1CC3 Rise of Empires Quiz

Cities that were great once but collapsed quickly

Important cities with avenues of communication and trade that endured for centuries

Important cities with huge amounts of natural resources that allowed an empire to flourish

A state with an enormous military

The ability of people to organize resources for military purposes

A state with no other administrative goals other than to form a large, powerful military

Globalization came before global integration

There is no difference, they are synonymous

Global integration is slower moving, moved by small sailing ships, animal caravans - it doesn’t have much depth of penetration

There were no enemies for thousands of miles away from the city

It was a defensive site in a perfect location

Constantine paid an enormous sum of money to have a moat dug around it

They had mercenaries, practiced cunning diplomacy, and were equipped with spies

They spread the Greek language throughout their empire

Missionaries spread the Christian religion of the Byzantine Empire

The beginning of conflict between the Christians and Muslims - it is where myths about conquering developed, where the idea that a subject group must adhere to their faith

The beginning of conflict between the Christians and Jews - it is where myths about conquering developed, where the idea that a subject group must adhere to their faith

The beginning of conflict between the Shia and Sunni - it is where myths about conquering developed, where the idea that a subject group must adhere to their faith

Conquests are based on conjecture

Islamic territories cut off Europe and forced trade and artisan development in northern Europe because Muslims cut off supply of papyrus, spices, luxury fabrics, gold coins

Islamic territories cut off Europe and forced trade and artisan development in northern Europe because Muslims cut off supply of papyrus, spices, luxury fabrics, gold coins - however this theory has been discounted

Spread algebra and numbering system to Europe -this allowed from huge leaps in accounting and finance

Allowed the mongols to spread and conquer

Helped men translate Greek texts into Arabic

Arab/Islamic people traded over land – networks reached from the far north of Africa to the boundaries of modern China

Other empires were exhausted from constant battles, therefore they were weakened and vulnerable

Horses and camels allowed people to move quickly – allowed Islam to move quickly

Arab/ Islamic people had far superior weapons to any other group of people at this time

A common person that was able to create a vast empire

A warrior prince that created a small empire and defeated Genghis Khan

A warrior prince that created a small empire and was defeated by Genghis Khan

The capital of the Mongol empire

Genghis Khan's weapon of choice

A Chinese dynasty

Improvement of farming techniques + fall in the price of agriculture

Inflation lead to the peasants being happier

Social change – gave some influence and leverage to skilled labourers and farmers and less power to aristocrats

For the people who survived it meant a new concentration of wealth

Serves as a reminder of the corruption of the wool trade

Serves of a reminder of the wealth accumulated through the trade of wool

It's comfy to sit on

This meant trade without fear or favour - they controlled the Brenner Pass and thus the Aegean

This meant trade was a lot more dangerous - pirates were a constant threat to Venice

This meant constant quarrels about fishing rights and territories which almost caused a war

The ottomans wanted to create a Jewish empire

An indication that the ottomans wanted to declare war on the Jews

The ottomans were open to religious diversity if you paid your taxes

A Hapsburg

The builder of the Holy Roman Empire

A man from a great Swiss family

All of these answers are correct

Venice attacks Ottoman fleets and are defeated

Venice attacks Ottoman fleets and are successful in destroying the ottoman fleet

Venice attacks Ottoman fleets but the battle ends in a compromise

The ottoman arrangement for dealing with Jews and Christians through their religious leaders

Genoas merchants pioneer shipping trade

Portuguese mariners discover the Atlantic islands and begin conquest of Guanche’s and set up sugar plantations

The split between the roman catholic church and the eastern orthodox church

The re-conquest of Spain and the expulsion of the Jews who did not convert – eventually the expulsion of Muslims

The east contained some of the most powerful empires the world has ever seen

Spanish silver mined in South America had a dramatic effect on the money supply in Europe – too much money in circulation

The Spanish introduced European diseases to the indigenous killing large sums of their populations

The Spanish learned a great deal about sustaining crops from the indigenous

The Spaniards adopted some of the administrative practices of the Inca and the Aztec

High productivity farming

Warhousing

By making few enemies to minimize the risk of war

A successful rebellion against the Hapsburg empire

They didn't have enough people to establish colonies

It was inefficient and uneconomical

They were against anything the English were doing

Insurance

Gunpowder

Porcelain

China stopped trying

There was a strong belief that the empire already had everything it needed

The Chinese at this time were very inverted

Brought Russia into deep debt

Modernized Russia

Expanded Russia as little as possible

Expand

Make as many alliances as possible

Build huge fortresses to protect themselves

Administrative bureaucracy

Taxation

Local armies

Bribery

The period when the company became a real agent trying to fashion a modern state in terms of public works and legal reform

Nabobs went to India to gain wealth

The trading phase

Marxism

Utilitarianism

The understanding that everyone was equal under the law

He was opposed to daily news

He felt that by looking back and studying a broader time span, you become aware of strangeness and important changes

He focused on changes of food, climate, and culture instead of focusing on Kings and regimes

He was a Swiss historian

Vermeer's Hat - Brook

Ecological Imperialism - Crosby

The Great Land Rush - Weaver

Vermeer's Hat - Brooks

Guns, Germs, and Steel - Diamond

Taming the Wild Field - Sunderland

Writing Histories - Perude

Ecological Imperialism - Crosby

The Great Land Rush - Weaver

Vermeer's Hat - Brook

Taming the Wild Field - Sunderland

The Great Land Rush - Weaver