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Hint Answer % Correct
What is belief in one god? Monotheism
100%
Who was the Muslim god? Allah
90%
Multiple gods? Polytheism
90%
2. People do this facing Mecca five times a day Prayer
90%
What was the holy book of Islam? Qur'an
90%
There is no god? Atheism
80%
4. Abstention from food during Ramadan Fasting
80%
What was the holiest city of Islam? Mecca
70%
5. You must visit Mecca at once in your life Pilgrimage (Hajj)
70%
Who was the prophet? Muhammed
60%
What was the name for the Muslim system of laws? Sharia
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Their expansion was so successful because they helped exaust which two empires? B{yzantine}
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What was a Muslim political state? Caliphate
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3. Donating a fixed portion of your money to the needy Tithing (Charity)
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Who was the first Caliph? Abu Bakr
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Everything is god? Pantheism
40%
What is the feudal system social pyramid? (From top to bottom) King
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What is the term for when a company has all of the control over a single product? Monopoly
30%
And infighting from the Hindus. (type okay) okay
30%
P{ersian}
30%
P{ortugal}
30%
Five pillars of islam! 1. {Profession of} faith
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By 711 they had made it all the way to North Africa and to where? Spain
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Between which two countries? S{pain}
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What year did he make this journey? 1492
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This city is essential because it is the bridge between Europe and ____. Asia
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What was the name of the empire in the Mexico Valley? (what we call them) Aztec
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to ______. Baghdad
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What was the name for the social pyramid in India? Caste
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Who was the first Frankish king? Charlemagne
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When Islam was spreading, they remained firmly _____. Christian
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What was introduced to China by Jesuit missionaries? Christianity
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Who sets sail around the Atlantic to try and reach China from the other side? Christopher Columbus
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What is the term for a spanish conquerer? Conquistador
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They lay siege to what city? Constantinople
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They moved the capital from _____ Damascus
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They defeated all of the Hindu states and marked the beginning of Muslim rule in India. What was their capital? Delhi
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What is the process by which fertile land becomes a desert? Desertification
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What was the most devastating things that the Spanish brought to the Americas? Disease
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It was located south of... Egypt
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What was his relation to (the prophet)? Father in law / Advisor
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Who set out to reach the Pacific by going south of South America? Ferdinand Magellan
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They are (mostly) governed under the _____ system. Feudal
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What is a system for structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land owned by nobles? Feudalism
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They continued until they were finally stopped by who? Gaul (France)
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Who was the first to unify the Mongols? Genghis Khan
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What country was split between Catholics and Lutherans? Germany
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Many Hindus converted to... Islam
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What did it eventually get renamed to? Istanbul
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back to france: Charlemagne dies -- what happens to his empire? It gets {divided}
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He was committed to ensuring that ____ were properly enforced. Laws
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What religion was founded by Martin Luther? Lutheranism
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What document is our modern-day Constitution based on? Magna Carta
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Make {treaties}
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What peoples invaded the Ming dynasty from the north? Manchu
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Who was the very rich and powerful leader of Mali? Mansa Musa
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Which European traveled to China, and returned to tell many stories about his time there. Marco Polo
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And they couldn't be forced into _____. Marriage
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What is it called when power is passed down according to the mother’s family? Matrilineal
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He was very famous for his massive pilgrimage to _____. Mecca
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And what period begins? Medieval
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Women were usually subordinate to... Men
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Who defeated them? {Ming} dynasty
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Eventually they take over. Who finally takes over, in 1258? Mongols
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Eventually they were overthrown by who? Mongols
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They had far superior fighting techniques, such as... Mounted {archers}
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What were his three ships? (in alpahbetical order) Nina
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What is the term for a person who moves around from place to place? Nomad
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What was the first African Trading Kingdom? Nubia/Kush (know both)
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The Ottoman empire expanded basically everywhere and got massive. (type okay) okay
20%
Can you name the three gunpowder empires? O{ttoman}
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What empire began in Anatolia in ~1300? {Ottoman} Empire
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They even issued what? Paper {money}
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Peasants/Serfs
20%
Pinta
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What was the first Caliphate he establishes? Rashidun
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What was the type of government of Venice? Republic
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What is the big desert in the north of Africa? Sahara
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Santa Maria
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They greatly increased trade along where? Silk Road
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What was the name of the trade route that connected China to Europe? Silk Road
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Which means it passes from father to ____. Son
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Which dynasty comes next? Song
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Spread {Christianity}
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In what modern-day country does he encounter them? The {Bahamas}
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Who wrote/negotiated the treaty? The Pope
