Unit 1
What was the Chinese Civil Service Exam?
The Civil Service Exam was a test given to young men based off of Confucian ideas to determine government career.
Who did the Silk Road boom most benefit?
The Mongol Empire.
Where did gunpowder originate?
China.
Columbus sailed the ocean blue...
in 1492.
What book did Adam Smith write.
The Wealth of Nations.
Industrial production soared in the 4th century when the Chinese discovered what.
Coal.
Japan emulated Chinese culture in what period? (794-1185)
The Heian period.
Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire conquered what Byzantine city and made it his capital?
Constantinople or Istanbul.
Portugal's dotted outposts across the world made them a dominant and efficient what?
Trading post empire.
Define Zionism.
Desire to attain a Jewish homeland.
What are the three types of Buddhism?
Theraveda, Mahayana, and Tibetan.
632.
To the rest of Europe, The Ottoman Empire was often referred to as...
The sick man of Europe.
What was the name of the Portuguese explorer who circumnavigated the globe.
Ferdinand Magellan.
Who lead the Haitian revolution?
Toussaint L'Ouverture.
What were the three civilizations in the Americas and where were they predominantly located?
Mayan- Modern day Yucatan.
Aztec- Modern day Mexico.
Incas- Modern day Peru.
What animal made trade possible in the Arabian and Sahara deserts?
The humpback camel.
The Ottomans were _____ Muslims and the Safavids were ____ Muslims.
Sunni, Shia.
Who was the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs and what disease did he bring to the Americas?
Hernan Cortes and small pox.
John Locke viewed political life as a result of what?
A social contract that people use to gain law and order in exchange for some rights.
Describe how the signing of the Magna Carta played a large roll in the beginning of reconstruction of government systems in Europe.
The Magna Carta was the first major document set in place by the people with a main goal to restrict the power of an oppressive regime. I.E. King John of England. The document limits the powers of the King and paves the way for a legislative body. This document has been the model for other documents such the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
List and describe two key factors that led the Mongols to clam land from Poland to the far east of China.
The Mongols claimed land from such far reaches of Asia because of their ability to manipulate the markets of the Silk Road in order to have them be more beneficial towards the Mongols. Another factor was the brutality of the Mongol style of conquering. The Mongols spared no one and were horrific in their trade as killers and invaders. These tactics instilled much fear in opponents and in many cases caused them to lay down their arms before a fight even started.
Describe the similarity between the Divine Right of Kings and the Mandate of Heaven
The Divine Right of Kings and the Mandate of Heaven are similar as they both grant power to those who claim it by supernatural permission via the gods. The rich and powerful used both of these ideas to claim and strip power amongst themselves. Poor people could not claim either of these concepts because it was common thought that poor people were not liked by the gods as they were not as fortunate as the rich.
Are the Columbian Exchange and Mercantilism inseparable topics? Can you have one without the other.
Yes, The Columbian Exchange and Mercantilism are inseparable topics as mercantilism was not possible without the products of the Columbian exchange such as sugar and cotton. These and many other products of the New World were sent back to Europe and sold via mercantilism. Likewise, the Columbian exchange literally is mercantilism but only by narrowing it down to a specific time period, region, and product and rebranding it around the current events of the time.
According to Adam Smith, Why is the "Division of Labor" good for the worker and the consumer.
The division of labor is good for both the worker and consumer because it simplifies production at an individual level and requires less skill and specialization among the workforce and therefor requires less payment to employees because their job is now significantly easier as they only have to learn one element of the manufacturing process instead of all the separate steps. In turn, this is good for the consumer because manufacturing time and prices go way down compared to how they were prior to the division of labor.