Unit 1
Who do the Muslims believe is the prophet of God?
Muhammad.
What was the magnetic compass?
A new invention that helped seafarers determine their heading and find their destinations easier.
What is a Gunpowder Empire?
Large multiethnic states in Southwest, Central, and South Asia that relied on firearms to conquer and control territories.
What is Cartography?
Mapmaking that improved sea navigation.
What was Anti-Semitism?
Hostility and prejudice towards Jews.
Who was the first culture to use woodblock printing?
The Chinese.
Who was Genghis Khan?
The ruler of the Mongol empire while it was at its height.
Who was the leader of the Ottoman Empire when it reached its peak?
Suleiman 1.
What are maritime empires?
Maritime empires are empires that were based on sea travel.
What is Zionism?
The desire of Jews to find a permanent homeland.
What was the House of Wisdom?
A renowned center of learning in Baghdad. Many people from different cultures and religions came here to learn about the other people in the world.
What was a caravanserai?
Inns between major trade cities where traders could rest and sometimes trade for new animals.
Who ruled over the Safavid Empire at its height?
Shah Abbas 1.
Who circumnavigated the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan.
What is Empiricism?
The belief that knowledge comes from sensed experience.
What was the Bhakti movement?
The Bhakti movement was the shift from studying texts and performing rituals to traditional teachings and emotion in their spiritual lives.
What was the Pax Mongolica?
The period of Eurasian history between the 13th and 14th centuries that means Mongolian Peace.
Why did the Mughal Empire Decline?
It declined because of the terrible things that Aurangzeb did to Hindi people and to the money stores.
What were cash crops?
Cotton, Tobacco, and Sugar
Who were the Phliosophes?
A group of thinkers and writers who explored social, political, and economic theories in new ways.
Explain one example of Islamic influence in South and Southeast Asia during the period c. 1200-c. 1450.
A- One example of Islamic influence in South and Southeast Asia is the Urdu language.
C- Urdu is a language that follows the grammatical pattern of Hindi and had the vocabulary of Arabic with some elements of Farsi.
E- Urdu shows Islamic influence because it is spoken today and is the official language of Pakistan. This shows that the influence of Islam was very widespread because of all of the different countries that speak it today.
Describe one example of commercial practices that affected Silk Roads trade during the period c. 1200-c. 1450.
A- One example of commercial practices that affected Silk Roads trade was the introduction of flying cash.
C- Flying cash was a system that allowed merchants to deposit paper money under their names in one location, and withdraw the same amount of money in another location.
E- Flying cash changed Silk Roads trade by providing valuable convenience to the traders. Also, flying cash provided the stability of institutions.
Describe one way in which the Protestant Reformation and Scientific Revolution were similar in the period 1450-1750.
A- The Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revolution were similar in the fact that they both went against the truth of the church, and as a result, the Catholic Church hated them both.
C- The protestant reformation started because people like Martin Luther had many grievances against the Catholic Church. The Scientific Revolution showed many things that went against the church, such as, the dark spots on the sun and moon.
E- As a result of these things, the Catholic Church banished Martin Luther, and put many of the leaders of the Scientific Revolution on house arrest until their death.
Explain one way in which disease transformed the Americas, Africa, and Europe in the period c. 1450-c. 1750.
A- The spread of disease impacted the Americas by completely destroying the native populations.
C- With the age of exploration, the explorers brought over diseases that destroyed the native populations. This happened because the native populations didn't have the immunity to these diseases.
E- The native populations were destroyed by these diseases such as smallpox. This resulted in widespread death that allowed the explorers to claim the now empty land.
Explain one way in which the development of machines made the discovery of new resources possible in the period 1750-1900.
A- The development of machines made the discovery of new resources possible because of the new tools that make finding and using new things possible.
C- One new machine that did this was electricity. Electricity made the production of other things possible and much easier.
E- The introduction of electricity made the production of other resources easier. Also, electricity allowed for much better work conditions, resulting in faster turn around in production.