Global Geography Skills
What type of climate would be the best for a large population?
Mild/ Temperate climate.
What is the term used to describe the widespread transfer of crops, animals, people, technology, and diseases between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres after 1492.
The Columbian Exchange
What was the military technology that helped both land and maritime empires expand their territories?
Gun powder weapons.
This luxury commodity whose high demand in European markets motivated the Russian Empire’s eastward expansion into Siberia.
Furs from animals
What was the time period known for its interests in the arts and in philosophy in Europe called?
The Renaissance
I will draw an image on the Board. What is this called and what do the X and Y Axis Signify for it.
Population Pyramid
X Axis: Percent of population
Y Axis: Age ranges
Describe how the presence of Europeans in the Americas negatively affected the Native Americans.
The diseases brought over by the Europeans caused the near extinction of the natives.
This resource became the most important trade item for Europeans to trade with Europe.
Silver
This term describes the blending or merging of practices from two or more religious or cultural traditions, common in colonial settings.
Religious Syncretism
A period known for its diffusion of new technologies, specifically the printing press, helped fuel this core intellectual challenge by allowing the rapid spread of new ideas and discoveries. What was this period called?
The Scientific Revolution
Describe what a formal region is.
A formal region is a fact. It doesn't change by who you ask. It has a recognized border.
what was an effect of the large decrease in the amount of Native Americans in the Americas.
The increased amount of African American slaves.
The area/country was the largest buyer of European Silver
Asia/China
This system was used by the ottoman empire to create the Janissaries and to keep building their government officials. They used Christian children in this system.
The Devshirme System
What was the name of the new intellectual method of the Scientific Revolution that relied on observation, experimentation, and mathematical analysis, rather than ancient texts.
The Scientific Method
Describe what a perceptual region is.
A perceptual region is based on opinions. It changes based on who you ask and has no formal borders.
Describe the difference in Portugal and Spain's strategy to explore the world.
Spain: focused on conquering as much land as they could in the Americas.
Portugal: Focused on creating a trade empire around Africa and Asia with trading ports.
This economic theory, dominant in Europe from the 16th to 18th centuries, sought to maximize a nation’s wealth by exporting more than it imported.
Mercantilism
Mughal Emperor Akbar used this policy, which included removing the jizya tax, to politically stabilize his empire where the rulers were Muslim but the majority was Hindu.
Religious Tolerance
What was the time period called during the 16th-century where religious schism in Europe made the Catholic Church particularly resistant to any ideas seen as challenging its authority or doctrine such as Protestantism.
The Protestant reformation
What is the primary driver of economic growth, which involves the application of new ideas, processes, and machinery to boost economic productivity.
Technological innovation.
What were the advantages of the Portuguese empires strategy to explore?
were able to spend less money on their empire and have better relations with the people they traded with.
These private commercial organizations, such as the Dutch East India Company, allowed investors to pool capital and share the financial risks of long-distance trade.
Joint Stock Companies
What would be the core political motivation for a ruling minority (like the Mughals) to sponsor the culture and religious texts of the majority population.
To gain influence and to make sure their reign is stable.
These two European authorities—one religious and one intellectual—saw their long-established views of the universe challenged by the Scientific Revolution.
The Catholic Church and ancient philosophers.