1450-1750

Question 1

Tokugawa Isolation

Answer 1

ferrul of convertion to Christianity Japan closed its harbors except for the Dutch

Question 2

Indentured Servitude

Answer 2

a system of coerced labor in which people from Europe promised to work for a certain amount of time in exchange for thor paid passage to the new world

Question 3

Colonial North America

Answer 3

french, dutch, and english sponsored transoceanic voyages to explore and claim land

Question 4

Peninsulares

Answer 4

top of the caste system who were born in Europe

Question 5

Nicolas Copernicus

Answer 5

through observation disputed the earth centered theory and thus challenged the church

Question 6

Manchu Empire

Answer 6

claimed mandate to heaven to overtake the Ming Dynasty and established the Qing Dynasty

Question 7

King Henry VIII

Answer 7

established the church of England because of the refusal of an annulment from the catholic church

Question 8

Missionaries

Answer 8

quickly followed european explorers to the New World; carried out by Franciscan Dominican, and Jesuits

Question 9

Little Ice Age

Answer 9

resulted in shorter growing seasons and less hospitable weather conditions

Question 10

Results of Ocean exploration

Answer 10

mariners learned more about ocean winds and currents. More accurate maps were drawn up.

Question 11

Hacienda

Answer 11

huge plantations on which Natives Americans were forced to work

Question 12

Sir Isaac Newton

Answer 12

formulated the modern laws of motion and mechanics; knowledge was attainable through human reason alone

Question 13

Shotgun

Answer 13

supreme military ruler of Japan and used samurai to enforce the policies

Question 14

Timbuktu

Answer 14

wealthiest city in West Africa leading cultural center in Africa

Question 15

Manila

Answer 15

city taken over by the Spanish in the Philippines to control direct access to Chinese products

Question 16

Hernan Cortes

Answer 16

arrived in Mexico and conquered the Aztec Empire

Question 17

Chinese inventions for sailing

Answer 17

sternpost rudder and the magnetic compass

Question 18

Art and architecture

Answer 18

used to legitimize power showcasting through buildings like the Palace of Versailles or by impressing commoners and foreigners

Question 19

Scientific Revolution

Answer 19

series of events brought on by humanism for knowledge to aquire rational inquiry based on evidence and not on religion alone

Question 20

Creoles

Answer 20

a person of mixed European and black decent especially in the Caribbean

Question 21

European motives to explore pt.2

Answer 21

to find new efficient water trade routes to Asian markets

Question 22

Kaozheng

Answer 22

Chinese movement that focused research based on evidence

Question 23

Jihad

Answer 23

religiously sanctioned watergate against infidels

Question 24

European motives to explore pt.1

Answer 24

to find new land and to spread the christian religion

Question 25

Silver

Answer 25

Spanish mining in Mexico and in Peru; worlds first commodity that united the entire world in trade

Question 26

Catherine the Great

Answer 26

Russian Czarina who gained land of the Ottoman and Alaska, gained warm water port and took control of Poland

Question 27

Akbar the Great

Answer 27

ruler eliminated the jizya, tax on Hindus, established absolute authority generous patron of the arts

Question 28

Sikhism

Answer 28

syncretic belief system founded by guru Nanak in South Asia, blends Hinduism and Islam into a single faith

Question 29

Westernization

Answer 29

occurs as societies are influenced by western culture and assimilate and/or adopt western ideas

Question 30

Haciendas

Answer 30

large agricultural estates in colonial america

Question 31

Renaissance

Answer 31

reflected the spirit of individualism and encouraged the spilt from religious based thinking and focus on things of the world