Unit 1
Majority of goods that traveled along the Silk Road
Luxury items
Started the Protestant Reformation
The primary reason European countries were interested in colonies
Economic- wanted resources and raw materials, also were able to sell back finished goods
Define absolutism
Belief and practice that a monarch or ruler should have absolute power and total control over all aspects of government and society
The primary motivation for European oceanic exploration
Open up new trade routes
Name the Gunpowder Empires
Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal
Who did the Renaissance affect?
Mostly wealthy men and some women
Why does China "turn inland" during the Ming dynasty?
They believed they produced everything they needed and didn't have an interest in foreign trade, more concerned with threats on inland borders than being threatened at sea, chose to spend money on internal defense rather than exploration
This country goes the opposite direction during the age of absolutism, and establishes a constitutional monarchy instead, where the law and Parliament (representatives of the people) are more powerful than the monarch
Great Britain
Identify two causes of Latin American independence movements
Growing nationalism, Creole dissatisfaction with the Peninsulares, influence of the Enlightenment and French and Haitian Revolutions
What was the Mongol impact on trade in their empire?
They encouraged the growth of trade and made it safer for merchants and other travelers
How was the Renaissance connected to other parts of the world?
Wealth came from Afro-Eurasian trade networks, cultural exchange with the Islamic world was also important to artistic developments during the Renaissance
Identify two similarities the Gunpowder Empires shared
Islamic, adopted gunpowder technology
Food shortages, increasing influence of Enlightenment ideas, unequal tax structure, desire of the Third Estate to have a political voice, massive debt, etc.
Brazil was a colony of which nation?
Portugal
Both of these countries could be considered at least somewhat "isolationist" in the 17th/18th centuries
China and Japan
What was unique about the Haitian Revolution?
First successful slave revolt
How did the peasants' economic status change as a result of the Black Death?
They were able to demand higher wages for their work and had more opportunities to move to new places
What are three effects of European exploration?
European nations grew wealthy, spread of Christianity, more interconnected global economy, devastated population of the Americas, etc.