Unit 1
What is the major religious system in India?
Hinduism
Why did the Spanish establish missions and send priests to the Americas during the Age of Colonization?
To convert the natives to Catholicism
Monarch has the right to govern given to them by god?
Divine Right
Which Enlightenment thinker inspired Thomas Jefferson to include "unalienable rights" in the Declaration of Independence?
John Locke
Transition to things being made mostly in factories and an increase in industry and inventions?
The Industrial Revolution
Trade routes between India and China were part of what major system?
The Silk Road
Indigenous American populations declined through disease and warfare because of . . . ?
European Colonization (of the Americas)
What began with Martin Luther criticizing the Catholic Church for selling indulgences?
The Reformation
What movement included events like the Reign of Terror and the Tennis Court Oath?
French Revolution
Meeting when European countries divided and claimed different areas in Africa?
The Berlin Conference
The gradual shift from hunting-gathering to farming is called what?
The Neolithic Revolution
Economic system in place during the Age of Exploration/Colonization? (fixed amount of wealth, competed for colonies and resources)
What is mercantilism?
English document that protected citizens against unlimited government by limiting its power?
Magna Carta
What movement inspired revolutions in America, France, and Latin America because it focused on natural rights and democracy?
The Enlightenment
What country did most European nations want to trade with but not directly imperialize? (led to Open-Door Policy)
China