Unit 11
Who are all of the gunpowder empires?
Mongols, Chinese, Ottomans, Safavid, Mughals, Russians
Who established the Ming Dynasty?
Zhu Yuanzhang
What ideas did the Renaissance bring back?
Classical learning and promoted secular attitudes
Which countries led the Age of Exploration?
Portugal and Spain
What are some examples of xenophobia we learned about?
China and Japan stopping trade with people from the east. Japan driving out missionaries who were converting people.
What are Ottoman slave soldiers called?
Which empire controlled territory in Spain as well as in parts of eastern Europe and Africa?
What happened as a result of Japanese citizens attempting to drive out foreigners?
Many turned on the Tokugawa government, forcing the last shogun to resign.
Where did the Renaissance originate?
Italy
Why did Europe want to explore the other parts of the world?
Profit, Asian goods, competitiveness, or religion
How did the invention of gunpowder impact society?
It enabled those who had access to it to conquer those who didn't.
What were Chinese alchemists trying to find when they invented gunpowder?
A way to prolong life.
How was gunpowder introduced to Japan?
In 1543, a Chinese ship with Portuguese men landed on Tanegashima.
What is the definition of perspective in terms of Renaissance art?
A set of techniques used to create the illusion of depth and three-dimensionality on a flat surface like a canvas or paper
______ is viewed as a early form of capitalism.
Mercantilism
How did the rulers of the Qing dynasty affect their lands and people?
Expanded territory, increased the use of agriculture, deforestation and soil erosion, lack of water due to crops, general depletion of resources
Which empire controlled territory in Spain as well as in parts of eastern Europe and Africa?
The Ottoman Empire
How did the Romanovs reform and modernize Russia?
Opened Russia to influences from Europe, built schools, supported arts and science.
Who developed the heliocentric theory?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Brazilwood produced a material so important that the early colony of Brazil was named after it. What was this material?
Red Dye
How did the development and increased production of ships affect empires or countries.
Allowed for better combat at sea, allowed for more frequent and easy trading, allowed for easier transportation of goods and people
Which muslim empire controlled large parts of India?
The Mughal Empire.
Why did the Qing Dynasty fall?
A conservative approach limited the flow of new ideas, food shortages as population continued to grow, rebellions
How did the Renaissance, Reformation, and Enlightenment affect European social structure?
The emphasis on individual worth and secular thought changed the way rulers ruled in the Renaissance.
Where did half of the world’s silver come from in 1600?
At Potosí in the city of Bolivia
How did capitalism affect different empires and countries and their trading?
It increased competition for trade between nations, helped create a global economy, helped in funding large-scale ventures