Renaissance
Renaissance / Aztecs
Aztecs / Japan
Japan/ ALL
ALL
100
This new piece of technology allowed for more books to be available and people were exposed to new ideas and teachings.
What is the printing press?
100
Countries that are ruled by kings/queens/religious leader are known as this.
What is a monarch?
100
A floating island used to grow crops in Meso-America.
What is a chinampa?
100
What event caused the Exclusion Laws to be passed in Japan and closed all access to the island?
The shogun felt threatened by the increase in Christianity and foriegn influence in Japan.
100
This is the process of being absorbed into another culture, either willingly or by force.
What is assimilation?
200
The INITIAL reason for European exploration was this.
What is finding new sea routes to Asia.
200

26. The worldviews of the Aztecs and Spanish were similar in that both cultures believed that

What is an empire made their nations stronger

200
The encomienda system was created for the production of crops. Who benefited most from this economic system?
The Spanish conquistadors who owned the land.
200
How did the shogun's power change from the Edo period to the Meiji period?
In the Edo period the Shogun held most power and in the Meiji period the Shogun lost all his power to the Emperor.
200
This is a time when there was constant warfare between the Muslims and the Christians.
What are the Crusades.
300
During the middle ages people were ranked according to their social class. This is called ....
What is a hierarchy.
300

 The first meeting between the Spanish and the Aztecs was

What is peaceful  - they traded gifts .

300
The use of terracing for crops, silkworms for clothing material, and harvesting seaweed for food are all useful in explaining how Japan was _____________________.
What is self-sufficient?
300

Different political parties did not have success in Japan because

What is having different perspectives did not fit with the Japanese worldview

300
These laws restricted the citizens of Japan from doing basic things such as travelling and moving my wheeled tranportation.
What are the Exclusion laws?
400

By the end of the Age of Exploration, which of the two routes mentioned in the reading actually proved to be the shorter and more practical route?

What is the Portuguese route was shorter, because Columbus did not know about the existence of the Pacific Ocean?

400

The motives for the Spanish conquest of Mexico were

What is God, Glory and Gold.

400
Which groups lost social status once the Edo period was over? (hint: 3)
The samurai, daimyo and shogun.
400

The ____________________ and imperialism that began in the Meiji era led to Japan’s involvement in WWII.


What is militarization

400
This person was in charge of the Japanese military during the Edo period.
Who is the daimyo?
500

One of the main reasons the expansion of trade in the late Middle Ages had its greatest impact on northern Italy was because

What is the  feudal system was weaker in Italy than in the rest of Europe

500
Which Aztec god most closely resembles the features of Hernan Cortes.
Who is Quetzalcoatl?
500

In the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese constitutional government consisted of

What is an unelected  house of peers (nobility) and an elected house of representatives

500
What is the MAIN purpose of the hierarchical structure?
To maintain control of the people.
500
This is the indigenous group from Japan.
Who are the Ainu?
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