Unit I Review

Shoot for 2

What did Suleyman I do?  Created fair laws  Created fair taxes  Created the Devshirme system  Created the Jannisaries  Killed his son

Why did the Ottomans take over Constantinople?  B/c of its location. Whoever controlled it controlled trade between Africa, Europe, and Asia

How did the Ottomans take over Constantinople  First they tried using cannons  Then they tried to get closer but there was a chain  They used trees to put the boats on to get around the chain

Who was Timur the Lame?  An enemy of the Ottoman Empire.  He stopped the Ottomans from expanding

Why was Timur the Lame called that?  B/c he had a limp leg from getting shot in the leg with an arrow

How did Portugal think they could get to Asia?  By going around Africa

Where was the Mughal Empire?  India

What did Akbar do?  Religious freedom  Got rid of non-muslim taxes  Made fair taxes  Blended cultures and languages

What was the Devshirme system  When the Ottomans would take over Christian territories they would take the boys to be soldiers, educated them, fed them, and converted them to Islam

What did Shah Jahan do?  Built the Taj Mahal

What were the motivations to explore?  God, Gold, and Glory

Where was the Ottoman Empire?  Anatolia which is today Turkey

What country was the first to explore overseas?  Portugal

What was the Columbian Exchange  The global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas

Who was the first Portuguese explore to try and make it to Asia? Why did he fail?  Bartholemu Diaz  He did not have enough supplies

Which Portuguese explorer made it Asia? Why was this important?  Vasco Da Gama  He found a sea route to Asia for trade

How did Spain think they could get to Asia?  Be sailing west across the Atlantic

Who was the first explorer to try to search for a sea route for Spain? Where did he end up?  Christopher Columbus  He ended up in the Carribeans

What did Francisco Pizzaro do?  Conquered the Incan empire

What technology allowed for overseas exploration?  Compass  Astrolabe  Caravel

How did the French make money in America?  By trading fur

What was the middle passage  The middle leg od transatlantic trade where Africans were sent to the Americas under horrible conditions

What was the Atlantic Slave Trade?  Buying and selling of Africans for work in Americas

What is capitalism?  Based on private ownership and investment

Why were Africans chosen as slaves  They were immune to disease  Unfamiliar with the land  And had good farming techniques

What was China’s official trading policy?  Only the government was allowed to trade with foreign countries

What goods were brought to the Americas  Cows  Chickens  Horses

What goods were brought to Europe?  Corn  Potatoes  Cocoa  Tomatoes

What did Cortes do?  Took over the Aztecs

Why was Portugal leading European in oversea exploration  Location  Navigation school  They want to cut out the Italians and Muslims

Why did Francisco Pizzaro conquer the Incan Empire?  To make $$$$ for Spain

What is an Astrolabe?  A tool used to tell you the latitude (how far north or south of the equator you are)

What was the purposed of Joint-Stock Companies  To make $$ off exploration by “pooling wealth”

What was the main economic activity in New France?  Fur trade

This sultan built the Taj Mahal for his wife  Shah Jahan

What type of policy did Japan have involving foreign trade?  Closed Country Policy

What were the positives and negatives of the Columbian Exchange?  Next goodsDisease  New landGuns  New foodSlave Trade

Who conquered the Aztec Empire?  Hernando Cortes

Who encouraged religious tolerance in the MUGHAL empire?  Akbar

The system where Christian boys were taken as slaves, converted to Islam, and turned into warriors  Devshrime System

The empire located in Anatolia  The Ottoman Empire

This empire was located in India  The Mughal Empire

The Ottomans were able to conquer this Byzantine city using cannons and military strategy.  Constantinople

Why was the Caravel and important development in navigation?  It was able to sail against the wind

This was the term for a warrior for Islam who belonged to a military society with a strict code of conduct  Ghazi

This guy interrupted the growth of the Ottoman Empire  Timur the Lame

This sultan created universal laws and a fair tax system in the Ottoman Empire  Suleyman I

Fly Swatter Review

Christopher Columbus Francisco Pizzaro Hernando Cortes Bartholomeus Diaz Vasco Da Gama

Mughal EmpireOttoman Empire

Timur the LameAkbar OsmanSuleyman I Shah JahanTaj Mahal

Devshirme systemJanissaries GhaziConstantinople CannonsCultural Blending

Caravel Astrolabe Compass