Unit 1
What form of Buddhism focused on person spiritual growth through silent meditation and self discipline?
Theravada Buddhism
What is a “bill of exchange”?
A system of credit that was a buy now and the other person pays later.
An empire that uses firearms to conquer land.
Gunpowder empires
The Portuguese made this ship that was smaller to get closer to the shores.
The Caravel
What is nationalism?
A feeling of intense loyalty to others who share the same culture and language.
What is humanism?
The prime focus changing from gods to humans.
What religion spread over the Indian Ocean Trade?
What is Islam.
Who was against simony and indulgences and wrote 95 theses because of it?
Martin Luther
What is mercantilism?
The belief that there is only a certain amount of wealth in the world and you needed to get a lot of it.
This made people "start questioning their views".
The Enlightenment
What language is a mix of Bantu and Arabic?
Swahili
What maritime technology allowed wind to get through many directions?
Lateen Sail
This was the first person to speak up about the telescopic dark spots on the moon going against what the church said.
Galileo Gallilei
Henry Hudson
This expressed the colonists fight against the British rule in a document.
What was the fourth group that attacked the Abbasid Empire?
The Mongols
Who is known to be ruthless Mongol leader?
Genghis Khan
What is the English Bill of Rights?
A document that gave more freedom to the English citizens.
What caused the rise in development of European colonies overseas?
Commercial revolution
What is the Industrialization?
The increase of mechanics working than humans.
"How did the "woodblock printing press" help increase the Literacy rates in the Song Dynasty?"
A. Woodblock Printing press was one the the first efficient printing presses.
C. The printing press printed out many books and newspapers throughout China.
E. In doing this many people had more opportunities to read and write making them more literate and the literacy rates going up.
"How did the magnetic compass help merchants economically?"
A. The Magnetic Compass was a device made by the Chinese, and was designed for better direction.
C. The Magnetic compass allowed merchants to travel easier and trade.
E. The quicker and more efficient a merchant was able to arrive at a trading post the more crops and animals they could trade because of the long journey there.
What is Divine Right and how is it different and similar to mandate of heaven?
A. Divine right is the belief that a King is ruling in the name of God.
C. Mandate of heaven is the blessings from the god to rule and ruling in their name just as Divine right.
E. Divine right can be falsified and no one can stand up against the king it would be going against god. Mandate of heaven is where people can stand up against a bad ruler.
"How did money influence the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade"?
A. Cash crops were being sold for money during this period and were in high demand.
C. To sell cash crops landowners needed workers to do it for them and therefore having to get more slaves.
E. In getting more slaves they needed to get more from across the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
"How did the enlightenment lead to reform Ideas about women's right and slavery?"
A. The Enlightenment was a period where people started to question their views on the world.
C. Many people started questioning slavery and women's rights and how "everyone was created equal".
E. They believe since everyone was born equal that no one person should own another (abolishing slavery [William Garrison]) or no one gender is superior over the other if we are all the same.