Important People 1
who was Zheng He and why is he important?
Chinese explorer from the ming dynasty
Who is Francisco Pizzaro? and why is he important?
Conquistador leads the conquest of the incan people.
who is John Cabot
Where was he from: italy
Where did he explore: cape breton islands and labrador
Was he successful: found east coast of “America”
How did he die: unknown (probably drowning if his ship sunk)
How did the Bubonic Plague start (there are several factors)? What are the lasting impacts of it? What are some positive outcomes that have occurred as a result of plagues?
Fleas on rats started it, and population density causes the plague, the silk road, trade is a great way to spread the black death.
They also don't know what a germ is and don’t have medical knowledge. So many people die ⅓ of Europe's population, it destabilizes all of Africa.
Positive outcomes are advances in city planning, and medicine.
What are things that originated in the Old World? What are things that originated in the New World?
Old world: potatoes, corn wheat, sweet potatoes, tobacco
New world: citrus fruits, pairs, peaches, grapes, pineapple
Who is Marten Luther? and why is he important?
German monk/ priest
List of complaints
NO indulgences (pay money to church for your sins to be forgiven faster)
who is Bartolome de las Casas? and why is he important?
Involved with slave trading from the world, he was a priest, had a change of heart, and he feels bad that the indigenous people are getting slaved, and he spends most of his life trying to end slavery.
who is Walter Raleigh
Where was he from: england
Where did he explore: named virginia, and sailed carolina to florida
Was he successful: introduction of potato and tobacco
How did he die: beheaded for plot against king James 1st
What are the three civilizations that recovered from the Bubonic Plague that we discussed in this unit? What made them successful (each of the three has a different recovery story)?
Ming china
Large fleet of ships
Alabrit events
Trade routes and taxing on other along the coast
The Western Christendom
Monarchy claim to to rule by divine right
Targeted conversos Convert jews and muslims
Ottoman empire
Political alliances
Compare the practices and impact of European explorers on the Aztecs and Incas.
Aztecs and Incas were highly advanced civilizations both found by european explorers
Aztecs
Human sacrifice
Capital Tenochtitlan
Fell from disease (smallpox) from explores
Inca
Andes MT
Had no written language (Quipu)
Fell from invasion
Who is Henry VIII? why is he important?
Started the church of england because he wanted a divorce
he had 6 wives, some of them beheaded and others died
Who is Vasco da Gama? and why is he important?
Where was he from: portugal
Where did he explore: india
Was he successful: finding sea route to china
How did he die: malaria
who is Francis Drake
Where was he from: england
Where did he explore: first englishman to circumnavigation of the world
Was he successful: went all around the world and explored the west coast of america
How did he die: disontary
What were the causes and effects of the Protestant Reformation?
Challenged Chrisitan authorities (the list of complaints
Corruption of the church
Ancient texts
Political and religious wars / fights
What factors made the conquest of the Aztec and Inca possible?
Inca
The spaniards had advanced weaponry and trained fighter and inca just got wiped out from lack of advancements
Aztecs
Disease from the spaniards took a toll on the aztec empire defense
who is Ferdinand Magellan? and why is he important?
He circumnavigated all around the world
got killed, in the carbons with a poison arow and most of his people died of scurvy and warfare.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
Where was he from: spain
Where did he explore: florida, puerto rico, and bahamas ( fountain of youth)
Was he successful: reaching florida and coming back again
How did he die: second time the natives resisted and shot him with poisonous arrow
who is Samuel de Champlain
Where was he from: france
Where did he explore: found great lakes and new york and cape cod
Was he successful: great lakes and founding city of quebec
How did he die: stroke
What did the Catholic Church do in response to the Protestant Reformation?
Purge itself of abuse
Define the religious doctrine
New religious orders
Arguments outside the church
Who is Hernan Cortes? and why is he important?
Conquistador, leads the conquest of the Aztecs
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
Where was he from: Italy
Where did he explore: south america and north america coast
Was he successful: america is named after him, and he realized it was continent
How did he die: malaria
who is King Ferdinand and
Queen Isabella
The first ones to fund voyages to the sailors voying west to the new world, they brought the new world, money for the conquistadors and all spanish speakers are funded by them.
What was the Columbian Exchange? Was it a net negative or net positive thing? Explain your answer with historical evidence.
They exchanged the goods from the old world and new world.
It is more net negative because it increased slavery, death and disease.