Pre-history and Geography
During the Paleolithic era, humans primarily acquired food this way.
What is hunting and gathering?
Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca demonstrated the influence of which religion
What is Islam?
This deadly disease, brought by Europeans, devastated Indigenous populations in the Americas
What is small pox?
This form of government is ruled by a single individual, such as a king or queen
What is a monarchy?
The Enlightenment thinker who advocated for natural rights
Who is John Locke?
Permanent settlements came about during this era after the agricultural revolution
What is the neolithic era
The most powerful institution in Europe during the lower middle ages
What is the Catholic Church?
These types of crops, including sugar and tobacco, were grown primarily for profit and played a major role in shaping colonial economies.
What are cash crops?
This form of government is characterized by rule by a small group of elites or a single party
What is an oligarchy?
Enlightenment thinker who proposed the idea of separation of powers in government
Who is Montesquieu?
This desert, the largest in the world, is located in northern Africa and influenced the trade of ancient civilizations.
What is the Sahara Desert?
The belief that monarchs derive their authority from God
What is divine right to rule?
Which commodities/goods traded on the trans-Saharan network primarily contributed to the wealth of the Mali?
What is gold and salt trade?
This type of government is ruled by a political party who holds absolute power
What is a dictatorship?
This invention by Galileo Galilei advanced astronomy and challenged geocentric views of the universe
What is the telescope?
This region is known as the "land between the rivers."
What is Mesopotamia?
Written by Martin Luther and called for reforms within the Roman Catholic Church
What are the Ninety-Five Theses?
The demand for labor to cultivate crops like cotton, sugar, and tobacco led to this large-scale forced migration
What is the transatlantic slave trade?
In this system of government, citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf.
What is a representative democracy?
People give up certain freedoms for security provided their government
What is the social contract?
The main geographic feature leading to development of the first civilizations
What are river valleys?
A Confucian term for respect for elders and family
filial piety
The primary economic system that influenced colonialism and competition for gold and silver.
What is mercantilism?
When religious laws govern a country
What is a theocracy?
Promoted during the Enlightenment, this concept emphasized governments derive their power and legitimacy from it's citizens
What is consent of the governed?