Ming and Islamic Empires
What was the purpose of the Great Wall?
The Ming used it to defend themselves from further Mongol invasion
What period is described as rebirth of Roman and Greek ideas, art, and architecture
Renaissance
What is the name for the exchange of plants, animals, people, and germs between Afro-Eurasia and the Americas that happened because of the voyages of Christopher Columbus?
Columbian Exchange
What was a major advantage that the Spanish had over the Aztec? (there are multiple, name one)
Alliances, Advanced Military Technology, Diseases
In addition to finding resources and spreading religion, what was a major motivation behind European Exploration?
competition for resources and new trade routes
Who were the 3 Gunpowder Empires?
Ottoman, Mughal, Safavid
What invention helped spread ideas during the Scientific Revolution and Protestant Reformation?
printing press
What is one reason that the Europeans started the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Europeans needed cheap labor to work on plantations growing cash crops
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Native American populations were greatly decreased by Old World diseases
What three factors allowed a small number of Spanish conquistadors to conquer Native American civilizations with relative ease?
guns, germs (illness/disease), steel (armor)
Put the 3 Indian Ocean Trade Empires in the correct order (British, Portuguese, Dutch)
Dutch (Netherlands)
Britain
What was the purpose of the Mandate of Heaven?
The Mandate was used to explain why one ruling family lost power and why another was justified in assuming power.
Name one of the causes of the Protestant Reformation
Corruption of the Catholic Church
Sale of Indulgences
Printing Press spreading ideas
What was the Middle Passage?
The route that enslaved Africans were forced to travel from Africa to the Americas as part of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
What was the purpose of the encomienda system?
A cheap and abundant source of labor for plantation agriculture
What country did the Dutch East India Company represent?
Netherlands
What is one reason that a dynasty was believed to lose the Mandate of Heaven?
natural disasters, political corruption, invasion, peasant revolts...
Who was the leader of the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
What did Europe supply in the Triangular Trade Network?
Supplier of manufactured goods
What cash crop was most responsible for transforming the global economy between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries?
Tobacco
What benefit did the British East India Company provide for India?
Soldiers- protection
Which Islamic state ruled over a Hindu majority?
Mughal Empire
Which theory did Copernicus and Galileo support?
Heliocentric Theory
Mercantilism promoted the idea that national wealth was based on__________
A favorable balance of exports over imports
DOUBLE JEOPARDY- All Teams can wager points
Write/State a claim with 3 reasons answering the following: Which factor most contributed to the Spanish conquest of the Americas: technology, disease, or political strategy?
Claims should answer question and include 3 reasons
Which Asian country was not open to trading with European countries?
Japan