Unit 1
What contributed to the diffusion of Buddhism through Asia?
Peaceful contact by missionaries and merchants along Asian trade routes
What is web of roads going from East Europe to East China?
The Silk Road
What way is the Russian expansion similar to other land empires?
The centralized governments were able to push against the borders of weaker states.
What age prompted the increase in detail and map information?
The Age of Discovery
Which 18th century philosophers talked about the "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" ?
John Locke
Which of the Indian religions was the least influential to Islam?
Sikhism
Who is the ruler of the Mongols. Known for his brutality and he started leading the Mongol Empire at 14 years old?
Genghis Khan
What was the most significant effect of gunpowder empires?
They were able to expand farther and faster.
Why did the population of Europe increase in the 16th centaury?
The introduction of maize and potatoes made more food for more people.
What other revolutions happened during the time of the American Revolution and the Enlightenment?
The Haitian revolution
Why was Hinduism was appealing to the Southeast Asians?
Hinduism can be easily integrated with other religions.
Who is the ruler of Mali that made a pilgrimage to Mecca that ruined the economy of Egypt.
Mansa Musa
What did the Chinese people use to overthrow the government?
They use the mandate of Heaven.
What is the motivation for Spanish exploration?
The extension of political domains of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
Why were women valued as specialized workers for the assembly line during this time?
They could be paid lower wages for the same work of men.
What is similar to the mit'a system?
European feudalism
What was trade through Africa when different villages would specialize in growing and making products.
trans-Saharan trade
How does Martin Luther describe the pope in the 95 thesis?
He thinks he is the head of a corrupts religious organization.
What is a long-lasting effects of the creation and expansion of the British East India Company?
British economic and political colonialism in South Asia.
The usage of new materials and new methods of production in the Second Industrial Revolution led to what?
Faster and more accurate production leading to greater profits.
Identify and explain two examples of cultural diffusion in Asia. Identify and explain one similarity between the spread of culture in Asia to another example.
The Chinese Confucianism spread to Korea in 600 to 1450. The Chinese language in writing spread to Vietnam in 600 to 1450. The spread of architecture from China to Japan is similar to the spread of Islamic structures in the Mediterranean. Structures from Islam that also spread to Spain is domes and minarets.
Identify and explain one way information was spread in the Islamic World. Identify and explain one way the new knowledge affected trade in 700-1450.
Information was spread in the Islamic world because the religion of Islam promoted traveling traders. With Islamic traders traveling the world education people about the inventions and religion of Islam. The new knowledge brought popularity to a new triangular sail. The new lateen sail improved the speed of boats and promoted the large trading ships Zheng He sailed on.
Explain how rulers of land-based empires increased their power and size in 1450-1750.
The Safavid, Mughal, and the Ottoman empires all expanded their power by gunpowder. These 3 empires dominated from the 15th century to the 17th century by utilizing the new gunpowder. Not every country could become a gunpowder overnight, the government needs to have a great economy to build and pay for guns and gunpowder. Other countries tried to increase size by crusading and using the divine right of kings.
Was the European voyages a turning point in world history?
Yes, the European voyages are a turning point in history. They are a turning point because the European voyages started the Age of Discovery, Columbian Exchange, and Colonialism. Because of the European voyages people fled their countries to get money fast by exploring a country. Exploration also led to the popularity of chattel slavery and large plantations shipping raw goods like tobacco and cotton shipping to Britain factories.
Explain and Evaluate how industrialization changes Europe in 1750-1900.
The industrialization changed the storage of money, a larger middle class, and monopolies. Industrialization popularized banking because the growing middle class and the upper class wanted a place to store money and a place to get loans. The middle class increased because of the increase in jobs in businesses and factories. Monopolies grew because a specific business can control a specific business and they could even eliminate the competition.