Chinese Dynasties
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This was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. It was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Han Chinese.
What is Ming?
100
This is an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings.
What is Jainism?
100
The first modern mechanical one of these was created by American inventor Eli Whitney in 1793, and patented in 1794.
What is the Cotton Gin?
100
This image shows what Egyptian religious ritual?
What is mummification?
100
In 1989, Eastern Europe broke free from Soviet control. The fall of this barrier, which seperated communist East Germany and West Germany, represented freedom and allowed the reunification of Germany.
What is the Berlin Wall?
200
This was a Chinese dynasty that followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty, lasting longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history. It was famous for its "Mandate of Heaven."
What is Zhou?
200
This is a Persian religion founded in the 6th century B.C. by a prophet, characterized by the worship of a supreme god Ahura Mazda who requires good deeds for help in his cosmic struggle against the evil spirit Ahriman.
What is Zoroastrianism?
200
The use of these is credited to the Chinese Jin Dynasty and came to Europe during the Middle Ages.
What is a stirrup?
200
This propaganda poster is most likely to be found during this war.
What is World War I?
200
Mao Zedong launched this economic and social campaign in 1958. Hoping to modernize rapidly through intense collectivization and food production, it instead lead to chaos and failure in agriculture (which cause a great famine that killed around 15 million).
What is the Great Leap Forward?
300
This was the location of this dynasty, the first known dynasty of China.
What is Xia?
300
The ideology of society that seeks to apply the revolutionary theory to sociology and politics, often with the assumption that conflict between groups in society leads to social progress as superior groups outcompete inferior ones.
What is Social Darwinism?
300
The implementation of this Chinese discovery changed technological warfare. This item gave great military advantages to the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires. They're even referred to as the _______ Empires for it.
What is gunpowder?
300
This political cartoon, created by Benjamin Franklin, became a symbol of colonial unity and freedom against what power?
What is Great Britain?
300
Like Western Europe, many Asian nations adapted to global capitalism and formed this regional economic association in 1967. (edit)
What is ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)?
400
This dynasties connections marked the beginning of the Silk Road trade network that extended to the Roman Empire, bringing items like silk to Rome and Roman goods such as glasswares to China.
What is Han?
400
A political theory holding all forms of governmental authority to be unnecessary and undesirable and advocating a society based on voluntary cooperation and free association of individuals and groups.
What is Anarchism?
400
One of the innovations of the first Industrial Revolution was the _______, invented by James Watt. It made mass production possible and improved transportation.
What is the steam engine?
400
This image shows one of the negative effects-- terrible working conditions and child labor--of this era.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
400
The Group of Seven (G-7) became the Group of Eight (G-8) after this country joined the informal association of the world's largest economies with USA, Canada, Great Britain, Japan, Germany, France and Italy in 1998.
What is Russia?
500
Also known as a fruit-flavored drink, this dynasty was interrupted briefly after 15 years of rule by the Second Zhou Dynasty when Empress Wu Zetian seized the throne, becoming the first and only Chinese empress regnant, ruling in her own right.
What is Tang?
500
A revolutionary socialist movement to create a classless, moneyless, and stateless social order structured upon common ownership of the means of production, as well as a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of this social order.
What is Communism?
500
J. Robert Oppenheimer and others participated in this research program, which developed the first nuclear bombs.
What is the Manhattan Project?
500
This image represents a three-letter value system that developed during the Industrial Revolution in which middle and upper class women were expelled from the business world and were constrained to household chores and fulfilling roles as a loving mother and wife.
What is cult of domesticity?
500
The European Union's agreement to this treaty in 1991 was a bold experimentation in economic integretation. This treaty provided a single currency (the euro) for these nations and the establishment of the European Central Bank and common policymaking in affairs.
What is the Maastrict Treaty?