Silk Road
The founder of the Mongol Empire.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This empire in Central America was able to expand due to their use of alliances.
What is the Aztec Empire?
This period of intellectual and artistic revival, beginning in Italy in the 14th century, celebrated classical learning and led to the creation of famous works of art and science.
What is the Renaissance?
The system of trade where manufactured goods went to Africa, enslaved people went to the Americas, and raw goods went to Europe.
What is the Triangle Trade?
This 14th-century Moroccan traveler visited over 40 countries, covering much of the Muslim world and beyond, documenting his travels in "The Rihla."
Who is Ibn Battuta?
This deadly epidemic spread across Europe in the 14th century, killing up to 50% of the population and reshaping the continent’s social and economic structures.
What is the Black Death?
The three staple crops of mesoamerica, sometimes known as the "three sisters."
What are squash, maize, and beans?
This famous Chinese explorer sailed to Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, and East Africa during the Ming Dynasty in the 15th century.
This often preceded Spanish conquistadors as they conquered new land in the Americas and paved the way for their success.
What is epidemic disease?
This transported kidnapped people from Africa to the Americas for their labor.
What is the Atlantic Slave Trade?
This military technology was spread east from China on the Silk Road.
What is gunpowder?
This indigenous woman played a crucial role as a translator and advisor to Hernán Cortés during his conquest of the Aztecs.
Who is La Malinche?
This Spanish explorer was responsible for the conquest of the Inca Empire and the capture of Emperor Atahualpa in 1532.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
This economic theory, which advocates for accumulating wealth through the export of goods and the establishment of colonies, was widely practiced during European exploration.
What is Mercantilism?
Founded by Kublai Kahn, this Mongol empire preceded the Ming Dynasty.
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
The rise of this empire, based in modern day Turkey, led Europeans to seek alternate trade routes to Asia.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This capital city, built by the Aztecs, was located on an island in Lake Texcoco and featured impressive causeways and canals.
What is Tenochtitlan?
This European nation was the first to reach Asia by sea.
What is Portugal?
This allowed Europe to enhance its global power and control international trade.
What is the Silver trade?
This large, transcontinental empire, based in India, expanded by providing land to local nobles and embracing diverse religions and ideas.
What is the Mughal Empire?
This term reflected the relative peace and stability brought to the Silk Road by the Mongol Empire
This system of communication used knotted strings to record information and was a vital part of the Inca Empire, though it's associated with the Andean region rather than the East.
What is Quipus?
This was a system in colonial Latin America where Spanish settlers were granted land and the labor of indigenous people.
What is the Encomienda System?
The four European countries who had the largest colonial empires in the Caribbean.
What are Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands?
This muslim empire controlled much of the trade between Europe and Asia before it fell to the Mongols.
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?