Renaissance
What invention by Johannes Gutenberg helped spread Renaissance ideas?
Printing Press
Who ruled Japan during the Edo period?
Tokugawa and the Shogun
What event marked the beginning of the Meiji Restoration?
The arrival of the US Navy and the signing of an unequal treaty.
What was the capital city of the Aztec Empire?
Tenochtitlán
Who led the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs?
Hernán Cortés
Which Italian city is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance?
Florence
What was the capital city during the Edo period?
What was one major goal of the Meiji government?
To modernize and industrialize Japan, and equalize treaties
What body of water surrounded Tenochtitlán?
Lake Texcoco
What advantages did the Spanish have over the Aztecs?
What is guns, steel weapons, horses, and disease (like smallpox)?
What is humanism, and how did it influence Renaissance art?
Humanism focused on human potential and achievements, influencing more realistic and individual centered art?
What was the purpose of the Edict?
To isolate Japan from foreign influence and maintain social order.
Name one Western country that influenced Meiji reforms.
What is Britain (for navy), Germany (for army), or the U.S. (for education and industrialization)?
Why did human sacrifice play a role in Aztec religion?
To give blood to the Aztec Gods to maintain balance in the Universe.
What was the Spanish Inquisition?
A religious court system, aimed at creating a place where only Catholicism was practiced.
Name someone who was influential during the Renaissance and what they did.
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Petrarch = known as the "Father of Humanism"
Erasmus = A writer, scholar, and humanist, he translated a lot of influential text.
da Vinci = Artist, Scientist, considered "The Renaissance Man", skilled in many areas
Medici Family = wealthy family who sponsored and promoted artists
How did Japan’s geography help support its isolationist policies?
What is Japan being an island nation, making it easier to control borders and limit outside contact?
What was the Iwakura Mission and why was it important?
A journey by Japanese officials to learn about Western countries and bring back ideas for modernization?
How did the Aztec economy work?
Society was to pay taxes and tributes. Tributes could be paid in a variety of ways from human sacrifice, to food, goods, etc.
How did Spanish imperialism reflect their religious and cultural worldview?
The belief that Christianity was superior and it was their duty to convert and civilize Indigenous peoples?
How would you explain the Renaissance Worldview?
The Renaissance worldview emphasized individual potential and a wide variety of knowledge and education.
How did the rigid social hierarchy during Edo Japan maintain order, and what were its disadvantages?
What is that it kept stability but limited social mobility, innovation, and expanssion?
How did the Meiji Restoration affect Japan’s worldview and position on the world stage?
It shifted Japan from isolation to global power status through modernization, trade, and military expansion?
How did the Aztecs’ geographic location affect their ability to build a powerful empire?
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They got creative with their location being in a Valley. They grew their economy through agriculture practices on little fertile land available. They were protected by being placed in a Valley surrounded by mountains and bodies of water...
Spain was a colonial power during this time. What factors influenced Spains ability to colonize so many places, and not be colonized themselves?
They had the army, weaponry, and advancements in technology to their advantage.
Geographically they were protected by the Pyrenees Mountains, and some very difficult to navigate bodies of water.