Finals Study Guide Flashcards
Identify a positive and negative of the Black Death
Positive- Better Standard of living, higher pay for survivors
Where did the Black Death originate?
Mongolia’s Gobi Desert China/Asia, spread from trading routes
Describe two ways how people during the Black Death tried to prevent the spread of the plague?
1) Pomanders- people who saught med. remidies like oranges with cloves 2) Flagellants- people who publicly wipped themselves in an effort tot gain God’s forgiveness
Describe how the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade was an example of mercantilism.
Raw Materials from Americas→ Europe→ Manufactured Goods→ Africa→ Slaves→New world benefited
How could some explorers like Cortes, Pizzaro, and Coumbus be view as enthonectric?
They viewed the lands and people that they encountered as land for their country with little or no disreguard for the people already there.
What was similar about the colonization of Latin America in the 1400’s and Africa in 1800’s?
The conqureing nations divided up the asreas with no reguards for the natives.
How rude.
What impact did diseases rought to the New World have on the Native populations?
Native population decreased dramativly since there was no immunity… 90% of pop. died
What made it possible for explorers to travel to other areas of the world?
Maps, set where things were, money from country to explore.
whats the 3 G’s that motivated European explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries?
Gold (Economical reason)
Glory (Political Reason)
God (Social reason)
What long term effects did Columbus’s travels have on the cultural exchange between Europe and the Americas?
After Columbus “discovered” america- opened new operturnites 4 Europeans to spread their culture; moved to America and brought religon,& language with them and spread it to the Natives and changed American culture.
list 3 examples of the impact that Europeans had on Native Americans in the New World
- Natives were slaves
- Forced to convert to chrisitianity
- A lot of natives died
describe the trans atlantic slave trade voyage (Middle Passage) that Africans took to the Americas
Forced to trade american goods in the Triangle-Trade. Forced slaves into labor. (Encomidia System)
What was the purpose of the 5 Relationships in Confucianism?
Society as a whole would be punished and harmonious,
What role did karama play in the reincarnation in Hiduism?
Karma governs food & bad deeds
What were the 5 pillars of faith in Islam?
- Faith in 1 god
- Pray 5 x’s daily
- Almsgiving to the needy
- Fasting during Ramadan
- Pilgrimage to Mecca one time in your life( Hajj)
- Jihad- a minority of Sunni MUslims believe in a 6th pillar; means to struggle in the way of god. Some use it to justify warfare against non-muslims in their attempt to defend Islam
Catholic Counter Reformation
THe reconstrution of the Catholic church
How could some of the European explorers (ie. Cortes, Pizzarro, Columbus) be viewed as ethnocentric?
They viewed the lands and people that they encountered as lanf for their country with little or no reguard for the people already there
How did Italy’s location make it a good place for a cultural rebirth?
Geographically located between Asia and Europe, water ways/ports to trade goods and ideas
What did Niccolo MAchiavelli believe about the role of a leader?
Better to be feared than to be loved. A person who is feared is a person who is respected.
What did humanists of the Renaissance believe that it was worthy to study?
The classica of the Greeks and Romans
What were some differences between medieval artists and Reniassance artists? In order words, contrast the characteristics of their artwork.
Medival- Dull colors, demons, not life like, dark, rigid
Ren- 3-D, lifelife, vivid colors, perspective, vanishing point, realism, everyday life, bright, showed “new life”
What was the effect of invention of the printing press?
Spread ideas
INcrease in literacry (writing, and reading)
How did Martin Luther’s beliefs differ from those of the Catholic church?
-NO indulgences
Bible in vernacular(common language of a region or people)
Instead of Chuech Doctrine, what did scientists base their findings off of after the Scientific Revolution?
Reason
Why was Galileo convicted of heresy?
He said that the Sun, not the Earth,is in the center of the universe which went against the Church
describe Adam Smith’s concept of laissez-faire.
Government should not interfere with buisnesses
What did the Enlightenment philosophes base their ideas on about government, society, and the economy?
Reason
In your own words, describe how to measure distance on a map.
- read the scale
- measure the distance
- convert from inches to miles or km
What was Maximillen Robespierre’s slution to the French Revolution?
The Guillotine- excute “enimies” or “Suspects” of the government. The jails would start to get fullbecause new laws made more “suspects”
How did foreign monarchs react to the French Revolution?
Feared that it would spread to their countries.
Napoleon’s goal was to conquer Europe and other regions of the world to benift France.
True
What resulted from big change and improvements in transportation?
Development of cities
people spread out and moved
big farming
big factories
What destroyed the cottage industry in Britain?
Factories/ invention of bigger machines
What was the goal of labor unions during the Industrial Revolution?
Better pay and working conditions
Why was Britian the prime location for the start of Industrial Revolution?
- Naturally resourcces
- water ways/ports
- work force
There were economic, political and social causes for imperialism. Provide examples for each.
Economic- Markets and natural resources
Political- Build empires
Social- Spread Christianity, white man’s burden.
Breifly explain what is meant by the “Scramble for Africa”. Who was involved and why? What was the result?
Meaning- Fight/ race for Africa’s territory
Who- European countries (Italy, Germany France)
Why- To gain land and resources
Result- divided up Africa
Identify a positive and a negative effects of Imperialism.
Positive: Infrastracture(roads, rail roads), Better medical care, better education, economic development stimulated, internal conflicts decreased.
Negative: No self-gov, workers and natives exploited, people woth common culture spreaded, natural resources exploited, economic self-suffciency lost, family life disrupted, native life expectancy diminished.
What are the main causes od WW1?
M- Militarism
A- Alliances
I- Imperialism
N- Nationalism
Whats an example of Militarism during WW1?
This policy drove countries into producing more weapons such as strong navies and armored vehicles.
Imperialism and Nationalism lead to increased production of goods and economic stability in these countries, which resulted in an arms race.
Whats an example of Alliances in WW1
The alliances were formed for protection against each other. When one country was attacked, the others would aid them. However, The Triple Entente and the Tripple Alliance very quickly took aggressive postures torwards one another
What was the “powder keg” in Europe?
When Gavrilo Princip assainated the archduke of Astria-Hungary, Franz. Ferdinad, and his wife. This outraged Vienna and gave them an excuse to destroy Serbia after they wouldnt say yes to all of the terms the had relating to the assaination.
What were the provisions of the Treaty of Versallies and who was punished most by it?
Germany lost land, paid $32 billion, blamed for WW2
How did the map of Europe change between WW1 and WW2.
Yagosalvia, Poland and Czecho- New counties
Russia lost land and became the USSR, Austria-Hungary lost a little land
Why did Great Britian and France appease Hitler?
Not ready for another war.
Why did Hitler gain so much support in Germany?
The Treaty of Versallies; he promised Germany that he would make them great again and improve their economy
Why did so many civilians die in WW2 than in WW1?
Holocaust, civilians were targeted, Blitz bombings, Atomic bombing, China
Why did the U.S. use the atomic bomb to end WW2?
To savve millions of civilias and soliders lives
