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World Hist Final 2
Semester 1; Section 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Columbian Exchange? | The global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases |
| What was the result of Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro’s expeditions in the New World? | They destroyed the Aztec and Incan Empires with smallpox |
| What are the three main motives for European exploration? (3 Gs) | God, Gold, & Glory |
| What were three major effects of the African Slave trade in Africa? | African tribes lost their fittest members, families were torn apart, and Western Africa was depopulated. |
| What resulted from the loss of Native American lives to diseases during the Columbian Exchange? | A severe shortage of slave labor that needed to be replaced |
| What were three main foods that were transferred from America to the Old World (Europe)? What were three main foods transferred from the Old World (Europe) to America? | Corn, Potato, and Turkey – Wheat, Barley and Rice |
| When Portugal began exploring Africa and Asia, what Asian nation was also exploring those two areas before they isolated themselves from the world? | China |
| What culture developed the gunpowder and the compass? | China |
| The Chinese Ming Emperor banned the building of ships and the Japanese Tokugawa Shogunate issued the Act of Seclusion. What is it called when two nations stop exploring and shut themselves off from the outside world? | Isolation |
| What was the direct result of the European diseases from the Old World being brought to the New World during the Columbian Exchange? | The Native Americans were wiped out by European diseases |
| What was the Treaty of Tordesillas and what effect did it have on the New World? It created a Line of Demarcation that divided the land in the New World between the Portuguese and Spanish. | Spain and Portugal abided by the Treaty of Tordesillas |
| What religion practiced Filial Piety and Five Relationships? | Confucianism |
| What economic system developed during the Age of Exploration because of the Triangular Trade? | Mercantilism |
| Why did Spain and Portugal want to discover water routes to Asia’s spice markets? | They wanted to avoid the overland trade routes controlled by the Muslims. |
| What were some of the major characteristics of Absolutism? | All powerful Kings, Centralized governments, and Divine Right |
| What was the goal of Absolute European Monarchs? | They wanted to centralize political power within their nation |
| What was The Thirty Year War and what was it fought over? | A major war in central Europe during the Age of Absolutism fought over religion, territory, and power |
| What did Peter “the Great” do to westernize Russia? | He raised the status of women and made nobles wear western fashions. |
| What two Absolute Monarchs would agree with the statement that people should not “Question governmental authority”? | Louis XIV and Peter “The Great” |
| What was the significance of the English Bill of Rights? | It limited the power of the monarchy and guaranteed the rights of the people |
| What was the result of the Glorious Revolution on England’s government? | It forced the new monarchs William and Mary to accept limits to their power |
| What is the Absolute concept of Divine Right? | The kings power comes from God and therefore they cannot be challenged or questioned |
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