Unit 4
What is the ideal Renaissance man?
One who is knowledgeable in many field and proficient in the arts
Where did the African slave trade deliver the majority of the slaves to?
The Caribbean islands and Brazil.
What happened after Columbus's encounter with the Americas?
Native American population drastically declined.
What did the late Mughals do to create discontent among their people?
They banned the Daoist religion
Why was enlightenment philosophy a threat to European monarchies?
It suggested the idea of individual liberty and rights
Which empire were originally seminomadic Turks?
The Ottoman Empire.
Why were merchants at the bottom of the Confucian society?
What did Magellan's voyage around the world in 1519 result to?
Spanish claims in the Pacific.
What distinguishes time period 1450 to 1750 from earlier time periods?
Inclusion of the Americas in global trade.
What did the Tokugawa Shogunate disallow after 1603?
Any Japanese from travelling outside the home islands
What was a significant effect of the Colombian Exchange?
American foods were introduced to European diets
Nomadic people who conquered China.
Why was Renaissance interest big in the Greek and Roman texts?
The introduction to those texts from the Muslim world.
What are sugar and tobacco important examples of?
Cash crops
Who were the Aztec and Incan civilizations unable to defend themselves against the aggression and weaponry of?