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What were they commonly referred to as? The {Spice} Islands
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What city became a center for Islamic learning? Timbuktu
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He promoted religious ______. Tolerance
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They were ____ of other religions Tolerant
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Portugal's Pacific empire was mostly made up of what? {Trading} posts
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What is the name of the treaty that split the world in half? Treaty of {Tordesillas}
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It is a chaotic power _____. Vacuum
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Who was the first to make it all the way to India? Vasco de Gama
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What was the term for Scandanavian warriors who targeted Christian monastaries? Vikings
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Wage {war}
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Who is no longer the ideal citizen? Warriors
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What did the islands that he reached eventually become known as? {West} Indies
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Who invades from Northern France? {William} the Conquerer
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And what was his son's name? (this may help: Æ) Æthelstan
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What does the Aztec emperor think that he might be? A {god}
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What kind of company do the Dutch establish? A {Joint}-{Stock} Company
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Who was its "greatest" leader? {Akbar} The Great
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What did the Dutch want gain on the spice trade? A {monopoly}
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Eventually they lost territory thanks to these things. {Arab} expansion
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Who was the Incan emperor at the time that the Spanish came? Atahualpa
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Who was the first group to resist the Mongols? Baburs
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What peoples migrated to southeast Africa and spread skills in ironworking, farming, and domesticating animals? Bantu
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Who was the first to make it around the Cape of Good Hope? Bartholomeu Dias
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Which is later known as _____. Beijing
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They serve as what for the Byzantine empire? Bodyguards
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What is the term for something that shows net gains or losses from wealth, adapted by Europeans from Arabic culture? Bookkeeping
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Due to the Treaty of Tordesillas, what does Portugal get? Brazil
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What dynasty is established by Hugh Capet? Capetian
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What is the term for an economic system in which businesses are owned privately? Capitalism
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What does he do to the Incan emperor? Captures him, and eventually kills him
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What is the term for a valuable crop grown to sell rather than use by the grower? {Cash} crop
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Because they rejected what system? Caste
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Name an animal introduced to the New World by Europeans. Cattle | Pigs | Goats | Chickens | Horses | Donkeys
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They had superior fighting techniques, including what? Cavalry
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What is the term for archers on horseback? Cavalry
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Portugal begins expanding! By 1415 they capture what North African port? Ceuta
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What was the term for enslaved peoples' children being born into slavery immediately? {Chattel} Slavery
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What was strapped to people in the hopes that it would draw the black plague away? Chicken
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It is significant because it remained a _____ kingdom throughout history. Christian
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What did they eventually convert to? Christianity
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What spread throughout Europe during this time? Christianity
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There is a hugh emphasis placed on converting natives to _____. Christianity
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What places grew thanks to these policies? Cities
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When rome is sacked in 476 CE, what period does it end? Classical
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They thought that _____ existed only to benefit their parent country. Colonies
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What was the term for the exchange of goods and services between Spain and the New World? Columbian Exchange
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What type of bow was the Mongol bow? {Composite} bow
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The Dutch government gives it many rights, including: Control the {spice} trade
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What do many native people do to try to ease their suffering from disease? Convert to {Christianity}
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C{orn}
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What is the main reason for why the Mongol government fell apart? Corruption
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C{otton}
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Who was next? Creoles
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What was established in late 1100s by Muslim rulers in modern day Afghanistan? {Delhi} Sultanate
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What is the term for the spread of people from their original homeland? Diaspora
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What is it called? Dutch East India Company
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Name one thing that they improved on. Economy | Farming methods
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What was the right to demand labor from Native Americans in a particular area? Encomienda
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Who was last? Enslaved Peoples
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What is the term for someone who takes on financial risk to make profits? (hint: it is very hard to spell) Entrepreneur
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China was different than most societies because they held _____ to help move between social classes. Exams
10%
What were some of the causes of this emerging? Expanded {trade}
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What are some of the policies spearheaded by mercantilism? Exploit {mineral} and timber resources
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Societies were strongly based on... Family
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They had skills in... (name one) Farming | Mining | Metalworking
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Find a route to {Asia}
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What are the reasons for Prince Henry's travels? Find sources of {Muslim} wealth
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What were slave ships often referred to as? Floating {Coffins}
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Who was the man who conquered the Inca? Francisco Pizarro
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In order, what were the three West African trading empires? (first to last) Ghana
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The Spanish brutally took over the land. They required every indigenous person to give them ____ or be killed. Gold
