dum' it down Global - Questions Flashcards
Confucianism basics:
Respect elders, leaders should be good role models.
Connections between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam:
They all believe in one God, the same God.
The Five Pillars of Islam:
Believe in one God, pray, fast, pilgrimage, give to the poor.
The belief system with the 8-Fold Path and reincarnation
Buddhism; teaches the middle path (not too hard, not too easy) and nirvana.
Causes and effects of the Crusades
Fought for land and money, deepened Christian-Muslim divide.
Long-term effects of Genghis Khan’s conquests
Spread culture and tech, set up trade routes.
Important Chinese inventions along the Silk Roads
Paper, printing, compass, gunpowder, silk.
Feudalism basics and European vs. Tokugawa differences
Lords give land for loyalty and service. Europe had kings, Japan had shoguns. Shoguns more powerful than emperor.
Negative effects of Silk Road trade
Spread disease, risk of robbery.
Reasons for success of African kingdoms
Controlled gold and salt trade routes.
Some of the regions conquered by the Mongols (name a few)
Includes: China, Persia, Russia, parts of Europe and the Middle East.
Religion that unified Medieval Europe
Catholicism
Main long-term effect of the Crusades
More contact between Europe and the Middle East, led to the Renaissance.
Humanism during the Renaissance
Focused on people’s abilities and learning
Goods exchanged in the Columbian Exchange
New crops, animals, diseases.
Causes of the Protestant Reformation and
important figures
Church corruption, wanted religious freedom.
Henry VIII, Martin Luther, John Calvin.
Goal of monarchs during the Age of Absolutism
Centralize power and claim divine right.
How absolute monarchs consolidated their power
Consolidated = increased
Controlled everything, suppressed opps
Effect of the scientific revolution on worldview
Made people rely more on science, less on religion.
Divine Right
Monarchs rule by God’s will.
Impact of the encomienda system on indigenous Americans
Forced labor, disease, death.
Reasons for starting the transatlantic slave trade and its impact on Africa
Demand for labor, devastated societies.
Notable features of Great Zimbabwe
Impressive stone structures, trading center.
Role of Parliament in limiting English monarchs’ power
Established laws that monarchs had to follow.
Difference between monarchy in England and France in the 17th century
England was constitutional, France was absolute.
Principles of the Enlightenment
Reason, liberty, scientific method.
Criticisms of the Enlightenment by Baron de Vastey
Ignored colonialism and slavery, Eurocentric.
How European nations used mercantilism to increase wealth
Colonies for resources, favorable trade balances.
