European Exploration
This guy was trying to find a new route to Asia by traveling west. However, he landed in the Americas and discovered the "New World" instead!
This grand estate was built to show the power of King Louis XIV and to remove the power of the Estates General.
Palace of Versailles
This French colony was the first Latin American colony to win independence.
Haiti (Saint Dominique)
These shoddy apartment buildings were built in urban areas to address the issue of the population growing faster than the housing available.
Tenements
The sale of this drug by the British to the Chinese led to a significant increase in addiction among the Chinese population and political instability of the Qing Dynasty.
This leg of the Triangular Trade focused on transporting slaves from Africa to the Americas.
The "Middle Passage"
This era of time emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method to understand the world.
The Scientific Revolution
High taxes and riots among the peasants led to this general assembly meeting for the first time in 175 years.
The Estates General
The invention of this machine launched the railroad age, and transportation boomed with steamships and locomotives.
Rumors spread that the British had greased the sepoys' gun cartridges with beef and pork fat, sparking this rebellion in India.
The Sepoy Mutiny
The global transfer of food, plants, and animals between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres was known as...
The Columbian Exchange
What were the lasting results of the Spanish Armada's attack on England?
The invasion was unsuccessful, marking the beginning of Spain's decline as a global superpower.
What was the purpose of the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act imposed by Britain?
To pay off the war debt from the French and Indian War by taxing the colonists
Economic system where the government controls all means of production and there is only one social class.
Socialism
This failed rebellion began because a radical Chinese group wanted to expel foreigners and end imperialist influence in China.
Boxer Rebellion
These companies were founded with the purpose of funding new colonies to the Americas.
Joint-stock companies
How did Absolute Monarchs justify their absolute rule?
Describe the tax system in France before the French Revolution.
The Third Estate (peasants) had to pay almost all of the taxes, while the clergy and nobility hardly anything.
How did interchangeable parts and the assembly line impact the manufacturing process in factories?
Interchangeable parts made repairs and assembly quicker, and the assembly line allowed workers to focus on specific tasks as the product moved down the line.
The results of this war were the creation of “Spheres of Influence” and the establishment of “Treaty Ports” in China controlled by European Nations.
The Opium Wars
What factors helped the Spanish Conquistadors easily conquer the Aztecs and Inca?
Superior weapons, aid from local natives, and disease.
This "revolution" resulted in the King of England defeated with little to no violence, earning it this famous nickname.
What was a lasting legacy of the American Revolution on the WORLD?
The inspiration for other nations to challenge absolute rule and seek independence.
Define the Industrial Revolution.
A period during the 18th Century that began in England, in which there was an increased output of machine-made goods, inventions, and production.
Describe the difference between Colonialism and Imperialism.
Colonialism is the practice of settling in distant territories (ACTUALLY DOING IT), while Imperialism is the theory and attitudes behind a nation’s desire to dominate those territories (WANTING TO DO IT).