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What did people in Europe and the Americas not know |
They knew nothing of each other's lands |
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What happened over the next few centuries |
Many Geographic and cultural barriers that divided the world came down |
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What triggered an era of global encounters |
Conquest of the Americas bringing the disconnected regions of the world together |
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What happened between 1400 and 1800 |
There is an increase in global interaction with brought many changes to the world |
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5 key developments that took place at the time |
1. World religions became more connected 2. Glob population tripled 3. New technologies 4. States took on increased political and military power 5. New ideas and scientific knowledge influenced society and culture |
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What expanded greatly during this era |
Networks of trade and cultural Exchange |
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Old world |
Africa Europe and Asia |
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New world |
The Americas |
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What underlying factors helped produce the first Global age |
Increased sea travel and exploration |
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European States reasons to promote sea travel |
Trade Increase political and military power Spread religious beliefs |
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Renaissance |
The flowering of art and culture that began Italy in the 1300s and later spread to the rest of Europe |
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What was another factor that encouraged sea travel |
The development of seafaring skills and Technologies |
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What were the developments of seafaring skills and Technologies |
Compasses, measuring latitude, and the art and Science of cartography and map making |
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Which small nation with a long seafaring tradition pioneered many of these Innovations |
Portugal |
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What did the Portuguese develop |
The Portuguese developed the light seaworthy ship called the caravel the ship was nimble, sturdy, and could carry cannons |
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What was the Portuguese main mission |
Portuguese aim was to find a sea route to Asia by sailing south and east around Africa |
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What did Spain hope to do on their Voyages of exploration |
Spain instead of heading east sailed West in the belief that Asia lay just across the Atlantic |
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Christopher Columbus thought he reached the Indies where did he land instead |
He landed in the Americas |
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Who led the Spanish expedition in 1519 |
Ferdinand Magellan |
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What are the European countries sent expeditions across the Atlantic |
The Portuguese the English French and Dutch |
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Where did British send Expeditions in the 1700 |
Into the Pacific Ocean mapping Australia New Zealand and number of Pacific Islands including Hawaii |
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Impact of the Age of Exploration |
1. The world is more connected 2. Movement of people, ideas, and technologies 3. Growth in European power and influence |
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Westernization |
The spread of ideas and values originating in Europe and Western world |
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As the world expanded what grew |
The power of states and Empires |
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Because rulers in the 16th and 18th centuries had absolute power their form of rule was known as |
Absolutism |
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Absolutism |
A system of ruling which a monarch or other ruler enjoys unlimited power |
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Absolute monarchs claimed that their power came from where |
God |
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Divine right |
The notion that a ruler's power is derived from God and cannot be questioned |
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How did European monarchies back up their rule |
They packed up their rule with military force |
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The new Weaponry they use was based on what technology from China |
The used Weaponry based on gunpowder technology |
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Gunpowder Revolution |
Military advances that resulted from the development of gunpowder weaponry |
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What places did the gunpowder Revolution take place in |
The gunpowder Revolution also took place in Europe and Asia |
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What did the Ottoman Turks build |
The ottoman Turks built one of the most powerful Empires |
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How did the Ottomans support their empire |
They created a centralized state |
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What form of government did the Ottomans use |
Bureaucracy |
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Bureaucracy |
A complex system of officials and workers who manage activities of government |
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Place to the north that also build a powerful State and Empire |
Russia |
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Places that Russia conquered |
Text Panda. Word from Moscow and started conquering territory and pushing into Central Asia |
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Places the ottoman Turks conquered |
They conquered Southeast Europe the Arab lands North Africa and the Middle East |
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What era and Persia arose during this period |
The safavid empire |
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What weapons did The safavid Empire use |
They used gunpowder Weaponry to control the lands between the Ottoman Empire to the west and India to the east |
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During this period Muslim Invaders from Central Asia took power in India and establish what Empire |
The mughal Empire |
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Which areas did the Mughal Empire conquer |
Taking control over most of the Indian subcontinent |
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How did East Asian states increase their power during this era |
They maintained China's economic Prosperity they restricted European access to Chinese trade |
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What did Japan build in the 1500 hundreds |
They built the centralized State under a strong military rulers called shoguns |
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Shoguns |
Used guns that defeat local Lords and unify the country |
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What happened to most the gunpowder empires in the late 1700s |
Most of the empires had declined |
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Which empire became stronger compared to other Empires |
The European Empire |
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What factors helped account for Europe's Rising power |
Commercial trade |
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Commercial revolution |
The rapid expansion of trade and commerce the transformed Europe starting in the 16th century |
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Capitalism |
I need a nomics system in which all resources are privately owned and markets determine how the resources are distributed |
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By founding new American colonies Western European countries build Empires and created what |
New networks of exchange that had a deep impact on the rest of the world |
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Who formed the first American colonies |
Spain and Portugal |
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Where did Spanish colonization |
The Caribbean and West Indies |
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Conquistadors |
Spanish conquerors of the Americas |
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How were the social structures of Spanish colonies based |
Largely based on race |
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Social structures of Spanish colonies |
White people Mixed race Native Americans and blacks |
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Mestizos |
Persons of mixed European and Native American ancestry |
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Who also played an important role in the colonial society |
The Catholic Church |
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What became an economic activity in Spanish colonies |
Silver mining |
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Inflation |
Rising prices usually caused by an increase in the money supply |
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What was less important than mining in the colonies |
Agriculture |
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Plantations |
Large estates that grew crops for export |
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Columbian Exchange |
The transfer of plants and animals and diseases between the eastern and western hemisphere |
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What had a major impact on the world cultures environments |
Columbian Exchange |
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Negative effects of the Columbian Exchange |
The spread of rats to the Americas Disease Slavery |
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The great dying |
The devastation of the American Indian populations by diseases brought over from Europe |
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What trade had a major impact on Africa |
Slave trade |
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Where did the slave trade have an even greater impact |
The Americas |
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What happened is Regions became more connected |
Ideas and religious beliefs spread more rapidly |
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What did the colonization of the Americas do to the Christian world |
Brought two large continents to the Christian world |
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Where did Catholic missionaries travel |
Africa and Asia |
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Where did Islam spread |
Southeastern Europe in India also East Indies and Southeast Asia |
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A new religion in India |
Sikhism |
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Where did Buddhism gain wider following |
Asia |
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Artists and thinkers of the Renaissance revived what |
Classical art and culture |
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Humanism |
A Renaissance philosophy emphasizing the worth of individual and balancing religious Faith with secular learning |
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What did the Renaissance help pave the way for |
Reformation |
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Reformation |
The reform movement of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that split the Catholic church and gave birth to the Protestant religion |
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How did the Catholic Church respond to the Reformation |
with their own movement called The Counter Reformation |
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Counter Reformation |
The movement to revive Catholicism in response to the Reformation |
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A new approach to learning |
Scientific Revolution |
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Scientific Revolution |
A shift in thinking about the study of nature that began in the mid 1500 s and move Beyond religious teaching |
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What was the school called slash known as |
Enlightenment |
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Enlightenment |
Movement that sought to apply scientific methods to the study of society and its problems |
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How did the discovery of countries Beyond Europe affect the interaction throughout the world |
The world religions became more connected and people begin to trade with one another |
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Why is the Renaissance considered at the main shift in history |
Because the Renaissance help inspire a thirst for knowledge |
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How could the rise of humanism or other religions thoughts influence the beliefs that conquering new lands was once right |
Because it would be furthering the study of nature |
