Unit 1
Which TWO major goods were produced in Song China?
Silk
Porcelain
Gunpowder
What is the name of network of historical trade routes across Eurasia, connecting east Asia with the Mediterranean Sea?
The Silk Road
What religion were the Gunpowder Empires?
Islam (Muslim)
Name ONE good that went from the Old World to the New World in the Columbian Exchange.
Sugar, Coffee, Rice, Wheat, Cows, Pigs, etc.
What are the 3 parts of a thesis statement?
Argument/Stance
Time Period
Roadmap/Reasons
What are the three main universalizing religions?
(Universalizing: you can convert to them)
Buddhism, Christianity, Islam
What is an example of something that is spread along trade routes that is NOT a food or product?
Religion, education, disease, etc.
What are the three Gunpowder Empires?
Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal
Name ONE maritime empire and the lands they claimed in the New World.
Spain- Central/South America
Portugal- Brazil
England- 13 Colonies/Canada
France- Canada/Louisiana
Netherlands- New York
What are TWO main causes of leaders/governments being overthrown?
What is Chinese political philosophy that was used in ancient and imperial China to justify the rule of the King or Emperor of China in the Dynastic Cycle?
Mandate of Heaven
What are the TWO main goods traded along the Trans-Saharan Trade Routes?
Gold and Salt
What is the Reformation?
The splitting of the Christian/Catholic Church.
What is the name of the line that split the land of the New World between Spain and Portugal?
Treaty of Tordesillas
What is a syncretic religion AND what is an example of one?
A religion blended from two or more religions.
Sikhism / Vodou
Which group of people did Buddhism appeal to AND why?
Lower classes- it was an escape from the Caste System.
What is the name of the Chinese dynasty that was ruled by the Mongols?
Yuan Dynasty
What was Martin Luther's main grievance with the Pope?
The sale of indulgences.
What is mercantilism?
An economic system that is based on the idea of a country exporting more than they import, usually at the detriment to the colony and benefit to the mother country.
What does SPICE-T stand for?
All parts must be correct.
Social, Political, Interactions, Culture, Economic, Technology
Which societies do each of these social structures represent? (Left- Highest, Right- Lowest)
1) Emperor - Gov Officials/Warriors - Farmers - Craftspeople - Merchants/Traders
2) King - Nobles - Knights - Peasants
1) China (Song China)
2) Europe (Feudal Europe)
What are two CULTURAL impacts of trade routes from 1200-1450?
Spread of language, culture, cultural diffusion, etc.
Give TWO examples of rulers and how they used architecture to legitimize their rule.
Louis XIV- Versailles
Peter the Great- St. Petersburg
How did Tokugawa Japan differ from previous dynasties?
Banned Europeans (aside from the Dutch)
Samurai became bureaucrats
Christianity was outlawed
Japan self-isolated
What are two major IMPACTS of the Columbian Exchange?
Decimation of African and American populations
Cultural diffusion (religion, languages)
Etc.