1. What was the original location of the Ottoman Empire?

2. Asia Minor
Asia Minor

3. What did Martin Luther write? What was it about?

4. 95 statements against Catholic Church
95 Theses
95 statements against Catholic Church

5. Where is the Mayan Empire located?

6. The Yucatan Peninsula

7. Who opened up Japan to trade in 1857?

8. Commadore Perry

9. What were the three motivations for exploration?

10. Gold, Glory,God

11. What happened in the year 1789?

12. Start of French Revolution: Storming of Bastille

13. The Ottoman Turks renamed Istanbul. What was its old Christian name?

14. *Constantinople*

15. What is the holiest city of Islam?
Why is it the holiest?

16. Muhammad was born there
Mecca
Muhammad was born there

17. What two natural barriers isolate China?

18. Gobi desert
Himalayas Mountains
Himalayas

19. China was connected with the Middle East via what road?

20. The Silk Roads

21. What are enclaves?

22. A city set aside for trade with foreigners

23. What is the Enlightenment commonly referred to as?

24. The Age of Reason

25. What new form of literature evolved during the Age of Enlightenment?

26. The novel The most popular novel author today is John Grisham
Tom Clancy is also very popular today

27. Who wrote Don Quixote?

28. Cervantes
Cervantes was from Spain

29. What Age of Enlightenment book did Thomas Hobbes write?

30. A Leviathan is a huge “sea monster”

31. What was the location of the Mughal Empire?

32. Northern India

33. What were the chief products traded by the Mogul Empire?

34. Textiles
clothing products

35. Which European country was MOST influenced by the Mughal Empire’s textile industry? (they copied it)

36. British Empire in India and the world
Great Britain
British Empire in India and the world

37. What were the Mayans best known for?

38. Corn, calculus and pyramids

39. Why did Columbus set sail in 1492?

40. He wanted to find a western route to India, but he ran into the Caribbean island of Cuba.
Columbus thought India was here
Columbus’ first trip

41. Cuba became a colony of which country?

42. Columbus sailed for Spain, so he claimed Cuba for Spain

43. Pizzaro claimed most of South America for which Empire?

44. Pizzaro used the excellent Inca roads to move quickly and defeat them
Spain
Former Inca Empire now belongs to Spain
Pizzaro used the excellent Inca roads to move quickly and defeat them

45. What was Japan’s reaction after seeing how powerful the West was?

46. They industrialized and wanted to be more like the West.

47. What war did Japan win in 1905?

48. Russo-Japanese War vs

49. General Tojo and Emperor Hirohito.

50. What did they do to acquire raw materials?

51. When, where, and why did Japan attack the US?

52. a.) Dec. 7, 1941
b.) Pearl Harbor
c.) to get rid of US influence in the Pacific

53. What two cities had atomic bombs dropped on them
What two cities had atomic bombs dropped on them? Why did the US do this?

54. a.) Hiroshima and Nagasaki
b.) US didn’t want to invade Japan

55. What was Japan not allowed to have after WWII?

56. A military

57. Describe Japan today.

58. Highly developed country, low birth rate, long life span, high literacy rate, and high GDP.

59. What religion did the Moguls introduce into India?

60. especially into an area called Kashmir in the Himalayas
Islam
especially into an area called Kashmir in the Himalayas
Kashmir

61. What architectural achievement are the Moguls famous for?

62. The Taj Mahal

63. Who was the first European to sail to India?

64. Vasca Da Gama Portugal
Da Gama’s route to India

65. After Da Gama’s trip, which three European countries set up trading posts in Mogul India?

66. Portugal, England, and the Netherlands (Dutch)

67. What were the Aztec best known for?

68. Gold and human sacrifice!

69. What missionaries were sent to Latin America?

70. Catholic missionaries, since Spain is Catholic
Jesuits
Catholic missionaries, since Spain is Catholic

71. What language dominates Latin America?

72. Spanish

73. Name the four major European countries that R. A. C. E. D
Name the four major European countries that R.A.C.E.D.to conquer the Americas.

74. Spain: Caribbean, Latin America
Portugal: Brazil
France: Quebec
England: eastern North America

75. Which products went from America TO EUROPE due to the Columbian exchange?

76. Corn, tobacco, and potatoes were seen for the first time in Europe

77. What is the dominant religion in India?

78. Hinduism
Hinduism in the world

79. What is the holy text of Hinduism?

80. The Vedas

81. Where did Buddhism spread to?
Who spread it there?

82. China and Southeast Asia
Spread by the missionary Asoka
Asoka spread Buddhism here!

83. What is reincarnation?

84. Hindu (and Buddhist) belief that your soul is reborn over and over again as different people or animals.

85. What did Hobbes argue was the best form of government in Leviathan?

86. absolutism
The Leviathan, or sea monster, represents the all powerful government Hobbes believed exist to avoid chaos
Hobbes absolute ruler

87. What three rights did Locke say the Government MUST protect?

88. Life, liberty, and property

89. What was Voltaire famous for saying?

90. “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it”