Unit 1
What was the House of Wisdom?
It was a place in Baghdad where scholars came from all over to learn and share their knowledge.
What is the Black Death?
The Black Death was also known as the plague was brought to Europe by trading routes. It broke out in the 1300's and killed millions of people.
What were gunpowder empires?
The Ottoman, the Safavid, and the Mughal Empires were the Gunpowder empires. They relied on firearms or gunpowder to conquer territories and protect their own empire.
What are primogeniture laws?
They were laws that gave all of the estate to the eldest son.
What were philosophers?
Philosophers were a group of people that had a new way to think and write and they would come together and explore theories in new ways.
What is the Bhakti Movement?
It did not discriminate against women or people of low social status. The movement of love and devotion ultimately wanted to erase the distinction between Hinduism and Islam.
Who was Genghis Khan?
He was a Mongol leader. He is known as one of the most powerful leaders. He is either known to be extremely scary or a really good person. He created an extremely powerful army, economic system and empire.
Who was King Louis XIV?
He ruled France for 72 years and is known as the "Sun King". HE also built the palace at Versailles and is known as a symbol of absolute monarchy.
Who was Vasco De Gama?
He sailed in 1498 and landed in India where he claimed territory as a part of Portugal's empire.
Who was John Locke?
John Locke was a philosopher who believed people had natural rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Explain China's Class Structure.
The scholar gentry came first and they were educated in Confucian philosophy and were the most influential social class in China. After the scholar gentry came the farmers, artisans and merchants.
Explain the Mongol's conquering method.
The Mongols were a 100% horseback based military. They started training their members at a very early age with bow-n-arrows so they could become about of their military. Their armies were divided into units.
Explain the Protestant Reformation.
The Protestant Reformation was when people started to find things wrong with what the church was doing and basically how they were governing. People such as Martin Luther found many things that were traditional church practices that violated biblical teachings. These people expressed what they were feeling and the church shut them down and rejected their opinions.
Explain what a trading post empire was?
A series of forts the Portuguese created stretching from Hormuz to Malacca. They were created to establish complete control over the spice trade and to license all ships trading between Malacca and Hormuz.
Explain what abolitionsm was.
Abolitionism was the movement that ended the Atlantic slave trade and freed all enslaved people.
Short description of the trans-Sharan trade.
Caravan trade routes across the Sahara connected trading centers in West, North, and East Africa.
Ships capable to navigating the Indian Ocean winds were created. As well as latten sails which were triangular sails. Stern rudders were also invited and they made ships more stable and easy to maneuver. The astrolabe was also created and it allowed sailors to know how far north or south they were from the equator.
A short description of the Scientific Revolution.
The Scientific Revolution happened in the early 1600's. Scientists and Philosophers started to create new ways of thinking that went against the church's traditional way of thinking. Such as Francis Bacons scientific method called empiricism which is the idea that data should support or back up your hypothesis.
A short description of the Colombian Exchange.
The Colombian Exchange was the trade of spices, culture, people, plants, and animals. The Colombian Exchange completely changed the global economy and how people went about their everyday lives. The old and the new world came together as one.
A short description of Enlightenment.
Enlightenment was the belief in power of knowledge to transform society. It was a movement of intellectual, philosophy , and social theories. It came with new ideas and attacked traditional beliefs.
Describe one way the spead of Buddhism led to Chinese culture to change during the period c. 122-c.1450?
One way the spread of Buddhism changed Chinese culture was it brought new thoughts and ideas. Buddhism developed new philosophies, ethics and art. It changed the way of life for people that lived in China immensely Its new ideas and thoughts made people start living differently.
Identify and explain one cultural influence Islamic traders had on sub Saharan Africa.
One cultural influence Islamic traders had on Sun Saharan Africa is the adoption of the Islamic faith, specifically in Mali. A major contributor to this influence was Mansa Musa. He took an extremely large pilgrimage to Mecca which showed off Mali's wealth and strengthened Mansa Musa's faith. After this Mansa Musa built many mosques and religious schools in Mali. All of this had made Islam have a lasting effect on that area.
Describe one example of Akbar's display of religious tolerance. Describe one way in which Akbar's response to religious diversity compared to the practices of the Mongols during the 13th century.
Akbar's practice of tolerance was different from Safavid's religious tolerance because of Akbar's neutral perspective. His neutral perspective was that all creatures have blessings of God. Giving a sense of equality despite one's religion. While Safavid's religious tolerance is questionable since there were against Muslims defending Shia teachings.
Explaine one way in which the development of a global economy affacted societal structures in European states between c. 1450- c.1750.
One way in which the development of a global economy affected societal structures in European states was a new found need for workers everywhere. The interconnection between the new and the old world came with lots of new needs and wants. These needs and wants came with the need of workers. Jobs were no longer for the people being punished such as indentured servants and salves they were for everyone.
Describe one way in which the ideas of the renaissance impacted the ideas of the Enlightenment.
The ideas of the renaissance brought along interest in art and intellectual concepts such as math science and philosophy. This time period came with the Scientific Revolution and the introduced of new ways of thought. The ideas introduced within the renaissance strayed from traditional thinking where religion was used as reasoning for everything. With math, science, and philosophy being used and taught more, religion no longer was the evidence behind everything. This was when enlightenment was developed, in which traditions started to be challenged and more ideas like freedom began provoking roles of monarchs and other leaders. The teachings taught during the renaissance inspired the new reasoning used during the Enlightenment.