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Explorations 2011
World History Sussex Tech High School
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the three Gs that motivated the European Explorers in the 15th & 16th centuries? | Gold (Economics), God (Religion), and Glory (Fame/Power) |
| Why did the population in the Americas decline from 1492 to 1608? | The Europeans brought diseases such as smallpox to which the natives had no immunity; used natives as slaves and worked them to death |
| What was the exchange of plants, animals, diseases between the old world (Europe) and the new world (Amnericas) called? | The Columbian Exchange (Columbian comes from Columbus whose voyage in 1492 let Europeans know the Americas were out there) |
| What was the Middle Passage? | The trans-Atlantic trade of slaves from Africa to the New World. Slaves were stacked in crowed ships in poor conditions and shipped to the New World. |
| Who was Marco Polo? | He traveled to China as a young boy and spent 20 years there. He gave Europe its first real knowledge of the Far East. |
| Who was Francis Xavier? | He was a priest who worked to spread Christianity in Asia. |
| Who was Hernando Cortes? | He was a Spanish explorer (conquistor) who conquered the mighty Aztec empire in Mexico gaining new land and riches for |
| Who was Francisco Pizzaro? | He conquered the Incan Empire in South America gaining new land for Spain and riches for himself. |
| Who was Bartolomeu Diaz? | He explored for the Kinbg of Portugal; paved the way for trade with Asia by sailing along the African coastline. |
| Who was Vasco Nunez de Balboa? | He was the first explorer to discover the Pacific Ocean and his settlements helped bring more Spaniards to the New World. |
| What is ethnocentrism? | The belief that your culture is superior to other cultures. |
| What is mercantilism? Draw the diagram. | The economic system in which the mother country gets raw materials from the colony and sells manufactured goods back to the colony. |
| Why did the African Kingdoms prosper (do well)? | They developed an extensive trade in gold, salt, and ivory. |
| What was Timbuktu? | Major trade city in Africa; strong empahsis on learning and books |
| What is the Mandate of Heaven? | Chinese belief that the leader got power to lead from their God |
| What are some examples of monumental architecture? | Taj Mahal in India, The Great Wall of China, Temples of the Aztecs & Incans in the Americas |
| Why is Spanish spoken in Latin America and South America today? | Cultural diffusion--the Spanish explored, conquered, and settled in those areas and took their language with them. |
| Why are the majority people of North and South America followers of Christianity today? | Cultural diffusion--the explorers were Christian and spread (sometimes even forced) their religions to new places |
| Who were the two major European countries involved in exploration? | Spain and Portugal |
| What are the seven characteristics of civilzation? | Cities, Monumental architecture, Government, Social Classes, Trade, Writing Systems, Large-scale agriculture |
| What was the code of Bushido? | Japanese values of discipline, loyalty, obedience, honor and respect for elders/authority |
| In Japanese culture today, in an office, who sits the farest from the door? | The most important person |
| How did both the Chinese and the Japanese view outsiders in the 1400's & 1500's? | Negatively; believed them to be barbarians and not worth their attention. |
| Who was Zheng He? | Chinese Explorer |
| Which characteristic of civilization is the caste system of India an example of? | Social Class |
| Before the Columbian Exchange, potatoes, peanuts, corn, and chocolate were found only in the | Americas (New World) |
| How did horses, cattle, coffee, and smallpox get to the New World? | Exploers brought them from the Old World (Europe & Africa) |
| What was Triangle Trade? | Trade between Europe (manufactored goods), Africa(slaves), and the Americas(raw materials). |
| What were the impacts or effects of exploration? | 1. Diseases such as smallpox, measles, & malaria killed the natives who had no immunity 2. European Empires 3. Mercantilism 4. Technology of guns/weapons defeated natives 5.Religion--Christianity spread; even forced on natives |
| What made European exploration possible? | New advances in technology made long sea travel possible. |
| What did the Edit of 1635 do in Japan? | Kicked all outsiders out of Japan or they would face death, no Japnese ships would go out, no trade with outsiders. The Japanese believed that the Japanese culture was superior(ethnocentism) |
| Why did the Chinese stop their voyages in 1471? | Believed that their Chinese culture was superior and it would be hurt by outsiders' culture (ethnocentrism) |
| What was the major city in the Aztec empire? | Tenochititlan |
| What were missionaries? | People who worked to spread Christianity to the newly explored areas in the Americas, Asia, and Africa. |
| Why were slaves from Africa needed in the New World? | To do the work on the large planations(Farms) because most of the natives died of diseases. |
| What belief did the Aztecs have that made the Spanish believe they were barbarians? | Human Sacrifice to the Sun God so the sun would rise each day |
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