa Shogunate?
500
2 part question:
The trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
AND
The route enslaved Africans took from Africa to the Americas
What is:
1. Triangular Trade
AND
2. The Middle Passage