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Zheng He collected tribute for his government (DYNASTY)
Song
Yuan
Ming
Qing
Formerly known as Siam, this Asian COUNTRY was not imperialized since Britain and France could not decide which should get it
Liberia
Vietnam
Burma
Thailand
The results of this war in 1904-1905 led to increased political instability in this COUNTRY
Russia
Japan
China
USA
The United States gained this ARCHIPELAGO as a result of the Spanish-American war
Cuba
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Indonesia
Sikhism was a syncretic religion born in the 16th century in this COUNTRY
Iran
Persia
India
Pakistan
On Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage, he went through THIS CITY, unintentionally ruining its economy by distributing so much gold dust to the residents.
Mecca
Medina
Timbuktu
Cairo
This EMPIRE hyphenized itself in 1867 when it created a Dual Monarchy due to pressure from one of its largest ethnic groups.
Prussia
Austria
Germany
France
This COUNTRY contributed champa rice to its northern neighbor, resulting in a significant increase in food supply and then population.
Vietnam
Korea
China
Japan
The Righteous Order of Harmonious Fists caused a lot of problems in this COUNTRY in 1900
Cuba
Turkey
India
China
Devshirme was a policy in this EMPIRE that allowed for the recruitment/ “kidnapping” of future soldiers
Qing
Ottoman
British
Mali
Shah Jahan’s monument to his wife is one of this COUNTRY’S most prized structures
India
China
Japan
Persia
Ibn Battuta was a famous world traveler whose writings provide much information about THIS AFRICAN EMPIRE.
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
Timbuktu
1st Latin American COLONY to achieve independence
Mexico
Brazil
Venezuela
Haiti
If you were sentenced to “transportation” for your crimes, you would be sent to this COUNTRY
Britain
Ireland
Australia
USA
This COUNTRY pioneered maritime technology n a navigational school in the 15th century
China
Portugal
Spain
Britain
Dr. John Snow literally mapped and solved a cholera outbreak in this COUNTRY in the mid 1800s.
USA
Britain
France
Germany
The Enclosure Movement in this COUNTRY provided workers for the factories
United States
Britain
Russia
Japan
The Boer War was a conflict between settlers descended from these TWO COUNTRIES
South Africa and Britain
South Africa and Belgians
Netherlands and Britain
Germany and Netherland
The Great Reform Bills of 1832, 1867, and 1880s expanded the franchise in this COUNTRY
Britain
USA
France
Germany
Nelson Mandela led a human rights/equality movement against apartheid in THIS COUNTRY.
Ghana
Kenya
Congo
South Africa
1857 – witnessed the first war of independence in this COUNTRY
Haiti
USA
China
India
The first European continental COUNTRY to industrialize
Britain
Netherlands
Belgium
France
These TWO COUNTRIES in Africa were not imperialized.
Ethiopia and Liberia
Liberia and Congo
Congo and South Africa
Egypt and Ethiopia
THIS COUNTRY faced a revolution between pro-western and Islamic fundamentalist leaders in the seventies
Iran
Egypt
Japan
Russia
The Mau Mau Revolt in THIS COUNTRY was an armed attempt to force the British out.
Ghana
Kenya
Angola
South Africa
The Tanzimat Reforms were a last minute effort to reform/modernize this EMPIRE
Qing
Safavid
Ottoman
British
THIS CITY was the site of many challenges between East and West involving blockades and the building of a wall.
Berlin
Paris
Moscow
Tokyo
THIS ORGANIZATION has a hug impact on the world’s supply and price of oil.
NAFTA
UN
EU
OPEC
Castro created this communist COUNTRY causing increased tension for its powerful neighbor.
Mexico
Cuba
Argentina
Brazil
Enlightenment salons were largely sponsored by aristocratic women in this COUNTRY
Paris
London
France
Britain
This COUNTRY found itself partitioned in the late 1700s by Russia, Prussia, and Austria – not to return to the map until after WWI
Russia
Germany
France
Poland
The Partition of this COUNTRY resulted in 12 million displaced people and over a half-million deaths.
