The Plague
What were the causes of the Black Plague?
People got sick from fleas biting them. Due to fleas hitching a ride over seas on rats, they were able to travel to Europe. The plague eventually turned airborn.
What locations did the Ottoman Empire consist of?
Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa
What regions were involved in the Triangle Trade?
North America, Europe, Asia
What is a monarchy?
A form of government where one person has total power over their country.
What is a nation? commonalities/territory?
A group of people that speak the same language, share culture, common destinies, and common histories
What were the effects of the plague?
Lots of death. People began turning away from the church because the pope couldn't fix anything that was happening. A lot of economic disruption because nobody could work.
What were the causes and effects of the Age of Exploration?
Causes- God, Gold, and Glory.
Effects- Diseases spread, Christopher Columbus and his men killed an immense amount of people, and the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade.
What were the materials traded from Europe to Africa?
Textiles, rum, and manufactured goods (guns) from Europe to Africa.
What is absolutism?
When a king has complete power over their country or people.
What is unity between citizens?
Unity: Citizens overcome their differences to unite for a common good. They overthrew colonial governments, and national pride/competition spurs advancements.
Who was falsely accused for starting the plague?
People blamed Jews for poisoning the water.
What was the Tokugawa Shogunate?
The Japanese government during the age of exploration.
What did Africa trade to the Americas?
Africa traded their people to the Americas.
Corruption: selling indulgences (free passes to heaven for a fee) from the church and to the people. Also, political conflicts.
What is disunity between citizens?
Disunity: Forced assimilation (adaptation to the culture) There was also a lot of ethnic cleansing and genocide. From this came Extremis nationalist groups and the rise of xenophobia (dislike of immigrants) - competition led to conflict
What was the name of the man who went on seven voyages to show China's power, but had no interest in trading?
Zheng He
What were the items traded from North America to Europe?
Sugar, tobacco, and cotton from North America to Europe.
What were effects from the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther King took matters into his own hands after he was sent away, and he proved that indulgences were not real. This caused a huge loss of trust towards the church, and there were many followers lost. On the other hand, people then had copies of the Bible thanks to Martin Luther, so they interpreted it in their own way. This led to new forms of the church being developed.
What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?
This was essentially a book written to pronounce and show the future rights of the French citizens.
What was the reasoning for the policy of the Japanese isolation?
They did not want any foreign ideas getting into their land because they already felt as if they were successful. They wanted to be self-sufficient.
What were the cultural implications of the Triangle Trade?
There was an influx of new materials and goods being traded around. The Native Americans unfortunately were left to struggle and a lot of them were left to die because they were part of the trading route.
What was the Scientific revolution?
This was a time when scientists got together to make and prove a set of rules that spell out the proper course of establishing facts. All of these beliefs went against the ideas of the catholic church, so they were again proven wrong. Each scientist - Newton, Galileo, and Copernicus - had their ideas grow of the others.