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100

In the 1500s, what did Russian Czar Ivan IV do to his people if he didn't like their face?

What is cut off their head?

100

The Spanish discovered the richest deposits of Silver at Potosí, a place located in what modern-day country?

What is Bolivia?

100

Captain James Cook (NOT Captain Hook) was a British explorer from the 1700s that discovered what places?

What are Australia, New Zeland, Pacific Islands and even the West coast of North America?

100

What new religion, that combined the elements of Islam and Hinduism, spread rapidly in India?

What is Sikhism?

100

What is inflation?

What is increasing the supply of money which causes the prices of goods to rise?

200

Chinese admiral Zheng He (JEHNG HUH), from the Ming dynasty, led a series of great voyages from China to what far away countries or continents?

What are India and East Africa?

200

What is a plantation and what is ONE thing they grew?

What are large estates that grew crops for export? - examples of crops include sugar, cacao, tobacco, indigo, & cotton

200

By the 1800s, how many African slaves were in the Americas and how many died enroute?

What is more than ten million, and one in six died enroute?

200

What are Protestant religions the result of?

What is the Renaissance and reformation of the Catholic Church (split)? 

200

Without the Columbian Exchange, name some livestock that Europeans would not have?

What are horses, pigs, cattle (cows/bulls), and sheep? 

300

During the Ming Dynasty, Admiral Zheng sailed a massive fleet to explore other lands.  How large was his fleet (ships and sailors)?

What is more than 60 ships and 40,000 sailors?

300

One third of the crops grown in this modern country came from the Americas.  Name that country...

What is China?

300

Muslim invaders attacked India and established what empire that lasted from 1526 to 1707 C.E.?

What is the Mughal Empire?

300

How did European rulers pay for the gunpowder revolution?

What are taxes, loans, and wealth from global trade and commerce?

300

Define Westernization.

What is the spread of Western ideas and values?

400

What civilization invented the seafaring tool known as the astrolabe?

What are the Greeks?  Sigma!

400

From 1488 to 1620, which European country controlled the most trade routes to India?

What is Portugal?

400

During the 1500s, strong military rulers brought peace to Japan for two centuries through tight control and isolating the country from foreigners.  What was the name of their organization?

What is Tokugawa Shogunate?

400

By the 1700s, gunpowder empires began to decline.  New methods of banking and business gave rise to what economic system based on private enterprise?

What is capitalism?

400

The Portuguese developed a light, seaworthy ship that was nimble enough to slip into small bays but sturdy enough to travel long distances and carry heavy cannons.  What is the name of that ship?

What is a caravel?

500

What were the three reasons that European States were motivated for sea travel?

What are to increase trade, increase political and military power, and spread ideas?

500

Correctly name five countries that made voyages of exploration across the world, and identify their locations (on the map) 

What are Portugal, Spain, France, England/Britain/U.K., and the Netherlands

500

By the 1800s, historians estimate the world population to be approximately how large?

What is 950 million?

500

The development of seafaring skills and technologies helped to encouraged sea travel.  Name three technological devices/skills that were discussed in Chapter 10.

What are magnetic compass, astrolabe, and cartography (map-making)?

500

The Spanish crown granted large estates to some colonists, stripping the land from Indian communities.  These estates supplied food to growing colonial cities, but were not a major economic enterprise.  What were these estates called?

What are haciendas?