MIDTERMS

Question 1

Know who Ghengis Kahn is and how he unified the Mongol empire.

Answer 1

name is temujin and unifies clans throught aliences and conquest

Question 2

Explain the Pax Mongolica and its relaton to the silk road.

Answer 2

means peace of the mongols and they protected the silk road

Question 3

Explain how and why the Mongol empires began to decline and fall.

Answer 3

lost a battle to the mumliks. fighting amongst eachother split into four groups and caused more decline.

Question 4

Describe the causes and consequences of the Crusades.

Answer 4

increased trade in Europe and the development of towns.

Question 5

Know and be able to explain the major causes of the Renaissance.

Answer 5

byzantines were invated by turks and the people fled to europe and helped spread the renassaince

Question 6

Know how the Renaissance impacted the arts and architecture.

Answer 6

perspective shading and realism for art and for architechture is gothic.

Question 7

Know the major causes of the Reformation

Answer 7

endulgences was bought to be forgivin for your sin. also the fact that the bible was in atin and only the preist could read it.

Question 8

Know the leaders of the Reformaton and their contributons to the Reformaton

Answer 8

martin luthers 95 thesis , john calvins doctrin of predestination.

Question 9

Know the motvatons for European Exploration

Answer 9

ecanomic(find new trade) glory(to be praised) political( to be better than the opponent) religion ( to convert)

Question 10

Know who the Conquistadors were and how they conquered the Incan and Aztec
empires

Answer 10

any of the leaders in the Spanish conquest of America, especially of Mexico and Peru, in the 16th century. were conquestidors. combination of superior weaponry and a devastating smallpox outbreak help[ed them take over.

Question 11

Know the role disease played in the decimaton of the Natve American populatons.

Answer 11

small pox came from europe to the americas

Question 12

Know the importance of oral traditon in African culture.

Answer 12

they didint have a written language so they had to have griots to be able to pass down their history through stories

Question 13

Know what syncretism is and examples in African religion and culture.

Answer 13

bringing towo things together to make one. the african culture combind with christianity. swaheligh language was a product of this

Question 14

Compare and contrast key features of the North and West African civilizatons.

Answer 14

slave trade and industries that pulled gold

Question 15

Know how Islam came to Africa and its impact.

Answer 15

transaharen trade net work.

Question 16

How was Ethiopia able to resist Islam

Answer 16

nubia was christian and bput a buffer between the two.

Question 17

Know the significance of Swahili

Answer 17

prominent starting point in fields of African Studies, African-American Studies, and the study of other cultures of African origin throughout the world.

Question 18

Know how slavery developed overtimeme in Africa and know its impact on African society.

Answer 18

the trade of other empires people began to become them being sold for work.