India
Palestine
Sri Lanka
Afghanistan
Cavour arranged for assistance from this COUNTRY to fight against this COUNTRY in order to accomplish Italian unification
Italy - France
France - Austria
Germany - France
Vatican - Germany
Known as the “Forgotten Genocide” , THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE were targeted as an ethnic minority during wartime.
Armenian
Cambodian
Bosnian
Rwandan
The Crimean War involved a dispute between these TWO COUNTRIES
Russia - Ottomans
France - Britain
Russia - Japan
Austria - Prussia
This SUPRANATIONAL ORGANIZATION eliminated trade barriers and established a common currency among its members.
UN
NAFTA
EU
ASEAN
The kingdom of Granada existed in this COUNTRY until 1492
Britain
France
Portugal
Spain
Mansa Must rules Mali
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
Invention of steam engine
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
Genghis Khan leads Mongols to take over much of Eurasia
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
French Revolution
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
Hobbes and Locke discuss human nature and the best type of government
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
Haitian Independence
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
Zheng He demands tribute for China in the Indian Ocean Basin
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
Declaration of Independence - a message to Britain and a template for other colonies around the world
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
Britain establishes first North American colony in Jamestown
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
Spanish create the encomienda system to deal with the Amerindians
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
Put the following events in chronological order:
A. American Revolution
B. Enlightenment
C. Jamaica Letter
A - B - C
B - C - A
C - B- A
B - A- C
Ottomans under Mehmet the Conqueror take Constantinople
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
Put the following events in chronological order:
A. Sepoy Mutiny
B. Battle of Plassey
C. Formation of Indian National Congress (INC)
A - B- C
B - A- C
C - B- A
B - C- A
Put the following events in chronological order:
A. Sepoy Mutiny
B. Battle of Plassey
C. Formation of Indian National Congress (INC)
A - B- C
B - A- C
C - B- A
B - C- A
Martin Luther starts the Protestant Reformation with his 95 Theses
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
The Bubonic Plague reaches the city-states of Italy
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
The Irish Potato Famine results in a large migration to North America
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
End of serfdom in Russia
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
Slavery is abolished in the United States
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
Fascism rises in countries like Germany and Italy response to economic crises
1200-1450
1450-1750
1750-1900
1900-2020
Tiananmen Square
600 - 1450
1450 - 1750
1750 - 1900
1900 - Present
Which came first?
Factory Act
Invention of steam engine
Enclosure movement
Invention of spinning jenny
Which came first?
End of serfdom in all of Europe
End of slavery in the Latin America
End of slavery in North America
End of mita system
Which came first?
Mexican Revolution with Hidalgo & Morelos
American Revolution
French Revolution
Haitian Revolution
Which of the following would NOT be supporting evidence for an essay on nationalism in the 19th century?
American Revolution
Latin American Revolutions
Sepoy Mutiny
Unification of Germany and Italy
Which of the following would NOT be used as supporting evidence for an essay dealing with conservatism in the 19th century?
Congress of Vienna
Tanzimat reforms
Otto von Bismarck
Caudillos in Latin America
What is the correct chronological order of events that created the intellectual development of modern Europe?
A. Scientific Revolution
B. Enlightenment
C. Protestant Reformation
D. Renaissance
A- B- C - D
B - A - C - D
C - D- B- A
D - C - A - B
Which of the following would NOT be used as evidence for an essay about resistance to European imperialism from 1850 to 2000?
Battle of Adowa in Ethiopia
Mau Mau Revolt
Sepoy Mutiny
Anti-apartheid movement
Which of these 20th century events does NOT support a thesis dealing with hot spots in the Cold War?
Prague Spring
Berlin Blockade
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Partition of India
Which was NOT an interregional trade route from 1200-1450?
Trans-Saharan routes
Indian Ocean Basin
Silk Roads
Trans-Atlantic routes
Which of the following do NOT apply to the Inca in the 15th century?
chinampas
chasquis
mita
quipu
Which of the following is an example of monumental art & architecture NOT built during the 1450-1750 period?
Isfahan
Constantinople
Versailles
Taj Mahal
Which of the following indigenous groups did NOT experience a decline due to European interaction in the 1450-1750 period?
