Unit 4 Test Flashcards
what was the Renaissance term used to praise mankind and all of its accomplishments?
humanism
what was the treaty of tordesillas?
split up South America with line of demarcation: Portugal got east side and Spain got west; made by the pope
commercially, what was the biggest change made in this time period than before?
incorporation of Americas into global trade
what was the introduction of new goods into the new world and new goods into the old world exchange called?
Colombian exchange
explain John locke’s ideal form of government
limited government with the people in charge
explain Thomas hobbe’s ideal form of government
absolute monarchy
what were Russian nobles called
boyars
what was the equivalent of a boyar in Japan?
daimyo
how or by what means did Portuguese insert themselves into the Indian Ocean exchange?
took over ports on the west and east coasts of Africa and charged taxes on all goods
what European area, in the 16th century, was the least unified politically?
Italy
what was the majority religion in the Mughal empire?
Hinduism
what was one of the biggest outcomes of the buoyan trade around the world?
inflation
most slaves were traded from which area of Africa and sent to which area of the new world?
west Africa to Latin America
what was the prevailing economic theory in Western Europe?
mercantilism
what were the navigation acts?
colonies can only trade with their mother country
what led to the growing need for slaves in the new world?
sugar plantations and the great dying of native Americans
what were the two biggest cash crops in the new world?
sugar and tobacco
what was the most obvious difference in the Safavid empire than the ottoman and Mughal empire?
Safavid were Shia Islam and ottoman were Sunni Islam
which region developed the most isolationist policies?
east Asia
what was the major theme of Adam smiths economic theories?
hands off government ( laisseasy-faire govt)
what are the natural laws?
laws that govern the universe (created at the beginning of time by God)
what were the purposes of colonies under mercantilism?
get natural resources to produce goods and to have market to sell them back; to spread religion
how were the empires of the British and the Dutch economically different in the Indian Ocean trade?
British colonized more areas; Dutch created a trading post empire and took over trade
what are two examples of syncretic religions as Christianity mixed with African and Native American religions?
voodoo and Santeria
what was the reconquista and who was it against?
Spain’s reconquest the holy land; Jews and Muslims
how did the Slave trade help west African trade?
gave them weapons to help take over new lands
what regions were linked in the triangular trade?
Europe, Americas, and Africa
who used joint stock companies in the global trade?
Dutch and British
who was Akbar the great and what was his major goal?
ruler of Mughal empire who tried to bring peace between the Muslims and Hindus in India
who were the Jesuits
Catholic missionaries
the 17th century was the golden age for who?
Dutch
who used the Philippines as their trading colonies and silver hub?
Spain
who did Martin Luther and other reformation leaders feel was corrupt and blasphemous?
the pope
what was the economy that included accumulation of bullion and govt trade monopolies?
mercantilism
the rapid inflation that occurred in the 16th century because of the influx of new world silver?
price Revolution
Renaissance education stressed the celebration of mankind and its accomplishments, known as:
humanism
which area served as a supply center along the route from Europe to the Indian Ocean?
Cape Town
under Japanese feudalism, who had the most power?
shoguns
as Europe transitioned away from feudalism, which nation embraced it?
Japan
which was not an example of a syncretic religion formed as culture spread?
Calvinism
what group was created during the reformation by the Catholic Church as major missionaries?
Jesuits
what was the major silver hub for the Spanish?
Philippines
who successfully brought peace between the Hindus and Muslims during his reign in the Mughal empire?
Akbar the great
what type of empires do we see on the rise for the first time during this time period?
gunpowder empires
what advantage did the Slave trade provide west African slave trading empires?
European guns and technology
enlightenment thinkers embraced the use of this to solve problems and debates
reason
what enlightenment and scientific thinkers used to explain what universe and society?
natural laws
what did Great Britain and the Netherlands form to reduce risk for investors under mercantilism?
joint-stock companies
what was the reconquista?
an effort in Spain to reclaim the Iberian peninsula
what was a Russian noble called?
boyar
who would support a representative form of government?
John Locke
what was not an outcome of the silver trade
increased wealth for the Turkish Muslim empires
what good was primarily traded by the Spanish out of the new world into the Indian Ocean?
silver
what was a Japanese noble?
daimyo
who founded daoism?
laotzu
who supported an absolute form of govt?
Thomas Hobbes
what area received most slaves
Latin America
which nation around the world would the leader have the least political power?
Japan
