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How did long-distance trade change? (2)

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It included the global circulation of some commodities, and the formation of new regional markets and financial centers

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Increased transregional and global trade networks facilitated the spread of… (3)

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Religion, culture, large amounts of migrants

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Columbian Exchange

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Exchange of plants and animals, disease, and people.

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Effect of Columbian Exchange

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Population growth from new food.

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European technological developments in ___ and __ built on _____.

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European technological developments in cartography and navigation built on previous knowledge developed in the classical, Islamic, and Asian worlds

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European Technology Developments (3 with 2 examples)

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New tools (astrolabe, improved maps), innovations in ship designs (caravels), and an improved understanding of global wind and currents patterns

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Columbian Exchange- Exports: American foods (3) spread to (3)

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American foods like potatoes, maize, manioc spread to Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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Columbian Exchange- Imports: Agriculture (2)

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Europeans bring domesticated animals (horses, pigs, cattle), African slaves (okra, rice).

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Syncretic and new forms of religion (3)

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  1. Vodun in the Caribbean
  2. Cults of saints in Latin America
  3. Sikhism in South Asia
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Spread of existing religions (3)

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  1. Islam -> Afro-Eurasia
  2. Christianity affected by Reformation
  3. Buddhism -> Asia
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Innovations in visual and performing arts (4)

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  1. Renaissance art in Europe
  2. Miniature paintings in ME + S. Asia
  3. Wood-block prints in Japan
  4. Post-conquest codices in Mesoamerica
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Popular authors, literary forms, and works of literature (4) led to (1)

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  1. Shakespeare
  2. Cervantes
  3. Sundiata
  4. Journey to the West
  5. Kabuki

expands literacy

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A surge in agri. productivity resulted from (2)

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  1. New methods in crop and field rotation

2. Intro of new crops

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Intensification of peasant labor (3)

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  1. Frontier settlements in Russian Siberia (Cossacks)
  2. Cotton textile production in India.
  3. Silk textile production in China.
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What increased demand for slaves in Americas?

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Growth of the plantation economy

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Coerced labor (3)

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  1. Chattel slavery- owning human property
  2. Indentured servitude
  3. Encomienda + hacienda systems- colonists can demand tribute and labor from Native Americans, agri. estates
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What created new elites? (2)

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Creation

  1. Imperial conquests
  2. econ. oppurtunities
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New elites (4)

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  1. Chinese manchus
  2. Creole elites in Spanish America
  3. European gentry
  4. Merchants
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What happened to the existing elites?

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Their power fluctuated as they faced challenges influencing the policies of monarchs + leaders.

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Existing elites (3)

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  1. Zamindars in Mughal Empire- land owners that taxed peasants
  2. Nobility in Europe
  3. Daimyo in Japan
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Gender + Family Restructuring (2)

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  1. Dependence on Euro men on SE Asian women for conducting trade in that region.
  2. The smaller size of European families- children take on emotional meaning, not economic
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New ethnic and racial classifications (3)

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  1. Mestizos- Spanish + American Indian
  2. Mulatto- African + Europeans in North America
  3. Creole- African + European elites in South America
23
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Where were cash crops grown and exported?

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  1. Grown: Plantations with coerced labor.

2. Exported: Europe + ME

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Examples of Cash crops (2)

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  1. Sugar

2. Tobacco

25
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Strategies of centralization

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  1. More efficient tax systems on peasants -> rebellions
26
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What led to an increase of funding for the visual + performing arts? (2)

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  1. Merchants’ profits

2. Taxes collected by the gov’t

27
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How did rulers legitimize + consolidate their power? (4)

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  1. The arts
  2. Religious ideas
  3. Treated different ethnic + religious groups that utilized econ. contributions while limiting ability to challenge authority
  4. Use bureaucratic elites + military professionals
  5. Tax farming + tribute collection
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Arts as displays of political power (4)

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  1. Monumental architecture
  2. Urban design
  3. Courtly literature
  4. The visual arts
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Religious ideas (4)

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  1. European divine right
  2. Safavid use of Shi’ism
  3. Aztec human sacrifice
  4. Chinese emperors perform Confucian rituals
30
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Differential treatment of ethnic and religious groups (2)

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  1. Ottoman treatment of non- Muslims

2. Manchu policies towards Chinese

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Bureaucratic elites or military professionals (3)

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  1. Ottoman devshirme
  2. Chinese exam sys.
  3. Salaried samurai
32
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Imperial expansion relied on the use of (3)

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  1. Gunpowder
  2. Cannons
  3. Armed trade (Portuguese)
33
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Examples of imperial expansion- land + maritime empires (2, 5)

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Land
1. Manchus
2. Mughals
Sea
1. Portugese
2. Spanish
3. Dutch
4. French
5. British
34
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What 3 things challenged state consolidation + expansion?

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  1. Competition over trade routes
  2. State rivalries
  3. Local resistance
35
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Competition over trade routes (2)

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  1. Oman-European rivalry in the Indian Ocean.

2. Piracy in the Caribbean

36
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State rivalries (2)

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  1. Thirty Years War

2. Ottoman-Safavid conflict

37
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Local Resistance (3)

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  1. Food riots
  2. Samurai revolts
  3. Peasant uprisings
38
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____ led to commercialization and the creation of a global economy.

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New global circulation of silver from the Americas

39
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The Atlantic system involved the movement of (3), and the mixing of (3) cultures and peoples.

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The Atlantic system involved the movement of...
1. goods
2. wealth 
3. free/ unfree laborers
and the mixing of 
1. African 
2. American
3. European 
cultures and peoples.
40
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Columbian Exchange: Disease (2)

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Diseases included smallpox, measles, influenza + Vermin (mosquitos rats)

41
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How did peasant labor change?

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It intensified as plantations expanded and the demand for labor increased bc of demand for raw materials + mfg goods.

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