Construct a SIX-FORMATION SIMULTANEOUS chronology of the Early-Modern World 1450-1750 CE placing Italian Renaissance, Mughal India, Ming/Qing China, Songhai West Africa, Ottoman Empire, Tokugawa Japan on one timeline — refusing the Eurocentric 'Renaissance/Age of Discovery' single-narrative framing
Exercise Difficulty 2 ~4 min hist.g7.s.ex_02

Matching

Prompt

Match each early-modern formation to its capital + 1 named figure: (1) Italian Renaissance ___ (2) Mughal India ___ (3) Ming China ___ (4) Songhai ___ (5) Ottoman ___ (6) Tokugawa Japan ___

How it's presented
mode text
Answer criteria
type matching
correct
  1. Florence/Medici
  2. Agra/Akbar
  3. Beijing/Zheng He
  4. Gao/Askia Muhammad
  5. Istanbul/Suleiman
  6. Edo/Tokugawa Ieyasu
Hints
  1. Six formations on MG-2 — use formation-card reverse side.
  2. Songhai capital is on Niger River.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Confusing Songhai capital (Gao) with Mali capital (Niani)
  • Placing Suleiman in Vienna (he besieged it but did not capital)
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