Question 5

Question 1

Context

Answer 1

Pastoral Poeple = Mongols
Plants and crops also spread
Lemons and carrots from Middle East → China
Europeans gained the most out of this
They were less technologically and culturally advanced
Exchanges with Asian and Islamic world = new crops, technology, new knowledge
Spread disease
Americas before Columbian Exchnage
Mexica = semi-nomadic group from northern Mexico who migrated southward establiushing a small island in Lake Texcoco
→ Aztec
Quechua speaking people built a large imperial state along the Andes mountains = Incas
Incas incorporated lands and cultures of Chavin, Moche, Wari and Tiwanaku
Was much larger than the Aztec Empire

Question 2

Thesis

Answer 2

Epidemic disease in both Eurasia and the Americas, during the 14th century and the 16th century respectively, spread through trade and caused labor shortages. However, disease in Eurasia caused conflict between workers and the rich, and caused the demise of the Mongols.

Question 3

Similarity 1

Answer 3

Mongols disease spread through silk road and weaponized it against Crimea.
Led to mass death
Europeans spread disease through the Columbian Exchange

Question 4

Similarity 2

Answer 4

Mongols = Plague → Labor shortages
Americas mass death due to disease → labor shortages → atlantic slave trade

Question 5

Difference

Answer 5

1350, Mongol Empire was in disarray = lost control of Chinese, Persian and Russians
Europe continued to control and grow the Americas as a global power despite this great dying

Question 6

Difference 2

Answer 6

Mongol Labor Shortages –> conflict between workers (who wanted higher wages) and the rich who refused
Peasant revolts undermined serfdom
→ Increase desire for technological advancements
→ More women working