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Chapter 5 Flashcards

1
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What was the Silk Road?

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A network of Caravan tracks that linked Asia and Europe

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Why was the Silk Road called the Silk Road?

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Because it was named after the silk harvested from silkworms

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What things moved along the Silk Road?

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Trade goods and ideals

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What is an example of an ideal that was passed along the silk road?

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The Indo-Arabic number system

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5
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Where did the Indo-Arabic number system originate?

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-It originated in India and was later adopted in the Middle East.
-Europeans who traded with Middle Eastern merchants introduced the system to Italy,
-From Italy, this new system quickly spread throughout
Europe

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What system was used in Europe before the Indo-Arabic number system?

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The Roman Numerals system

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7
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What are the names of the 3 distinct phases that globalization evolved in?

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First Round
Second Round
Third Round

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8
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What happened in the First Round of globalization?

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  • Goods and Ideas were exchanged along ancient trade routes

- Arabs were the first to develop ideas

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9
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What happened in the Second Round of globalization?

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  • Began in the late 1400s
  • Europeans developed sailing technology
  • The growth was very related to European imperialism
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10
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What happened in theThird Round of globalization?

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  • Developed after WW2

- The rapid growth of world markets, specifically India and China

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11
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In O’Roukes view when did globalization begin?

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It began in the 1800s when low-cost goods from farms and factories poured into global markets and access to these changed the way that people lived

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12
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What did Johannes Gutenberg create?

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The printing press

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13
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What was the most important invention in the second millenium?

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The printing press

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14
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How did the printing press influence everyday life?

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It encouraged people to learn how to read and spread ideas around Europe

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15
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After the fall of Rome what was growing?

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Cities and Towns

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What did the growing cities and towns attract?

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Traders, craftspeople, bankers, entrepreneurs, artists, and scholars.

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17
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Who did City Dwellers work for?

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They were independent and depended on their knowledge of a skill to accumulate wealth

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Which group was the first middle class?

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City Dwellers because they earned money by practicing a trade or craft

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What did City Dwellers value?

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They often valued education and welcomed innovations such as exploration, scientific discoveries, and new technologies.

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20
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Where did Europeans receive most of their innovation?

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The Indo-Arab Nations

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21
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What are some sailing innovation that Europeans adopted from Arabs?

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Large Sails
Navigational Tools
Gunpowder (From China)

22
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What encouraged Europeans to establish colonies in the Americas?

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Christopher Columbus

23
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What was European imperialism motivated by?

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Trade

24
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What did European colonies believe about establishing colonies?

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Colonies would increase trade by providing cheap raw materials and markets for goods in the home country

25
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What did the colonies bring to Europe?

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Trade, which brought economic prosperity which brought power

26
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How did monarchs strictly control trade in the colonies?

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Through mercantilism

27
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What were the laws of mercantilism?

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  • They required a colonies raw materials to the home country only then can they be used to make finished products
  • Colonial entrepreneurs were not allowed to establish businesses in the colonies and use the raw materials
28
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How did European monarchs keep their colonies markets strong?

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They prohibited goods rom being imorted from other European countries. This eliminated competition

29
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Why did the American revolutions begin?

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Because British colonies in the America’s began to resist mercantilism

30
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What was the result of the American revolution?

A

The United States of America was created

31
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What book layed the groundwork for econmoic capitalism?

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The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

32
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How did Europeans gain control in their colonies?

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  • They just declared that the indigenous people were their subjects and displaced them or enslaved them
  • They also had a large weapons advantage
33
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Why did European colonizers encourage their people to come settle in the colonies?

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  • They provided people to run the colonies

- It also reduced conflict at home

34
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What did Hernan Cortez do to the Aztecs in what is now Mexico?

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He enslaved the indigenous people to provide profit which was then sent back to Spain

35
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How did Europeans affect the Indigenous people in Canada?

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At first, some benfited from the Fur Trade. But after a while, First Nations were forced off their land

36
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How did European diseases affect First Nations?

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It killed many of them off

37
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How did the French/British and the First Nations Establish a relationship with each other?

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Europeans depended on First Nations to Navigate and the First Nations delivered pelts in exchange for trade goods

38
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What did Bartolome De Las Casas do?

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He was disgusted with the horrible conditions of how the Aztecs were treated and devoted his life to securing Justice for them

39
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What was an alternative for imprisonment in Africa and the Middle East?

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Slavery, but it only lasted for a certain period

40
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What was Chattel Slavery?

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It meant that slaves and their descendants were the private property of the owner

41
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Did Chattel Slaves have rights?

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Nopety Nope Nope

42
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Olaudah Equiano do?

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He was a slave captured from Nigeria who was later freed and wrote about is experiences

43
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What encouraged the abolitionalist movement?

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Olaudah Equiano’s book

44
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Who were the people who wanted to maintain slavery?

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Wealthy and powerful slave owners

45
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What began the grand exchange?

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Christopher columbus when he brought seeds, trees and livestock to the Americas

46
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What is a prime example of the Grand exchange?

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Sunflowers that were exported to Europe

47
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What pushed the industrial revolution?

A

European consumers demand for more goods

48
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How did Europeans meet the demand for goods?

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By producing machines that could produce quickly, efficiently, and cheaply

49
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Where were goods produced before the industrial revolution?

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In homes

50
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What was the leading industrial power during the industrial revolution?

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Britain

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