Ming Dynasty
After the Ming claimed the Mandate of Heaven, they reinstituted this? It was meant to make sure qualified individuals would hold government positions.
What is the civil service exam?
This form of writing was the only writing system in Mesoamerica?
What is hieroglyphics?
The Incan civilization was predominantly found in the mountains of this present day country.
What is Peru?
These two European nations were the first to begin exploring.
What are Portugal and Spain?
Due to the exploration of the new world, many native populations were killed because of this?
1) Diseases-small pox
2) poor treatment (overworked and poor nutrition)
This Chinese explorer departed in 1405 with 2,500 sailors, 62 large ships, and hundreds of smaller ones.
Who is Zheng He
Both the Mayans and the Aztecs built these in order to make sacrifices to the gods in hopes of good harvests.
What are pyramids?
This innovation helped link and control empire. Runners ran news throughout the empire and armies could quickly mobilize if needed.
What is the Incan Road System?
In order to justify European exploration, missionaries spread this faith to new conquered areas.
What is Christianity?
The exchange of diseases, ideas, food. crops, and populations between the New World and the Old World following the voyage to the Americas in 1492.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Provide one reason the Ming Emperor decided to ban the construction of sea going ships.
1) Fleet was costly and did not turn a profit
2) Confucian scholars had no interest in overseas affairs
3) Believed Chinese civilization and culture was better than others
4) Loyalty to tradition
The Mayan civilization was broken up into these. An independent sovereign place which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life
What is a city-state?
The Inca had this type of ruler, someone who has absolute power, owned all the land and people, and was the chief religious ruler.
What is an emperor?
This invention allowed for explorers to produce maps, biographies, and guidebooks for their travels.
What is the printing press?
The second leg of the Triangular trade was incredibly dangerous for slaves coming from Africa to the New World.
What is the Middle Passage?
Provide one reason for chinese exploration.
1) promote trade
2) took tribute from lesser powers across the western sea
3) Explored coasts of South East Asia, India, east Africa and entrances to the Persian Gulf and Red Sea.
4) Brought back many animals for the Imperial Zoo
5) Showed areas around the world power and strength of China
These floating, man made gardens helped the Aztecs sustain a population of over 200,000.
What are Chinampas?
In order to fix the problem of not having enough farmland to grow their crops, the people of the Incan Civilization used this method of farming?
What is Terrace Farming?
In order to achieve vast wealth, European countries such as Portugal established these along the coasts of West Africa and India.
What are trading ports?
A labor system established by the Spanish Crown in the 1500s. It rewarded Spanish explorers, conquistadors, and military men with land in the New World, But they didn't just get the land, they got the labor of the people living on the land as well
What is the Encomienda System?
It was constructed from 1406 to 1420, and was the former Chinese imperial palace and winter residence of the Emperor of China from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty, between 1420 and 1924.
What is the forbidden city?
This Aztec city is considered one of the greatest achievements of mesoamerican culture. It started as two small islands and engineers connected them using stone causeways to connect to mainland
What is Tenochtitlan?
These knotted or colored strings were a way for gov officials to keep records such as dates, population, crop stats.
What are Quipus?
These triangular sails helped European explorers because it allowed them to sail into the wind.
What is the lateen sail?
European economic system that establishes a favorable balance of trade where the European countries must benefit from the colonies and have more exports than imports.
What is Mercantilism?