Vocab
A right is
1) When you are expected to do something
2) When you are allowed to do something
A right is when you are allowed to do (or have) something.
Some examples of rights are the right to safety, the right to privacy, and religious freedom (the right to believe whatever religion you want)
Was traveling on the Silk Road safe and easy or difficult and dangerous?
Difficult and dangerous. This is one reason why merchants could make so much money selling goods on the Silk Road.
Humanism is the belief that...
Humans/human ideas are important
Europeans treated Native Americans and enslaved Africans...
Unfairly
A revolution is a big _________ in a _________ period of time.
A revolution is a big change in a short period of time.
What is the temperature like in a tropical place?
Warm (because it is near the equator)
Who had more power in medieval Europe: peasants or nobles?
Nobles had more power. Peasants usually didn't even own their own land.
The Scientific Method allowed scientists to...
1) Test to see if their ideas were correct
2) Make guesses about ideas without testing them
The Scientific Method allowed scientists to test to see if their ideas were correct.
Europeans made colonies in the Americas because they wanted to make ______________
Money.
Some colonists later came to North America for religious freedom.
A colony...
1) Makes up its own rules
2) Follows the rules of the country the colonists came from
A colony follows the rules of the country the colonists came from
Feudalism: ______________ for services
Feudalism: Land for services
What was one good traded on the Silk Road?
silk, spices, porcelain
Taxes are...
money that you pay the government.
(Paying taxes is a responsibility)
Who was living in the Americas before Europeans arrived?
Native Americans
The American, French, and Latin American revolutions were all political revolutions. This means they caused changes in ______________.
The government.
During the American Revolution, American colonists created a new country (the USA).
During the French Revolution, peasants changed the government and got more rights and power.
During the Latin American revolutions, colonists declared independence and created new countries.
Muslims believe in one God.
Is Islam monotheistic or polytheistic?
Monotheistic
On the Silk Road, what two continents did merchants travel between to trade goods?
Europe and Asia
The Enlightenment changed the way people thought about...
1) Art
2) Science
3) Religion
4) The government
The Enlightenment changed the way people thought about the government
The Columbian Exchange took place between Afro-Eurasia and the Americas.
What was one thing that was traded during the Columbian Exchange?
Animals (sheep, horses, chickens), fruits and vegetables (tomatoes, corn, bananas), tobacco, sugar cane, diseases, etc.
Industrialism is when ______________ make goods.
Machines.
Written history is written down. Oral history is _____________________________
Oral history is spoken aloud
What did most peasants do as a job in medieval Europe?
Farming
Gutenberg's printing press made __________ easier to make.
Books
Europeans began the Age of Exploration because they wanted to find a water route to __________ to buy ______________
Europeans began the Age of Exploration because they wanted to find a water route to Asia to buy spices
What is one effect of the Industrial Revolution and the creation of factories?
pollution, child labor, goods were cheaper, urbanization, new technology (like trains)