Unit 1
What was the period in history after the Fall of Rome?
What was the trade route that connected Europe and Asia?
The Silk Roads
What is this term?
a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of new trading routes, wealth, and knowledge
Where was the Ming Dynasty located?
China
Name one economic cause of New Imperialism
Need for raw materials or need for new markets
This place was where Muslim Scholars met in the city Baghdad in the Abbasid Empire
The House of Wisdom.
Which group helped make trade between Europe and Asia safe by establishing an empire?
The Mongols
What was the ultimate reason that the Spanish were able to conquer the Incas?
Geography, or that their civilization was more advanced due to geography
Explain how the Mongol Empire fell
It got too big and divided up into different sections, civil war, the black death, rebellion from conquered people
Name two goods that Europeans were interested in when imperializing Africa
Answers will vary...
What lead to a population increase from 1000-1300
Farming techniques
What were the two main goods traded on the trans-saharan trade routes?
Gold and Salt
Bonus: Name two of the African empires that controlled trade on the Trans-Saharan routes
The transfer of goods from the Old World (East of Atlantic) and New World (West of Atlantic) is called
Columbian Exchange
Where was the Mughal Empire located?
India
How did the dependence on cash crops impact the long-term economic development of Latin America after independence?
It resulted in economic vulnerability and inequality.
Which of the following is incorrect?
Hinduism originated in India, Buddhism in India, and Christianity in the Middle East.
They are all correct!
What was the disease called that spread through Europe from Asia and killed nearly half of the population in Europe?
The Black Death/Black Plague
Explain the factors that lead to the Industrial Revolution beginning in England
How did the Ottomans use gunpowder?
For conquest
What was the event that lead Japan to modernize through the Meiji Restoration and imperialize nearby territories such as China and Japan?
The arrival of the United States (Commodore Perry) to Japan
Explain how Christianity became the state religion of Rome
Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and legalized it with the Edict of Milan.
Name a cultural similarity between the Trans-Saharan Trade Routes and the Silk Roads
They both lead to diffusion of culture, both spread religion (Islam and Christianity, Buddhism and Christianity)
Describe one benefit and one downside to Globalization
Answers will vary. There are wealthy countries and countries that are not wealthy. The gap is continuously increasing as wealthy countries have capital and often use developing countries for labor and materials.
What were the goals of Peter the great for Russia?
What was the system of segregation called in South Africa?
Apartheid