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AIS Unit 4

S.S. people & terms

Question: Give an example of a primary source:
Answer: Diary, letter, excerpt from a speech, autobiography

Question: What does a cartographer do?
Answer: makes maps

Question: The Russian steppe is most similar in topography to:
a. mountains in Switzerland
b. savannas in Africa
c. deserts in the Middle East
d. rain forests in South America
Answer: B. Savannas in Africa and Central Asian steppes- home of the Mongols

Question: A basic similarity shared by ALL economic systems is that they:
a. have common solutions to the problem of energy shortages
b. permit government to determine the prices of essential goods and services
c. utilize resources to meet material needs
Answer: c. utilize resources to meet material needs

Question: Define Ethnocentricism
Answer: Belief that one's culture/ethnicity is superior to all others

Prehistory/River Valleys

Question: On what continent did early humans originate?
Answer: Africa

Question: Define the Neolithic Revolution and why it is considered a turning point:
Answer: 1. The time when man learned to plant crops and domesticate animals
2. It led to permanent settlements, population growth, rise of civilizations

Question: Why did early civilizations begin in river valleys; 2 reasons.
Answer: fertile soil (silt) for agriculture; water for crops; water for trade and transportation

Question: Where did the FIRST civilization arise and list 2 of its achievements (FIRSTS!)
Answer: Mesopotamia
wheel, Cuneiform- first writing system, plow, irrigation, ziggurats, first law code

Question: What made living along the Nile River a blessing (easier) compared to the Tigris & Euphrates rivers.
Answer: predictable flooding, flowed north while wind blew south, cataracts offered protection from invasions

The Middle Ages

Question: What causes the start of the Middle Ages; what empire fell?
Answer: The Roman Empire

Question: What political system and economic systems emerged in Europe during the Middle Ages?
Answer: Political- Feudalism: land for loyalty/protection
Economic- Manor system - Manorialism

Question: Where did the Renaissance begin and why?
Answer: Italy because of increased wealth due to trade/commerce as a result of the Crusades

Question: What philosophy shaped the Renaissance?
Answer: Humanism

Question: Explain how the Black Death and the Crusades weakened the feudal and manor systems
Answer: Black Death: 1/3 of population died- broke down feudal system; trade declined and wages went up upsetting life on manor- peasants demanded higher wages

Crusades: knights left the manors; power of kings increased; trade between east and west increased; Europe was exposed to Muslim world's knowledge- culture

Famous People

Question: Who was Leonardo da Vinci and name one of his accomplishments?
Answer: Renaissance artist; Mona Lisa, Last Supper, Vitruvian Man, study of anatomy, notebooks

Question: What famous book did Machiavelli write?
Answer: The Prince; a how to guide for rulers, a ruler should do anything necessary to maintain power (lie, cheat, kill)

Question: What did Johann Gutenberg invent and name 1 impact it had on Europe?
Answer: The printing press
Made it possible to mass produce books, made books more affordable, led to the spread of ideas and information throughout Europe, led to an INCREASE in literacy, led to criticism of the Catholic Church - Gutenberg's bible was widely available for people to read and interpret on their own

Question: What type of ruler was Louis XIV?
What country did he rule?
What is his claim to fame?
Answer: 1. Absolute ruler; claimed divine right (SUN KING)
2. France
3. The building of the Palace of Versailles

Question: What type of ruler was Peter the Great?
What country did he rule?
What is he best known for? (W's)
Answer: 1. Absolute monarch
2. Russia
3. Westernization (modernization), Window to the West, Warm Water Port

Potpourri

Question: Who wrote the 95 Theses?
Answer: Martin Luther- a German monk from Germany

Question: What was the Magna Carta ( country of origin and what did it do?)
Answer: A document created in England to limit the power of the king.

Question: What was the Columbian Exchange?
Answer:

Question: What advantages did European conquistadores have over native populations in the Americas?
Answer: Guns, germs, and steel. Small pox, better weapons, naval technology

Question: Explain/define mercantilism?
Answer: a policy that promotes a favorable balance of trade for the "mother" country or colonial power. More exports than imports- helps generate more wealth for the mother country...money stays in the country as colonies have to buy goods from the mother country.