Unit 1
What dynasty followed the Tang Dynasty?
The Song Dynasty followed after the Tang Dynasty.
Where did the Silk Road begin and end?
The Silk Road stretched from China to the Mediterranean Sea.
What was the printing press?
An invention helped spread the ideas of Reformation.
What was one British explorer?
John Cabot.
What are three main items traded on the Silk Road?
Gold, silk, and spices were commonly traded.
What form of government did the Mayans and Aztecs both use?
The Mayans and Aztecs form of government was a Theocracy
What was the major key to the Mongols success?
Horses were a big part of there success because it provided transportation and food.
What is simony?
Simony is the buying or selling of church offices.
What was a cultural outcome of Alexander the Great's conquests?
The spread of Hellenistic culture.
What is the importance of the Silk Road?
It led to economic prosperity for cultures and it also caused many changes and influences in different places like religion , disease, inventions, and other cultural aspects
What test created by the Song Dynasty led to poorer civilians being able to read and write at higher rates?
The Civil Service Examination.
(It made it were poorer civilians could possible work a bureaucratic job)
Which empire was Mansa Musa from?
Mansa Musa is from the Mali Empire.
Who is remembered as the Sun King?
Louis XIV is known as the Sun King.
What was one disease that the Old World brought to the New World and had a devasting impact on the Native Americans?
Smallpox.
What best represents the "system of credit" used along the Silk Road?
Flying cash is a good example.
What issues were addresses by the Magna Carta?
Rights for peasants to have fair trials by jury , Limiting the power of the king, and establishing the rights of the church
What is the Astrolabe?
The Astrolabe is a navigation system used to navigate using the stars.
What was the 95 theses?
The 95 theses were Martin Luther's complaints against the Catholic Church.
What caused the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?
The demand for labor in New World plantations. They needed slaves so they did not have to pay people to work and therefore, make profit off the goods slaves were producing.
What does Chinggis Khan mean?
Chinggis Khan means Ruler of All.
Describe one economic development during the Song Dynasty China from 1200-1450.
During the Song Dynasty, China made paper more durable and even developed a way of printing. This made a new system of currency. Which means merchants do not have to take all their products with them for great distances and long periods of time. This made trade much easier. This also helped sailors go to farther locations for trade, by using paper maps.
Identify and describe two effects of the Silk Road.
The Silk Road caused population growth in many cities. The governments also started taxing merchants when they moved to other cities. Merchants often moved cities so they could get new markets. The government made the merchants take some of their new money and give them some "tax".
What is a Gunpowder empire?
The gunpowder empires were the first empires to use guns for military expansion. The first gunpowder empires were the Ottomans, Mughals, and the Safavids. All three of these empires are very significant. These empires were very organized and diverse.
What were indulgences and why did they upset Martin Luther?
Indulgences were pieces of paper/certificates sold by the church to make your loved ones who have died not go to hell and make them go to Heaven. They were sold by John Teztell. This upset Martin Luther because he believed that you must trust your love for God and that you cannot buy your way out of hell. The church gains lots of money from the indulgences. The lower-class people often choose to pay for these instead of eating, which Martin believes is very wrong.
How are the growth of trade routes and the formation of empires associated?
When different empires come together on trade routes to trade, cultural diffusion often occurs. Which can cause the formation of new empires. As trade routes grow it causes more and more people to come in contact which can expand empires with more people and cause less populated cities to gain population.The tolerance of empires leeds to a greater number of people in the empire.