Unit 1
This is an ancient route between China and the Mediterranean Sea extending some 6,440 km and linking China with the Roman Empire.
What is the Silk Road
What is the world's richest maritime trading network that was essential for the prosperity of East Africa?
What is the Indian Ocean Trade route?
What are Gunpowder Empires?
_____________ was the introduction to horses and weaponry because it was the beginning of trading between natives of the Americas and England.
what is the Colombian exchange?
____________________ believed humans are good people, born with a blank slate.
Who is John Locke?
People from Central Asia when united ended up creating the largest single land empire in history.
What are the Mongols?
Once the routes of the Silk Roads became established, inns known as ____________ sprang up, often 100 miles apart.
What is caravanserai?
The ___________ was the ancient belief that kings derived their authority from God so couldn't be held accountable for their actions by any earthly authority such as a parliament.
What is the Divine Right of Kings?
A __________ is a small, highly maneuverable sailing ship developed in the 15th century by the Portuguese to explore along the West African coast and into the Atlantic Ocean.
What is a caravel?
______________ felt humans were brutish, greedy beings.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
The Mayans fought to gain tribute-payments from the conquered to the conqueror- and captives to use as ______________.
What is human sacrifices?
Instead of using copper coins for bartering, China developed a system of credit that's known as _________________.
What is flying cash?
Although the Mughal Empire was Muslim, ________ adopted a policy of religious tolerance. He even had a Hindu bride.
Who is Akbar?
Hernan Cortes brought ___________, which was a respiratory disease, to the Americas.
What is Small Pox?
These people are literary figures, professors, economists, and social reformers.
Who is The Philosophes?
The Chinese had invented paper as early as the 2nd century C.E, and they developed a system of printing in the 7th century. They were the first to use ________________.
What is woodblock printing?
Modern-day _____________ and ______________ became known as the spice islands because of the fragrant nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom they exported.
What is Malaysia and Indonesia.
This king was the king of France. He was known as "The Sun King" and he is also known for building the palace of Versailles.
Who is King Louis XIV?
What is this form of slavery?
When a person signs a contract to work for someone else for a period of time, in exchange for paid passage to America. When the time is over, they are free, and usually get compensation for their work in the form of land and items
What is indentured servitude?
_________ was a member of nobility, against absolutism and favored English gov't.
Who is Montesquieu?
The Chinese dynasty had less political power, its military upgraded in the use of gunpowder and the population grew from 750-1100 because of a large growth in rice.
What is the Song Dynasty?
Genghis khan was the leader of the Mongols what was his original name before he changed it to Genghis Khan?
Who is Temujin?
This man was an astronomer and developed the heliocentric theory.
Who is Copernicus?
This man's crew was the first to successfully have a ship circumnavigate.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
I wish I knew what mighty things were fabricating. If a form of government is to be established here, what one will be assumed? Will it be left to our Assemblies to choose one? And will not many men have many minds? and shall we not run into dissensions among ourselves? I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature : and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping... How shall we be governed so as to retain our liberties? ... who shall frame these laws? who will give them force energy? .... when I consider these things, and the prejudices of people in favor of ancient customs and regulations, I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy or democracy, or where is to take place.
Explain one way in which the ideas of Adams support or reject the ideas of Thomas Hobbes.
One way in which the ideas of Adams reject the ideas of Thomas Hobbes is that Thomas Hobbes supported absolutism while Adams wanted the government to leave the people alone.