Unit 3 Review Test

Question 0

What effect did the turkish capture and control of constantinople have on European exploration ?

Answer 0

Eauropean explorers sought new trade routes to Asia

Question 1

What empire did the Ottoman Turks conquer in 1453, thus controlling constanople ?

Answer 1

Byzantine Empire

Question 2

Who was zhang he amd what areas of the world did he explore?

Answer 2

A voyager he collected permission to trade with China. Asia and Africa

Question 3

What role did ming china play in world trade? Specifically, what did it import and export?

Answer 3

China exported potatos/ other goods

Question 4

Define Sikhism

Answer 4

A religion developed in India

Beliefs blend elements of hiduism and islam

Question 5

What does renaissance mean? How does this relate to Greek and Roman ideas and texts ?

Answer 5

A rebirth of ideas of art and literature.

Question 6

What did johann Gutenberg invent? What effect did this have on the spread of the new ideas of the renaissance?

Answer 6

Printing press. It allowed the mass production of printed books which encouraged the spread of new ideas

Question 7

What were some major characteristics of european art during the renaissance?

Answer 7

Lifelike portrayal of people and the catholic church

Question 8

What were the ninety-five theses? Who created themand what was he trying to accomplish with them?

Answer 8

Reforms within the Roman Catholic Church and martin luther created them to stop the corruption of the Catholic Church

Question 9

What policy of the Catholic Church did martin luther most object to?

Answer 9

The sale of indulgances to grant somone salvation in 1517

Question 10

What were the major reasons behind european exploration and expansion from 1450 to 1750?

Answer 10

Europeans wanted to exploit the reasources found in the americans

Question 11

What effect did european diseas have on native American populations?

Answer 11

European diseases like smallpox devastated the aztecs and incas

Question 12

What was columbian exchange and what significance does christopher Columbus have in this exchange ?

Answer 12

Movement of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas between the Americans and europe and columbus voyages started a vast cultural exchange between the two hemisphere

Question 13

What are the reasons for the rise of the Atlantic slave trade?

Answer 13

Europen colonists needed to grow sugar cane and other crops in the Americans

Question 14

Describe how the Atlantic slave trade was conducted

Answer 14

African tribes exchanged captive africans with european slave traders, who transported them to the Americans under inhumane conditions

Question 15

What areas did the Atlantic slave trade go to ?

Answer 15

South america, the caribbean and north america

Question 16

What was the middle passage ?

Answer 16

The forced journey of enslaved africans to the americas

Question 17

What impact did eropean colonization have on the aztec and inca civilizations?

Answer 17

These empires were replaced by a new Latin America culture blending local traditions, the catholic religion and spanish rule

Question 18

What effect did the columbian exchange have on europe ?

Answer 18

A growth in population with the introduction of nee foods

Question 19

What economic system did europen countries use to manage their new colonies around the world?

Answer 19

Mercantilism

Question 20

Define mercantilism

Answer 20

An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods that they bought

Question 21

Describe europes commercial revolution that occurred due to european exploration, expansion and colonialism

Answer 21

The local economies of the middle ages were replaced by a new system of global trade, international banking, private enterprise, and government sponsorship

Question 22

What role did the English bill of rights have on modern day political traditions?

Answer 22

They showed that the power of the monarch could be limited

Question 23

How is the chinese idea of the mandate of heaven similar to the European idea of divine right?

Answer 23

Political power