Renaissance
Scientific Revolution
Protestant Reformation
Columbus Exchange
Transatlantic Slave Trade
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Comparing the two pictures, how is Renaissance art different from Middle Ages art?
Middle Ages Art
Renaissance Art
Renaissance art was more realistic and life-like.
100
How did the Protestant Reformation impact Western Europe?
Decline in religious unity across the region
100
Use the chart to answer the question that follows:
Region of the World - Population Before 1492 - Population By 1800
Europe 60 million 150 million
The Americas 100 million 25 million
How did European exploration in the 15th century affect the population in the Americas?
European exploration led to a fatal exchange of diseases which devastated the American indinginous population
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History of Slavery in Brazil
1819 – Slaves were one-third of the population.
1825 – Slaves were over one-half of the population.
1888 – Slavery ended; however, this freedom did not come with a change in economic status or occupation for the former slaves.
Which statement best describes the impacts of slavery on Brazil after 1888?
The effects of slavery did not lead to an increase in income for former slaves.
200
How did the Renaissance impact modern society?
Education became an integral part of European society.
200
How are the Protestant Reformation & Scientific Revolution similar?
Both of these movements began with people questioning the authority of the Church
200
Which of the following would be a pull factor to explain European exploration?
The Americas contained an abundance of farmland and natural resources and rumors of gold.
200
The slave trade became a highly regulated business, as each slaving nation sought to license and control its own part. The trade received formal state backing from monarchs and from legislatures, … In addition, the trade was made possible by the development of modern financial systems. Global trade on such a vast geographic scale involved enormous time lags. Slave ships were away from their home ports for 12–18 months at a time, and sugar and tobacco were sold in Europe months after being harvested by slaves. As a result, ship owners and planters were always in need of credit.
Which sentence best summarizes the main idea of the source above?
The transatlantic slave trade was regulated and supported by governemnts.
300
Which of these would be valued most by a Renaissance thinker who emphasized individualism?
A person's achievements
300
Scientists during the Scientific Revolution faced many pressures from their society, especially in regard to the Church and its beliefs. Since the Church was in charge of much of the government during this time, how did the Church deal with these scientists?
The church labeled the scientists as heretics for challenging the church’s authority.
300
“Don Jose Ruiz and Don Pedro Montez, of the Island of Cuba, having purchased 53 slaves at Havana, imported from Africa, put them on board the Amistad... After being out from Havana about four days, the African captives on board, in order to obtain their freedom and return to Africa, armed themselves with cane knives and rose upon the Captain and crew of the vessel. Captain Ferrer and the cook of the vessel were killed; Ruiz and Montez were made prisoners.”
According to the text above, how did the enslaved Africans on the Amistad respond to enslavement?
They used a violent uprising to resist enslavement.
300
Before the explorers, there was no sickness; people had no aching bones; they had then no high fever; they had no smallpox; they had no burning chest; they had no abdominal pain; they had then no consumption; they had no headache. At that time the course of humanity was orderly. The foreigners made it otherwise.
Source: A Native Survivor from the Yucatan Peninsula, 1540
According to the source, how did European exploration affect indigenous groups like the Aztecs?
Many powerful empires were destroyed by European diseases and put up little resistance.
300
Why was the triangular trade an example of mercantilism?
The colonies provided raw materials to the rulers of Europe. In return, European rulers sold manufactured goods to the colonies and restricted their trade.
400
Which was a significant feature of European Renaissance culture?
an outlook emphasizing classicism, education, and individualism.
400
The stench of the hold…was so intolerably loathsome, that it was dangerous to remain there for any time…The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate…almost suffocated us…The shrieks of the women, and the groans of the dying, rendered the whole scene of horror almost inconceivable.” -Olaudah Equiano, 1789
What historical event was described in the text above?
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
400
Goals
To acquire resources for trade
To obtain raw materials for industry
To create markets for manufactured goods
How did European countries attempt to achieve these goals throughout the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries?
By colonizing new territories
400
The map shows how the three regions were connected in acquiring natural resources, labor, and manufactured goods.
500
The stench of the hold…was so intolerably loathsome, that it was dangerous to remain there for any time…The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate…almost suffocated us…The shrieks of the women, and the groans of the dying, rendered the whole scene of horror almost inconceivable.” -Olaudah Equiano, 1789
How did the forced migration of millions of Africans to the Americas impact American society?
African culture combined with indigineous and European cultures to create a new American culture.
500
“Española is a wonder. Its mountains and plains, and meadows, and fields, are so beautiful and rich for planting and sowing, and rearing cattle of all kinds, and for building towns and villages. The harbors on the coast, and the number and size and wholesomeness of the rivers, most of them bearing gold, surpass anything that would be believed by one who had not seen them. . . . In this island there are many spices and extensive mines of gold and other metals. . . . and that they might aid us by giving us these things of which we stand in need, but which they possess in abundance.”—Christopher Columbus from Selected Letters of Christopher Columbus, translated by R. H. Major
Which of the following claims is best supported by the text above?
The purpose of colonization was to gain natural resources and profit.
500
The slave trade became a highly regulated business, as each slaving nation sought to license and control its own part. The trade received formal state backing from monarchs and from legislatures, … In addition, the trade was made possible by the development of modern financial systems. Global trade on such a vast geographic scale involved enormous time lags. Slave ships were away from their home ports for 12–18 months at a time, and sugar and tobacco were sold in Europe months after being harvested by slaves. As a result, ship owners and planters were always in need of credit.
Which sentence best summarizes the main idea of the source above?
The transatlantic slave trade was regulated and supported by governemnts.