Aborigines
Aztecs
Kongo
Inca
In an essay about the effects of the Columbian Exchange, the following events are in your historical context. Put them in chronological order.
A. Fall of Constantinople
B. Reconquista
C. Crusades
D. Henry the Navigator's school
E. Marco Polo
C - E - B - D - A
C - E - A - D- B
B - C - E - A - D
A - B - C - D - E
In understanding the evolution of Russia's history, put the following events in chronological order.
A. Industrialization under Sergei Witte
B. Catherine the Great the not-so Enlightened ruler
C. Peter the Great
D. Russian Revolution
E. The Mongols aka Golden Horde
E - B- C- D - A
C - B - E- A - D
C - B - A - D- E
E - C - B - A - D
In China's history from 1200-1900, place the dynasties in the correct chronological order.
A. Qing
B. Ming
C. Yuan
D. Song
A - B- C -D
B- C- A- D
C - A- B- D
D -C- B -A
In understanding the evolution of Japanese history from 1600 to 2020, put the following events in chronological order.
A. Meiji Restoration
B. Tokugawa Shogunate institutes edict closing Japan
C. Hiroshima & Nagasaki are bombed
D. Creation of Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
E. Commodore Perry opens Japan
B - E - A - D- C
A - C- D- E- B
C - A- B- D- E
D - E- A- B- C
Caravanserai, magnetic compass, rudder, junk, paper money, banking houses, bills of exchanged the Hanseatic League were all in place to encourage regional trade before (pick the earliest option)
14th century
16th century
18th century
20th century
In what century did Portugal become the first European country to establish an all-water route to Asia?
14th century
15th century
16th century
17th century
Major cities of empires and regional trade in the 13th century included all of the followingEXCEPT
Timbuktu
Constantinople
Cuzco
Cordoba
19th century reform movements include all of the following EXCEPT
abolitionism
Tanzimat
100 Days'
New Deal
Empires that came to an end in the first half of the 20th century include all of the following EXCEPT
Austro-Hungarian
Ottoman
Mughal
Russian
Which of the following absolute monarchs in the 1450-1750 period did NOT use policies of religious tolerance to rule their empires?
Akbar
Louis XIV
Suleiman the Magnificent
Peter the Great
Battle of Dien Bien Phu/Vietnamese Independence
1945
1954
1963
1975
Eastern European satellites break away from USSR/Berlin Wall falls
1968
1984
1989
1991
Which did NOT happen in the interwar years of the 20th century?
Rise of Mussolini
Great Depression
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Holocaust
Put the events of the early 20th century in chronological order.
A. Mexican Revolution
B. Chinese Revolution
C. Bloody Sunday
D. Boxer Rebellion
A - B - C- D
D - C- A -B
D - A -B -C
D - B - A -C
Put the following decolonization/independence movements in chronological order.
A. Kenya
B. Algeria
C. India
D. Ghana
C - A- B- D
A - C- B- D
B - A- C- D
C -D - B - A
Put the following economic systems in chronological order (in the order they developed).
A. Communism
B. Mercantilism
C. Socialism
D. Capitalism
B - D - C- A
B - C- D- A
D - B -C -A
A - C- D- B
Put the countries in the correct chronological order in which they industrialized.
A. Russia
B. Japan
C. United States
D. Britain
D - C- B -A
A - B- C -D
D - B - C- A
C - D- A- B
Economic liberalization occurred BOTH in the PRC and USSR during this decade.
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
China became communist AND the USSR tested its first atomic bomb in this year.
1945
1949
1955
1959
The British East India first got involved in India in this century.
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
The Amritsar Massacre in this year was significant because it brought together the various religions of India to unite against the British.
1900
1914
1919
1939
In what order did the following areas get colonized/imperialized by Europeans?
A. Asia
B. North America
C. Africa
D. Latin America
B - D- A- C
A - D- B- C
D - B- A- C
C - B - D- A
The policy of salutary neglect in this COUNTRY led to its rebellion against increased taxes later
Britain
US
France
Haiti
