Money, money, money
This economic theory views a nation's power and wealth as dependent on the total accumulation of precious metals like gold and silver.
What is mercantilism?
A group of travelers or merchants who journeyed together over long distances through deserts or trade routes.
What is a caravan?
The corrupt teaching of the Catholic Church that promised for the forgiveness of sin for those stuck in Purgatory by giving money.
What are the sale of indulgences?
Under the Ming Dynasty, this eunuch naval admiral was sent on six voyages from China to all over the Indian Ocean, even bringing an African giraffe back to China.
Who was Zheng He?
This was a public meeting place that encouraged talk of Enlightenment thinkers for many who were uneducated.
What is the coffee shop?
A type of business organization where ownership is divided between shares of stock that can be bought and sold be investors.
What is a joint stock company?
A term describing the shape of trade in the Atlantic that between Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean and Americas.
What is the triangular trade system?
The Arabic name for the pilgrimage to Mecca for Muslims.
What is the hajj?
During the time of this empire, Timbuktu became a great center for merchant trade but also a place of learning with mosques and schools.
What is the Songhai Empire?
This revolution centered in Great Britain saw the introduction of machinery, like the Spinning Jenny, housed under the roof of a factory.
What is the First Industrial Revolution?
A famous metaphor created by Adam Smith to describe how individuals might act in their own self-interest, but provide for the needs of other individuals.
What is the "invisible hand"?
A roadside inn where travelers and their caravans on a long route could rest, sleep, and resupply.
What is a caravansary?
His theology taught a crucial doctrine called predestination.
Who is John Calvin?
This empire was established by Osman I was known to ended the Byzantine Empire with the conquest of Constantinople in 1453.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
The taxes that were placed upon the colonists that sparked the American Revolution were intended to pay for this war.
What is the French and Indian War?
Economic system in which private individuals or businesses own property, production, and trade - rather than the state.
What is capitalism?
The wind patterns were critical for trade networks on the Indian ocean.
What are the monsoon winds?
This branch of Islam taught that the successor of Muhammad should come from his cousin and son-in-law, Ali.
What is Shia'ism?
This empire was committed to the Shi'ite branch of Islam.
What is the Safavid Empire?
This leader of the Haitian Revolution was a black leader with military training.
Who was Toussaint Louverture?
A social, political, and economic theory to describe how history is a struggle between social classes particularly between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.
What is Marxism?
This belief system emerged on trade routes that greatly enhanced their safety and security by protecting merchants especially if they converted.
What is Islam?
A series of meetings to address reforms in the Catholic Church.
What is the Council of Trent?
The Mughal Empire was characterized by a diverse culture of Indian, Persian, Hindu, and Muslim elements under this influential ruler.
Who is Akbar?
The Haitian Revolution accomplished this ideal that was promised but not achieved by the American or French Revolutions.
What is the freedom of slaves?