Exchange in which Europe gave Africa finished products (manufactured goods like guns) in exchange for slaves, then brought those slaves to the New World to trade them for raw materials (sugar, cotton, fur)
Triangular Trade
100
Which technology helped king in Europe and emperors in the middle east and Asia gain power compared to the nobles, by making knights “old-fashioned”?
gunpowder weapons
100
Prussian leader who attacked Silesia to gain iron ore, starting the War of Austrian Succession
Frederick the Great
100
A focus on the value and achievements of individual human beings
humanism
200
What new technology, brought by the Portuguese, was used by Nobunaga when he tried to unify Japan?
guns
200
Change from buying/making what you need in the local economy, to making a lot of one product in order to trade it for other goods
Commercial Revolution
200
What technology allowed Europeans to become more successful in world trade?
cannons (gunpowder weapons)
200
absolute ruler of Russia who built a new capitol
Peter the Great
200
What is the difference between an artifact and a fossil?
An artifact is made by humans and reveals culture.
300
This was the last religious war in Europe.
Thirty Years' War
300
Give one example of how the Columbian Exchange changed the economies of the New and Old World.
New World: traditional economies destroyed; replaced with plantations
Old World: large amounts of silver and gold cause inflation; increase in joint-stock companies
(Many possible answers)
300
Describe 3 things a "universal man" should be adept at.
Many possible answers, including: art, poetry, music, horseback riding, hunting, swordsmanship, rhetoric, philosophy, sports
300
The one and only Holy Roman Empress
Maria Theresa
300
The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires are all examples of this male-dominated system.
patriarchy
400
As a result of this war, France lost all its territory in North America and any claims it had to India.
The Seven Years' War
400
Which nation led European exploration through government efforts to provide their sailors with the most advanced navigation instruments and techniques available?
Portugal
400
Give ONE example of a new SOCIAL rule Peter the Great made to modernize Russia.
1. Women must wear western clothes.
2. Men must cut their beards.
400
Chinese Emperor (Qing Dynasty) who C) refused to yield to the trading demands of British King George III, telling him, “There is nothing we lack.”
Qian-Long
400
policy where a country believes wealth is power, and tries to get wealth by creating colonies
mercantilism
500
After the War of Austrian Succession, Maria Theresa tried to prevent future war by making an alliance with which nation?
France
500
What nations did Japan continue to trade with after it retreated into isolation?
The Dutch (Holland/the Netherlands) and the Chinese
500
This monumental change in the economy weakened the lords/nobles at the same time that it strengthened middle class merchants, which led to more power for the king.
commercial revolution.
500
British ruler who fled to France, and the two people who replaced him (the same 2 people who signed the Bill of Rights)
James II; William and Mary
500
Give two ways privateers were different than pirates. (Saying privateering was legal is NOT enough! Be specific!)
1. Privateers had a writ of marque.
2. Privateers did not attack ships from their own nation.
3. Privateers shared some of their treasure/earnings with the government.