Unit 1
What type of Buddhism emphasized "direct experience and meditation" instead of "formal leaning based on scripture"?
Zen Buddhism
What were some developments in technology that allowed for sea travel to be more accessible?
Magnetic Compass, Rudder, lateen sails, stern rudder, astrolabe, ect.
What was the largest and most enduring Islamic empire during the 15th century located in modern day Turkey?
The Ottoman Empire
Who was the explorer who sailed around the southern tip of Africa.
Bartholomew Diaz
What is the belief that knowledge comes from sensed experience, from what you observe through your experience, including through experiments.
Empiricism
What type of Buddhism focused on spiritual growth and was the strongest in china and Korea?
Mahayana Buddhism
What was the city that was the center of cultural exchange as much as it was a center for trading goods?
Samarkand
What empire was located on the Arabian Sea, did not have a real navy, and lacked natural defenses but had a strong leadership and a land based military, and who was it lead by?
The Safavid Empire and was led by the Shan Abbas I.
Wat are some examples of crops, animals, or dieses brought from the old world to the new world?
Donkeys, Cattle, pigs, almonds, tobacco, banana, common cold, typhus, and small pox.
Who was the enlightenment thinker praised the British government's use of checks and balances and inspired the American Revolution?
Baron Montesquieu
What syncretic system, that evolved in China, combined rational thought with more abstract ideas of Daoism and Buddhism?
Neo-Confucianism
Who was Genghis Kahn's grandson and what was the name of his army?
Who was the leader that led the Mughal Empire to be one of the richest and best governed states in the world and was very religiously tolerant.
Akbar
What was the system which servants contracted to work for a specific period of years in exchange for passage?
Indentured Servitude
Who was the female enlightenment thinker who believed women should receive the same education as men?
Mary Wollstonecraft
What movement started in Southern India and did not discriminate against women and the lower class, and drew upon traditional teachings about the importance of emotion in spiritual life?
Bhakti Movement
Who are 3 important Silk Road explorers and what did they do?
Marco Polo- explored the silk road and was the first to write down his travels
Ibn Battuta- traveled to South Asia, China, Spain, North Africa, and Mali. He traveled to spread his religion, which was Islam
Margery Kempe- Went on pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, Germany, and Spain. She wrote a book which showed the first-hand account of a middle-class medieval woman's life.
Who was the leader that led the Mongol Empire and weakened the empire by corruption and the failure to keep up with the military innovations of external enemies?
Aurangzeb
What was the economic system that increased government control of the economy through high tariffs?
Mercantilism
Who was the leader of the Haiti revolution who led a rebellion against slavery.
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Why was blood sacrifice an integral part of Aztec culture?
Blood sacrifice was an integral part of Aztec culture because in the Aztec's religion they believed blood sacrifices were the only way to please and keep the gods happy, so they could continue to have good harvests, good weather, and many more example that they believed were controlled by the gods.
What was the significance that the Chinese junks had on the Indian Ocean?
The significance that Chinese junks had on the Indian Ocean was that they increased the cargo capacity of ships making it easier to ship cargo. The junks provided a surplus of many different good and traded among many different civilizations. Junks could hold up to 500 people and multitudes of goods.
What were indulgences and why was Martian Luther so mad about them?
Indulgences where the Roman Catholic Church's way of obtaining more profit by allowing and encouraging people to pay the church for the forgiveness of their sins. Martian Luther was so upset about this because he believed that the selling of indulgences was against what it says in the Bible and the you shouldn't be able to pay your way into heaven and it implies if you are poor you deserve to be because you did something to upset God.
What is the primary difference between an explorer and a conquistador?
The primary difference between an explorer and a conquistador is that a conquistador comes to a new place knowing they will have to kill natives to obtain land and power. Conquistador is the Spanish word for warrior. An example of a conquistador Hernan Cortez. An explorer is someone who discovers new land just to explore it and gain its natural resources and not to take over and kill the natives intentionally.
How did the principles of John Locke influence the American Revolution?
The principles of John Locke influenced the American Revolution by promoting people to revolt when their government isn't protecting their right. John Locke stood for revolting against corrupt government like the British during the American revolution. The British were taxing the Americans too much that their quality of life declined. When the American heard about John Locke's way of thinking it inspired them to rebel against the British.