Renaissance

Question 1

What did all trade routes trade?

Answer 1

All traded in precious metals, silks, spices, religions, etc.

Question 2

What were the 3 main trade routes during the Renaissance period?

Answer 2

Indian Ocean, Silk Road, Trans-Saharan

Question 3

Location of Indian Ocean trade route

Answer 3

all around Indian Ocean (China, Philippines, down to Middle East and Africa)

Question 4

Location of Silk Road trade route

Answer 4

China to Europe over land

Question 5

Location of Trans-Saharan trade route

Answer 5

North Africa

Question 6

What were the effects of the Renaissance?

Answer 6

Rebirth of Greek and Roman Philosophy; caused by Black Death, trade/interaction, printing press; humanism spread; new inventions/knowledge

Question 7

Why did Portugal and Spain want to establish new trade routes?

Answer 7

Quicker access to Asian markets; avoid going through Ottoman Empire who stopped trade

Question 8

What caused the Black Death to spread? Effect of the plague on the church.

Answer 8

Fleas on rats, trade/interaction/wars spread it faster; many people lost faith in church that was unshakable in Middle Ages

Question 9

What caused banking in Europe to spread in the 1300’s?

Answer 9

Increased trade and interaction between different cultures led to a need to have money storage/someone to change different kinds of currency

Question 10

Impact of the printing press?

Answer 10

Spread of knowledge of ideas and increase in education of non-nobility

Question 11

Who was Zheng He?

Answer 11

Chinese Explorer/conqueror; explored much of the Indian Ocean Basin and beyond

Question 12

How did the conquistadors take over the New World?

Answer 12

Guns, Germs, Steel, better technology + natives had no immunity to disease

Question 13

Columbian Exchange

Answer 13

Supplies/products/people; where exchanged; positives and negatives of the Columbian exchange on the Americas and Europe

Question 14

The Old World (Europe) in the Columbian Exchange

Answer 14

Completed/manufactured goods

Question 15

The New World (Americas) in the Columbian Exchange

Answer 15

Raw Materials

Question 16

Africa in the Columbian Exchange aka Middle Passage

Answer 16

Slave trade

Question 17

Spread of Disease to New World (Smallpox)

Answer 17

Slaves on Middle Passage died of disease on trip

Question 18

Culture in the Columbian Exchange

Answer 18

Spread in each direction

Question 19

What is mercantilism?

Answer 19

Export more than you import; Economic policy of most of Europe before Capitalism

Question 20

What was the cause and effect of the Seven Years War?

Answer 20

Also known as French and Indian in America; Britain wins and becomes World Power; eventually leads to end of Salutary Neglect in U.S. and the American Revolution