Unit 1
The belief of Ancient Chinese citizens that the rulers had the right to rule because of divine forces.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The ruler of the largest land-based empire whose name means powerful ruler.
What is Genghis Khan?
The three famous Islamic gunpowder empires.
What is Safavid Empire, Mughal Empire and Ottoman Empire?
The name of the exploring ship that travelled long voyages at great speed and had lateen sails.
What is a Caravel?
What is John Locke?
Baghdad's intellectual powerhouse in the late 8th century.
What is the House of Wisdom?
The "holiday inns" along the Silk Road where the travelers had a rest stop and cultural diffusion often occurred.
What is a caravanserai?
The name of the religiously discriminatory tax in the Mughal empire as well as the group that it did NOT tax.
What is the Jizya tax and Muslims?
The first to circumnavigate the globe (technically this explorer died before completing his circumnavigation but one of his ships made it all the way around the world).
What is Ferdinand Magellan?
Father of capitalism and believed in separation of powers and checks and balances.
What is Adam Smith?
The Islamic subdivision that believed that Ali should have ruled after Muhammad.
The name of the famous ruler and kingdom in West Africa that were renowned for having a lot of gold and spreading Islam.
What is Mansa Musa and Mali?
The name of the Sun King of France and the name of the palace that he built.
What is Louis XIV and The Palace of Versailles?
The name of the explorer who conquered the Aztec and the name of the explorer who conquered the Incan (answer in that order).
What is Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro?
The name of the group of intellectual thinkers and writers that explored social, political and economic theories.
What is the philosophes?
The mandatory public service system implemented by the Incan society.
What is the mit'a system?
The name of the famous admiral and Chinese dynasty that traded in the Indian Ocean trade in large treasure ships called Junks.
What is Zheng He and Ming Dynasty?
The name of the Monk who saw the church as corrupt and the name of the paper that he nailed to the church door.
What is Martin Luther and the 95 theses?
The Glorious Revolution in England constituted a switch between which two rulers and which two religions.
What is-- James II, a catholic, was overthrown by William of Orange, a protestant?
The idea that God is a "clock-maker" and once he made the earth, he stepped back and let it run without interruption.
What is Deism?
Describe one way in which culture from the Incan civilization is similar to the culture of the Aztec civilization.
(answers may vary) What is-
A- The Incan civilization and the Aztec civilization both had some human sacrifices.
C- Both these civilizations used human sacrifices to honor and pay tribute to their gods. Most of the time, these sacrifices were prisoners or captives after they conquered another culture.
E- They believed that human sacrifices would keep the gods happy with them and keep their crops growing well. If a big natural disaster came about, these two civilizations believed that it was because they had done something to displease the gods.
Describe one reason Mongol nobles accepted a woman's leadership.
(answers may vary) What is-
A- Mongolian nobles may have accepted a woman's leadership because in Mongolian society they expected males and females to become highly skilled horse riders and have courage in hunting and warfare. Mongol women had more rights in general than other women of different societies.
C- These expectations mean that they may have seen and treated men and women more equally than they usually did at that time.
E- Mongol women had many more rights than women in other societies of the era as they could remarry, tend to flocks, and wear trousers (as they had to ride horses).
Explain ONE reason the Gunpowder Empires rose during the period 1450-1750.
(answers may vary) What is---
A- One reason that Gunpowder Empires rose to such heights during 1450s to 1750s was that their military might and technological superiority could easily overthrow or replace the weak and corrupt empires and regimes around at the time.
C- Gunpowder empires, as seen in the name, use gunpowder weapons which, at the time, were cannons and artillery to enforce their rule. This meant that these empires often were technologically advanced since they had these weapons.
E- Enforcing rule through military was an especially strong way to rule at the time as almost none of the regions that were being conquered had the means or weapons to fight back. These gunpowder empires were stronger and larger with more power than the small regions that they were conquering.
Explain ONE political motivation for developing navigational technology.
(answers may vary) what is--
A- One political motivation for developing navigational technology is wishing to expand the empire of that specific country.
C- Developing new navigational technology improves the chances of the explorers that they send to find new lands and be able to claim them. If the explorers are able to this, the country can expand its reign and its political power.
E- For example, the invention of the compass by the Chinese allowed for a whole new era of exploration as the explorers could finally navigate using something more reliable than the stars, which were prone to being covered by clouds or impossible to see during the day. The compass allowed exploring to become a lot more efficient, and therefore, new lands were found quicker than they would've been without this new invention. A king or queen may want to fund the development of navigational tech because it increases the chances of their explorers being able to reach and claim land for them.
Describe ONE way in which the ideas of the Renaissance impacted the ideas of the Enlightenment.
(answers may vary) What is--
A- One way in which the ideas of the Renaissance impacted the ideas of the Enlightenment is the idea of humanism, meaning that humans have potential to do greatness.
C- This idea of humanism allowed the enlightenment thinkers to gain confidence to share their theories because humanism emphasizes the great potential of humans and how much can be and has been accomplished by humans.
E- Enlightenment thinkers, with help from the progressive thinking of the Renaissance, realized that humans should have individual rights and rejected absolutism, absolute authority. Renaissance thinkers planted this seed with the idea of humanism.