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They believed that a nation's wealth could be best measured in its _______. {Gold} & {Silver} Treasure
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Spain establishes _____ and forces natives to work in them. Gold and Silver {mines}
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What was the name of the trade that made West African empires so rich? {Gold}-{Salt} Trade
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On average, how many of the people on these ships died? Half
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The sultan was _____. hereditary
10%
Who was the man who led the battle to conquer the Aztecs? Hernan Cortes
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High {taxes}
10%
He opened government jobs to _____. Hindus
10%
Imposed {tariffs} on imported goods
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Increased {money} supply
10%
What was the Church selling that made people very angry? Indulgences
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The world population boomed due to all of the new things coming from the Americas. What happens to Europe's economy at this time? Inflation
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What was the term for the people who shared the profits/losses for these companies? Investors
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What was special about it? It was built on a {lake}
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Who were enslaved Christian children used as elite soldiers? Janissaries
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Where did he try to invade multiple times to complete failure? Japan
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The Dutch are even allowed exclusing trading access with who? Japan
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Eventually, the Portuguese are expelled, which begins what? Japanese {isolation}
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What was the term for companies which allowed people to pool their resources together for overseas ventures? {Joint}-{Stock} Companies
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They established the capital city at _____. Khanbalik
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Many small east African city-states prospered. Name one. Kilwa | Mogadishu | Mombasa
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Europe becomes a bunch of small ______. Kingdoms
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Knights/Vassals
10%
Who was the next emperor? Kublai Khan
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Name one of the two major cities founded by the Norse Kyiv | Dublin
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They owned ____. Land
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They worked the _____. Land
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Lords/Vassals
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They were eventually relegated to ______. Macao
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Mali
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What is the term for the emperor of the Mali empire? Mansa
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What was the term for a community of escaped slaves? {Maroon} community
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What kind of guns did the Portuguese bring to Japan? {Matchlock} guns
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And next? Men of {negotiation}
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And last? Men of the {husbandry}
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what was next? Men of the {pen}
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What was the top class of the Ottoman society? Men of the {sword}
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What is the belief that you must export more goods than you import? Mercantilism
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Who was next? Mestizos
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What should we actually call them (what is their alternative name)? Mexica
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The Spanish win the battle and build what modern-day city on the conquered capital? Mexico City
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During the Renaissance the ______ class grew. Middle
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What was the second leg of this trade called? {Middle} Passage
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What was their emperor at the time that the Europeans came? Moctezuma
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Which Islands were known for their spice production? {Molucca} Islands
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The Dutch and Portuguese fight a war over the Indian Ocean. What important islands were captured by the Dutch? {Molucca} Islands
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What empire did he represent? Mongol
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Kublai only allows who to serve in the military? Mongols
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Axum fades, but Ethiopia is very well protected thanks to what? Mountains
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What was the empire the Mongols established in India? (Hint: it sounds like Mongol) Mughal
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M{ughal}
10%
Who was next? Native Americans
10%
Where were they born? New Spain
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Were the dark ages really dark? ;) no
10%
He brings England under control of the ______. Normans
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Colonies are forbidden from trading with any other European powers or colonies. (type okay) okay
10%
The indigenous population was falling too much, and that created labor shortages. They instead brought in people from Africa. (type okay) okay
10%
How was African history passed down? Orally
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What did he built that made him different from his forefather? Palace
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What is the term for a group of people centered around herding livestock in open areas of land? Pastoral
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They broke up large land holdings and distributed them to the ______. Peasants
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Who was next? Peasants
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Who was at the top of the colonial social pyramid? Peninsulares
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What is the name of the family who will rule for the next 330 years? Plantagenet
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What is a large area of farmland where many people work and live on? Plantation
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What form of writing becomes very popular? Poetry
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Hindus were allowed to practice their religion but they had to pay a... Poll tax
10%
What were the two important foods that Columbus brings back? P{otatoes}
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What invention greatly helped him? Printing press
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What is the term for state sponsored pirates? Privateers
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Unfortunately, slavery is very _______. Profitable
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Women could even own what? Property
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What kind of relatively unethical warfare did they use really effectively? {Psychological} warfare
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What dynasty did they establish? Qing
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What did humanists want from the Church? Reform
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What is the term for the mixing of religions? Religious Syncretism
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They believed that they were... Resistant to tropical {disease}
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S{afavid}
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At 450 CE, what peoples migrate from central Europe to England? Saxons
