Name______Period ______
AP World History Ch 16 Reading Study Guide P. 351-365
Notecards:
· Zheng He
· Renaissance
· Vasco De Gama
· Henry the Navigator
1. Briefly describe the impact of the compass on world history. Pg. 351-352
(Timeline P. 353)
2. What were the years of Marco Polo’s travels in China? ______
3. When did the Bubonic Plague reach Sicily? ______
4. When were the Mongols expelled from China/Foundation of the Ming Dynasty? ______
5. What were the years of the great Chinese trading expeditions? ______
6. When did Constantinople fall to the Ottoman Empire? ______
7. How do we know that Muslim trade with Europe declined significantly after 1100 CE? Pg. 354
8. How was the decline and fall of the Islamic Caliphate different from the decline and fall of Rome? Pg. 354
9. Why did the emerging Ottoman Empire so frighten its European neighbors? Pg. 354
10. How did the Mongol Empire(s) link ‘the world’ together? Pg. 354
11. What does “Ming” mean? What were the years of this Dynasty? Pg. 354-355
12. How many ships and men did the Ming Dynasty send to India in 1405? Pg. 355
13. Name the Chinese Admiral responsible for the trading expeditions from 1405 to 1433. Pg. 355
14. Why did imperial rulers end the trade expeditions in 1433? Pg. 355
15. What new navigational devices did he use? Pg. 355
16. How might the world be different if the Chinese had continued this exploration and trade? Pg. 355
17. What percentage of Europe’s population perished in the Black Death? Pg. 356
18. How did the Hundred Years’ War (between France & Britain) change the face of European warfare? Pg. 356
19. How did the Mongol Empire(s) benefit European technological & trade development? Pg. 356-357
(Visualizing the Past: Population Trends, Pg. 357)
20. What other data would be most helpful to put these figures in appropriate world history contexts? (Reading, 357)
21. Which figures are more revealing: absolute numbers or percentages? Why? (Reading, 357)
(Document: Bubonic Plague, Pg. 358)
22. How did Christian and Muslim reactions compare to the Bubonic Plague? (Reading, 358)
23. How did the plague relate to other major developments toward the end of the postclassical period? (Reading, 358)
24. What is the Renaissance and how did it impact European elites? Pg. 359
25. What are the key purposes of intellectual activity according to Petrarch? Pg. 359
26. Does this Renaissance spirit suggest factors that might explain Europe’s new expansion? Pg. 359
27. Who were some of the great artists and writers of the EARLY Italian Renaissance? Pg. 359
28. How might the visionary explorer Christopher Columbus have been influenced by the Renaissance? Pg. 360-361
29. What year were the Iberian Kingdoms of Aragon & Castile joined through royal marriage? Pg. 361
30. Who sailed in search of a western passage to India in 1291? What was the outcome of this expedition? Pg. 361
31. What two new navigational instruments aided European explorers in their voyages? Pg. 361
32. Study the Map of the ‘known world’ (Figure, 16.4). Why might have Columbus deemed his expedition perfectly reasonable? Pg. 361
33. What was the contribution of Prince Henry the Navigator (of Portugal)? What were his motives? Pg. 362
34. How did the Portuguese and Spanish settlement of the Azores, Madeira, & the Canaries foreshadow their activities in the New World? Pg. 362
35. What three islands make up the Society Islands base of Polynesian culture? Pg. 362-363
36. What was the technology level of the Hawaiian Island culture prior to the European arrival in 1778? Pg. 363
37. What islands did the Polynesian Maori people settle? Pg. 363
(Thinking Historically: The Problem of Ethnocentrism, Pg. 364)
38. What is the dictionary definition of ethnocentrism? (Not in the Book)
39. How does ethnocentrism sometimes prevent us from fully understanding other cultures and/or historical periods? (Reading, Pg. 364)
40. Why do you think Stearns asserts that a certain ‘open-mindedness & sophistication’ are necessary to overcome ethnocentrism? (Reading, Pg. 364)
41. Is it possible to avoid ethnocentrism without abandoning your values/morals/ethical codes? (Not in the Book, Opinion/Self Evaluation)
42. Use pages 365; 373-376 and your knowledge – Fill in the following chart:
Period 3: Continuities / Period 3: Changes1
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