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Walker AP World History Ch 15Reading Study Guide P. 336-349
1. Briefly describe the impact of the compass on world history. Pg. 336
2. What new dynasty in China briefly rose to the level of an international power? Pg. 336
(Timeline P. 338)
3. What were the years of Marco Polo’s travels in China?______
4. When did the Bubonic Plague reach Sicily?______
5. When were the Mongols expelled from China/Foundation of the Ming Dynasty ?______
6. What were the years of the great Chinese trading expeditions?______
7. When did Constantinople fall to the Ottoman Empire?______
8. How do we know that Muslim trade with Europe declined significantly after 1100 CE? Pg. 338
9. How was the decline and fall of the Islamic Caliphate different from the decline and fall of Rome? Pg. 338
10. Why did the emerging Ottoman Empire so frighten its European neighbors? Pg. 338
11. How did the Mongol Empire(s) link ‘theworld’ together? Pg. 339
12. What does “Ming” mean? What were the years of this Dynasty? Pg. 339
13. How many ships and men did the Ming Dynasty send to India in 1405? Pg. 339
14. Name the Chinese Admiral responsible for the trading expeditions from 1405 to 1433. Pg. 339
15. What new navigational devices did he use? Pg. 339
16. Why did imperial rulers end the trade expeditions in 1433? Pg. 339
17. How might the world be different if the Chinese had continued this exploration and trade? Pg. 339
18. What percentage of Europe’s population perished in the Black Death? Pg. 440
19. How did the Hundred Years’ War (between FranceBritain) change the face of European warfare? Pg. 340
(Visualizing the Past: Population Trends, Pg. 341)
20. What other data would be most helpful to put these figures in appropriate world history contexts? (Reading, 341)
21. Which figures are more revealing: absolute numbers or percentages? Why? (Reading, 341)
22. How did the Mongol Empire(s) benefit European technological & trade development? Pg. 341
(Document: Bubonic Plague, Pg. 342)
23. How did Christian and Muslim reactions compare to the Bubonic Plague? (Reading, 342)
24. How did the plague relate to other major developments toward the end of the postclassical period? (Reading, 342)
25. What is the Renaissance and how did it impact European elites? Pg. 343
26. What are the key purposes of intellectual activity according to Petrarch? Pg. 344
27. Does this Renaissance spirit suggest factors that might explain Europe’s new expansion? Pg. 344
28. Who were some of the great artists and writers of the EARLY Italian Renaissance? Pg. 344
29. How might the visionary explorer Christopher Columbus have been influenced by the Renaissance? Pg. 344
30. What year were the Iberian Kingdoms of AragonCastile joined through royal marriage? Pg. 344
31. Who sailed in search of a western passage to India in 1291? What was the outcome of this expedition? Pg. 345
32. What two new navigational instruments aided European explorers in their voyages? Pg. 345
33. Study the Map of the ‘known world’ (Figure, 15.3). Why might have Columbus deemed his expedition perfectly reasonable? Pg. 345
34. What was the contribution of Prince Henry the Navigator (of Portugal)? What were his motives? Pg. 346
35. How did the Portuguese and Spanish settlement of the Azores, Madeira, & the Canaries foreshadow their activities in the New World? Pg. 346
36. What three islands make up the Society Islands base of Polynesian culture? Pg. 347
37. What was the technology level of the HawaiianIsland culture prior to the European arrival in 1778? Pg. 347
38. What islands did the Polynesian Maori people settle? Pg. 347
(Thinking Historically: The Problem of Ethnocentrism, Pg. 348)
39. What is the dictionary definition of ethnocentrism? (Not in the Book)
40. How does ethnocentrism sometimes prevent us from fully understanding other cultures and/or historical periods? (Reading, Pg. 348)
41. Why do you think Stearns asserts that a certain ‘open-mindedness & sophistication’ are necessary to overcome ethnocentrism? (Reading, Pg. 348)
42. Is it possible to avoid ethnocentrism without abandoning your values/morals/ethical codes? (Not in the Book, Opinion/Self Evaluation)
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