Intro to Economics
In this class, we have defined economics as "how people and societies get what they _____ and ______.
Want and Need
True or False: Most people would travel the entire length of the Silk Roads to exchange goods.
False
The empire of Mali mostly traded ______ for _______
Gold for Salt
True or False: The Ming Dynasty used the Tribute System as a strategy to get their wants and needs met
True
True or False: Renaissance art is more two-dimensional or "flat" than Medieval art.
False
What is the definition of a need? (you cannot use "need" in your definition).
Something that is necessary for human survival.
Name one product that came from Europe/africa and one product that came from Asia on the Silk Road.
Europe/Africa: Gold, Cotton, Glassware, Animals, etc.
Asia: Silk, Spices, Tea, Porcelain, etc.
Mansa Musa is believed to be the _______ person in history.
Richest
One of the Ming Dynasty's biggest goals was to _______ the memory of the Mongols.
Erase, get rid of...
Which two major events lead to the Italian Renaissance
The Crusades & Black Plague
Name three examples of natural resources
Water, air, earth, gold, plants, animals, stone, etc etc...
The Silk Roads developed because of _____ and _____
Wants and Needs
Which Muslim explorer travelled 75,000 miles and wrote about Islam within the empire of Mali
Ibn Battuta
What strategy did the Mongols use to achieve their wants and needs?
Conquest, raiding, military power, etc...
True or False: Wealthy merchants and bankers flexed their wealth through the display and commission of art.
True
On the first day of Mr. C's solo teaching, we played a wants and needs game. Who's new album was referenced in the game?
Cardi B's
Trade is the transfer of _________ and ________.
Goods and Services
People in the Empire of Mali converted to ________ in order to become __________
Islam & Literate
When asked by the Ming emperor to retrieve a unicorn on his next voyage, Zheng He brought back which animal?
A Giraffe
"A new interest in Greek and Roman culture and less of a focus on religion and more attention to the physical world." was defined today as what term?
Humanism
What are Capital Resources also known as?
Human-made resources
What explorer from Italy travelled along the Silk Roads and wrote a book about the different societies he saw?
Marco Polo
Why did Mansa Musa go to Cairo with thousands of pounds of Gold?
To make others want what he had: Flex his wealth.
In 1206 CE, the Mongol tribes were united around the need to do something about the _____________ (two words)
Changing Climate
Which two classical cultures influenced the art of the Italian Renaissance?
Greek and Roman