Review Sheet for 1450-1750--12/8/17 TEST
TEST IS FRIDAY---DECEMBER, 8
REVIEW SHEET: 1450 CE– 1750 CE
REVIEW SHEET: 1450 CE– 1750 CE
(Discussion Questions—You must be able to answer these questions)
1. How was this era different than the era that preceded it? What
changed? What stayed the same?
2. What were the major changes in trade? Who was involved?
3. What technological and scientific advances were made during
this time period?
4. How did the world become “smaller”?
5. What were the basic political structures found in the world’s
empires? Who ruled? How did he/she gain power? Were certain areas different
than others?
6. What were the common characteristics found in African Empires?
7. What role did women have during this time period?
8. What slave systems emerged? How were they different from
previous systems?
9. What other labor systems were practiced?
10. Which diseases and foods were spread through interactions? How
did this affect the population patterns of the world?
11. What were the major discoveries of the Scientific Revolution?
How were they controversial? Compared to other areas of the world, were the
Europeans slower in discovering some major scientific ideas?
12. What were the major cultural centers during this time period?
Find examples and comparisons from all areas of the globe.
13. Explain absolutism? List monarchs from different areas of the
world who believed in Divine Right of Kings and absolutism.
14. Compare two European monarchies to China
and Japan
15. How did the following interact with the West: Russia , Ottoman Empire ,
China , Japan , and India
16. What was the Reformation? What were the basic ideas?
1450 – 1750 CE
(Big Ideas/Regions—You must have a clear
understanding of all of the following topics/sub-topics)
Collapse of the Mongol Dynasty and impact on various regions:
East Asia:
China:
·
Ming:
o
Politics
§
Leaders
o
Society
§
Cultural
and Intellectual Life
·
Neo
Confucianism
·
Civil
Service Exams
·
Chinese
Traditions
o
Economy
§
Zheng He
§
Silk
Road
§
Relationship
with Outsiders & Why
Japan:
·
Politics
- Transformation from Feudalism to
Tokugawa Shogunate (Past influences to New Systems)
- Leaders
·
Economy
- Relationship with Europeans
·
Society
- Intellectual and Cultural Lifeà Changes from Feudalism to Tokugawa
Middle East/South or Central Asia:
Gunpowder Empires: Comparison of following Gunpowder Empires
·
Ottoman:
(Politics, Major Battles and Impact, Military (i.e. Janissarias &
Deshrime), Leaders, Society, & Economy)
·
Saffavid:
(Politics, Major Battles and Impact, Leaders, Society, & Economy)
·
Mughal:
Delhi Sultanate to new changes in…(Politics, Leaders, Society, Artistic and
Cultural Achievements& Economy)
Western Europe:
·
Change:
Medieval Europe à Renaissance & Reformation
·
Reformation:
Protestant & Counter Reformation à And Impact
·
Scientific
Revolution & Impact
·
Enlightenment,
Philosophers, Enlightened Despots & Impact
·
New
Economic Systems: Capitalism & Mercantilism
·
Exploration
o
Trading
Posts
o
Who
started it & Why?
o
New
Political, Social & Economic Systems in Americas (i.e. Encomienda System,
Cash Crops,
o
Impact
of lack of Labor in the New World
o
Impact
on Africa, Europe and the Americas
Eastern Europe:
·
Russia
o
Influence
of Byzantine Empire
o
Impact
of the Collapse of the Mongol Empire
o
Ivan III
& Ivan the Terrible
o
Peter
the Great (Changes political, social, economic, Westernization, etc)
o
Serfdom
o
Reaction
to the West & Westernization
Overall Changes:
·
The
World became truly global and there was a Global Economy:
·
Impact
of Silver on each Region:
·
Maritime
trade dominated the world:
·
European
kingdoms gained world power:
·
Nomad
began to become a thing of the past:
·
Labor
systems were transformed:
·
“Gunpowder”
Empires emerged in the Middle East and Asia:
·
Where
were the largest cities located during the time period 1550-1750? & Why?
·
How is
the Time period 1450-1750 different than earlier periods?
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