The European Advantage
Great Dying and The Colombian Exchange
Europeans in the Land of the Aztec and Incas
Russia
Chinese and Mughal Empires
100
Name two of the European Empires that had colonies in the Americas.
Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese
100
Why were the Native Americans so susceptible to European diseases?
The Native Americans lacked immunity to European diseases.
100
Who were the peninsulares?
Spanish colonists that were born in Spain.
100
Why was Russia attracted to Siberia?
fur
100
What is the name of the people that created the Qing dynasty?
Manchu or Manchurian
200
What was the initial reason the European powers sailed west?
To reach the rich markets of the Indian Ocean.
200
How did the "great dying" of Native Americans affect labor?
There was an extreme labor shortage.
200
Who were the mestizos?
The mestizos were individuals born of Spanish men and Indian women.
200
Name one of the reasons the textbook identifies as the reasons the Russian expanded?
protection, power, Christianity, fur
200
Name one of the areas the Chinese colonize in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Tibet, Xinjiang, Mongolia
300
What Spanish conquistador overthrew the Aztec empire?
Hernan Cortes
300
Name one type of plant the textbook mentions were brought to America as part of the Colombian exchange.
wheat, rice, sugarcane, grapes
300
Who was at the bottom of colonial societies?
The indigenous population, Native Americans, Indians, Amerindians.
300
What was the yasak?
tribute (payment)
300
Name two of the Muslim leaders of the Mughal empire.
Akbar and Aurangzeb
400
Name one of the advantages that aided the Europeans in their conquest of the Americas.
seafaring technology, ironworking technology, gunpowder weapons, horses
400
Name one type of animal that the textbook mentions was brought to the Americas as part of the Colombian exchange.
Horses, pigs, cattle, goats, sheep
400
Who was the European who conquered the Incans?
Francisco Pizzaro
400
Name one of the characteristics the textbook mentions regarding Russian assimilation.
conversion to Christianity, intermarriage, pressure to abandon the nomadic way of life, adapting the Russian language
400
What two religions divided the Mughal empire?
Islam and Hindu
500
When the Europeans first arrived in the Americas how did Native Americans collaborate with the Europeans?
The Native Americans used the Europeans to assist in waging war against one another.
500
Name one of the diseases that the Europeans brought to the Americas.
Smallpox, yellow fever, malaria, influenza, typhus
500
Why did the Europeans ship Africans to the Americas?
They needed individuals to work on the sugar plantations and the native population had been greatly reduced.
500
Name one group of people in the west that came under Russian control during this time.
Poles, Germans, Ukrainians, Belorussians, Baltic
500
Why were the Europeans fearful of the Ottoman empire?
The Europeans feared the Muslim's would take over Europe.
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