AP World Chapter 4

What was the period 1450-1750 known as?

The age of empire building

What happened to the Qing dynasty (size wise)?

They doubled in size

Where in the Americas did the Spanish colonize?

Caribbean, the Incas, and the Aztecs

Where in the americas did the Portuguese colonize?

Brazil

Where in the americas did the British, Dutch, and French colonize?

North America

What is the European advantage?

Geography, Need, Marginality, rivalry, merchants, wealth and status, religion, and American collaborators allowed Europe to overtake the americas

What were some European animals that thrived with out natural predators?

Horses, pigs, cattle, goats, and sheep

What were some American crops that spread through the Eastern Hemisphere?

Corn, potatoes, tobacco, chocolate, and cassava

What were all colonized European societies shaped by?

Mercantilism: The theory that governments encourage exports and accumulate bullion to serve their countries

What were some ways native women were treated in colonial societies?

Elite women often married to Spanish conquerors as a way of cementing relationships, many experienced sexual violence and abuse

T/F The English were catholic and attempted to proselytize similar to the Spanish

False, they were Protestant, so attempts to proselytize were different from the Spanish

Where was the first small Russian state?

Moscow

T/F Russias motivation for moving into Siberia was a matter of opportunity, not threat

True, Russia saw opportunity in things like fur

T/F: Russia was solely a European empire

F: Russia was both a European and Asian Empire

Who was emperor Akbar and what did he do? 

An emperor of the Mughal empire, he attempted to accommodate the Hindu minority

Who was emperor Aurangzeb and what did he do? 

An emperor of the Mughal empire, he reversed the policies of Akbar, making Hindu populations react badly 

What was the main conflict in the gunpowder empires? 

Long conflict between Sunni Ottomans and Shia Safavids

What was devshirme?

Tribute of boys paid by Christian Balkan communities