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After he dies, the empire declines significantly. He was succeeded by ... {Selim II} "The Drunk"
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Who migrates from central Asia and becomes soldiers for this empire? Seljuk Turks
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What industry grows due to the demand to make slave ships? Shipbuilding
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The Chinese did not like the Portuguese, so they made them trade only ____ for goods. Silver
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Songhai
10%
Where were these people born? Spain
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Where were their parents born? Spain
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They were half native and half _____. Spanish
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What valuable resource did Europeans desperately desire to acqure? Spices
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Standard weights and {measures}
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What were three such examples of this in the Americas? S{ugarcane}
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They reached their peak under who? {Suleyman} the Magnificent/Lawgiver/Grand Turk
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What was the name of the new blended culture they created? Swahili
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What was the name of the people who Columbus first encounters? Taino
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What was the first empire established in China? Tang
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What was Genghis's original name? Temujin
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What was their capital? Tenochtitlan
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He establishes a bridge between Europe and what? The Church
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The king is put in conflict with what? The Church
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This dynasty maintains close ties with what? The Church
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"So many died that all believed that it was ___________" The end of the world
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What was this time period called? The Great {Dying}
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Authority of who expands during this period? The Pope
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T{obacco}
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That helps them capitalize on what? Trade routes
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What was the name of the trade between Europe, Asia, and the Americas? {Triangular} Trade
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They gained more territory through what system? {Tributary} states
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Often times, conquered towns were forced to pay _____ to the Mongols. Tribute
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What was the next Caliphate? (661 CE) Umayyad
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What was the term for a Spanish governor of an area in the New World? Viceroy
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Name one of these. Vietnam | Tibet | Korea
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How was it abbreviated? VOC
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Eventually corruption comes and they fade fast. What was the next caliphate formed? Abbasid
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And who ruled it? Abu Al-Abbas
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Who invaded them? Assyrians
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Eventually they were taken over by... Axum
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Who was its first leader? Babur
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Back new {industries}
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Who sends back vivid reports of the horrors inflicted upon native peoples? Bartolome De Las Casas
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Who was at the top? Brahmins
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Build {roads}
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They are in direct conflict with what empire? Byzantine
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What is a technical term for a sultan? Caliph
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What empire does he found? Carolingian
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Create {colonies}
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Who was the head of the government? Emperor
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Who was the top social class? Gentry
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What was settled by Bantu nomads? Great Zimbabwe
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They expanded rapidly thanks to _____. Gunpowder
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Okay, shifting. By early 700’s Islam is popular in NW India. Which empire collapsed earler? Gupta
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What did he do with the people that the Aztecs had conquered? He {allied} with them
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Who takes the throne next? Henry II
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Impose national {currencies}
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Who was the King that united England? King {Alfred} the Great
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Who was their king at the time? King {Ezana}
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Who was next? Kshatriyas
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They took over what outpost in 1641? Melaka
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Who was next? Merchants
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These policies helped what people grow richer? Merchants
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What section of the pyramid were Muslims organized into? Millets
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Who were... Outcasts, untouchables, "Children of God"
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What Incan emperor organized the emprire into four quarters? Pachacuti
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Who was next? Pariah / "Harijans"
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Who were... Priests
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Push for overseas {empires}
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They could not _____. Remarry
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What was the company run by the English government that had a monopoly on the English slave trade? Royal African Company
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He destroyed the capital and relocated it to where? Samarkand
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Who were... Skilled traders, merchants, and minor officials
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Who was next? Sudras
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What is another name for a Muslim ruler? Sultan
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Who was the leader of the Mali empire? Sunni Ali
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Who invaded India in 1398? Tamerlane
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Who were... Unskilled workers
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Who was next? Vaisyas
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Although lots of diseases came from Europe to the Americas, what is one that came to Europe? Venereal Syphilis
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Most of their history came from... Visitors
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Who were... Warriors and rulers
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Who was bottom? Women
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This greatly increased the degree of ______ specialization in Europe. Working
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They attacked China, united it, and established what dynasty? Yuan
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