Global-Week 10 COPY

Question 1

Ming Dynasty

Answer 1

Chinese Dynasty that kicked the Mongols out of China and re-established traditional Chinese and Confucian values and withdrew into isolation from the Europeans.

Question 2

Qing Dynasty

Answer 2

Chinese Dynasty that was controlled by the Manchu’s, continued Chinese isolation and held on to traditional Chinese beliefs.

Question 3

Closed Country Policy/Isolationism

Answer 3

Japanese policy of isolationism under the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Question 4

Encomienda system

Answer 4

Economic system in which the Spanish forced the natives to work on plantations in a slave like atmosphere

Question 5

Conquistador

Answer 5

Spanish conquerors

Question 6

Hernan Cortes

Answer 6

Spanish conquistador who landed in Mexico and destroyed the Aztec people

Question 7

Atlantic Slave Trade

Answer 7

The buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas

Question 8

Triangular Trade

Answer 8

The transportation of goods, slaves and raw materials between Europe, Africa and the new world.

Question 9

Columbian Exchange

Answer 9

Global transfer of foods, plants and animals during the colonization of the Americas

Question 10

Capitalism

Answer 10

J economic system based on private ownership and the investment of resources, such as money, for profit

Question 11

Absolutism/Absolute Monarchy

Answer 11

when a monarch has total control over his/her government and people

Question 12

Phillip II

Answer 12

Ruler of Spain, was the “defender” of Catholicism and lost in a war with Protestant England

Question 13

Divine Right

Answer 13

belief that the king is a representative of gods power here on earth

Question 14

Limited Monarchy/Constitutional Monarchy

Answer 14

Type of government where subjects enjoyed basic rights and power was shared between the monarch and Parliament

Question 15

Louis XIV

Answer 15

Ruler of France, known as the Sun King, controlled the nobles, built the Palace of Versailles, and bankrupt his country

Question 16

Peter the Great

Answer 16

Modernized and westernized Russia forced subjects to adopt western customs to include the beard tax

Question 17

Catherine the Great

Answer 17

Modernized and westernized Russia, obtained a warm water port and granted limited reforms for her people

Question 18

Magna Carta

Answer 18

Bill passed in Parliament in 1689 in which the monarchy could not collect new taxes or raise an army without Parliament’s consent

Question 19

Parliament

Answer 19

English law-making body

Question 20

Charles I

Answer 20

Attempted to establish an absolute monarchy and collect taxes without Parliament’s consent which led to a Civil War in which he lost his head

Question 21

Oliver Cromwell

Answer 21

Leader of Parliament during the English Civil War, who took over as dictator after they won

Question 22

Glorious Revolution

Answer 22

Bloodless revolution in which King James II was replaced with William and Mary in return they had to agree to share power with Parliament creating a Constitutional Monarchy

Question 23

English Bill of Rights

Answer 23

The Great Charter, in which nobles forced King John to sign guaranteeing rights which were later extended to all subjects

Question 24

Located in South America
Used forced labor (slavery) for farming
Used steppe farming methods

Polytheistic
Human sacrifice
Built long roads thousands of miles long
Strong government

Answer 24

Inca

Question 25

Located in American Southwest & Mesoamerica

Floating garden called chinampas
Advanced agricultural practices helped support population
Polytheistic
Human sacrifice 
Large powerful empire
Great engineers

Answer 25

Aztec

Question 26

Located in Southern Mexico & Central America
Slash and burn techniques
Polytheistic
Built temples
Played a scared ball game
Good at engineering, math, and agriculture, Developed accurate calendars

Answer 26

Maya