Test #2 - Key Terms

This should not be considered a replacement for the review questions, but rather acts as a supplement.  This list is NOT comprehensive.  This will make a good study reference for about 70% of the multiple choice, matching, and true/false questions.  I suggest you use this as a secondary checklist after you review the questions for this unit.

Places

  • Aztec Empire
    • Tenochtitlan
  • Inca Empire
    • Cuzco
    • Andes Mountains
  • Europe
    • Spain
    • Portugal
    • Holy Roman Empire
    • Italy
    • England
    • Scotland
    • Ireland
  • Ottoman Empire
    • Constantinople / Istanbul
    • Anatolian Peninsula
    • Turkey
  • Mughal Empire of India
  • Ming Dynasty of China

Terms 
& Ideas
  • God, Gold, and Glory
  • Joint Stock Company
  • Mercantalism
  • Triangular Trade
  • Conquistador
  • Quipu
  • Terraced Farms
  • Guns, Germs, and Steel 
  • Hinduism
  • Caste System
  • Dharma
  • Karma
  • Buddhism
  • Islam
  • Five Pillars of Islam
    • Requirements, not the Arabic names
  • Sharia
  • Janissary
  • Sultan
  • Millet System
  • Taj Mahal
  • Yuan Dynasty
  • Ming Dynasty
  • Civil Service Exam
  • Scholar Gentry
  • Great Wall
  • Grand Canal

Events & Numbers


  • Treaty of Tordesillas
  • Columbian Exchange 
    • 50-90% of people native to the Americas died due to new diseases introduced
  • Slave Trade
    • 10 to 12 million people transported
    • Only 5% were sent to the United States
  • Ottoman Contol  of Constantinople (Istanbul)
  • Ottoman Control of Mecca & Medina
  • Battle of Lepanto 

People
 

  • Vasco De Gama
  • Christopher Columbus
  • Ferdinand Magellan
  • Henry the Navigator
  • Montezuma
  • Atalhualpa
  • Siddhartha Guatama 
  • Suleiman the Magnificent
  • Ghengis Khan
  • Ackbar the Great
  • Shah Jahan
  • Zhu Yuanzheng
  • Zheng He