World Civ. Chapter 1

Question 1

Dahomey and Asante

Answer 1

West Africa.
Both countries had economies based on waging war to capture slaves and territory.

Question 2

Henry The Navigator

Answer 2

Portugese prince that looked to improve portugese fortunes by exploring and exploiting islands off the atlantic coast of africa.
1425-1460 he sponsored a series of voyages along coast of africa.
Slowly built accurate charts and trade relations

Question 3

Chartered Companies

Answer 3

A joint tock company of investores who gained a charter from the crown giving company the right to establish a governed colony in America

Question 4

Eastern Woodlands Indians

Answer 4

North America
Sedentary, Lived in farming villages and used hunting and trapping as means of survival.

Question 5

Types of English Colonies

Answer 5

1. Charted Companies
2. Proprietary Colonies- Land grants given to individuals or groups of court favorites( Payed debt or Reward Service)
3. Separatists- Wanted away from english rule

Question 6

Qing Dynasty

Answer 6

China
Happened after Ming Dynasty
October 30, 1644 Shunzi became emporer starting the Qing Dynasty

Question 7

Conquistadors

Answer 7

Spanish explorers in North America
Francisan Missionaries
Hoped to find El Dorado and Traders

Question 8

Bantu

Answer 8

A herding Farming Culture that slowly colonized most of sub-saharan Africa over a course of centuries
South African Bantu migrated from Northeast

Question 9

Nurhaci

Answer 9

Leader of Jianshou Tribe
Began uniting tribes under his rule creating a new political and millitary structure known as the Banner System

Question 10

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Answer 10

Pesant born, assumed command and proved himself Oda’s Equal in war and diplomcay
Subdued Japan, heistated to become shogun
Combined ambition and pragmitism in foregin relations

Question 11

Tokugawa Shogunate

Answer 11

Japan
Diamyo Tokugawa Ieyasu smashed toyomi coaliton and was named shogun and ruled until 1868

Question 12

Cohong

Answer 12

Forgein Trade was confined to the port of Guangzhou and conducted only by offically licsense chinease merchants called Cohong

Question 13

Jesuits in China

Answer 13

The Jesuits, led by Matteo Ricci, arrived in China in the late 16th century, focusing on cultural adaptation and scientific exchange. Their influence declined by the 18th century due to the Rites Controversy and the suppression of the Jesuit order, but they left a lasting impact on Sino-Western relations.
Society of Jesus. They were types of missionaries

Question 14

Kirishitan

Answer 14

Type of Missionary
Kirishitan population was severly persecuted under Ieyasu’s son and grandson

Question 15

Solomonid Dynasty

Answer 15

Claimed descent from King Solomon(Israel)
Expanded south and East forcing a number of muslim costal trade enclaves into tributary status

Question 16

Boers/Afrikaners

Answer 16

Boers- Independent Farmers
Afrikaners-South African ethnic group primarily descended from Dutch, German, and French Huguenot settlers who arrived in southern Africa in the 17th and 18th centuries. The term “Afrikaner” originally referred to these Dutch-speaking settlers and their descendants, who developed a distinct culture, language (Afrikaans), and identity.
Theyre the Same thing

Question 17

Swahili

Answer 17

Various waves of traders from various parts of the muslim world came to this region
From trade language that devloped, a fusion of arabic and local Bantu dialects

Question 18

The Maghreb

Answer 18

Northern Termini of Trans-Saharan trade routes
Modern day morocco, algeria, libya, and tunsia
moisture borne of winds off the atlantic provided enough rainfall to support agriculture to allow towns and cities

Question 19

Encomienda

Answer 19

A grant by spanish crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from Indian inhabitants of an area

Question 20

Coureurs de Bois

Answer 20

“Runners of the Woods”
Moved along rivers and streams to trade with indians on their ground and terms