London Finch - APW Unit 4 Review

  1. What was the Millet System in the Ottoman Empire?

the Ottomans used it to give minority religious communities within their Empire limited power to regulate their own affairs, under the overall supremacy of the Ottoman administration

  1. What were the 3 main gunpowder Empires?

Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal

  1. Who was responsible for Portugal’s maritime success by creating a school for navigation?

Prince Henry

  1. Who was Peter the Great, what was significant about his rule, and what were his feelings about Westerners?

Peter the Great modernized Russia—which, at the start of his rule, had greatly lagged behind the Western countries—and transformed it into a major power. Wanted to westernize Russia

  1. What is the Hacienda System?

The hacienda system was one of the land ownership systems employed by the Spanish Empire in the Americas. The system involved the Spanish government's allocation of land in the colonies to private Spanish people who would use them for agriculture.

  1. What is the Encomienda System?

The encomienda was a Spanish labour system that rewarded conquerors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples. The labourers, in theory, were provided with benefits by the conquerors for whom they laboured, including military protection and education.

  1. What were the major trade networks during the period of 1400-1800?

Indian ocean trade, triangle trade

  1. Why did the Japanese refuse to trade with anyone but the Dutch?

In a brief rebellion by the Portuguese, the Dutch took the side of the Japanese, which resulted in the permission to trade with Japan as the sole European country.

  1. What is cartography?

the science or practice of drawing maps.

  1. Who was Zheng He?

Zheng He was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China's early Ming dynasty.

  1. What is syncretism?

Syncretism is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought.

  1. Why were the Protestant Reformation and Enlightenment seen as questioning traditional authority of their time period?

They challenged religion

  1. What is the Edict of Nantes?

effectively ended the French Wars of Religion by granting official tolerance to Protestantism

  1. What did the Council of Trent do?

define Catholic doctrine and made sweeping decrees on self-reform, helping to revitalize the Roman Catholic Church in the face of Protestant expansion.

  1. What was the Middle Passage of the Triangular Trade Route? What made it so horrific?

Slave passage, most people didn’t make it

  1. What was the Caste System in Spanish America based on?

It was a “hierarchal ordering of racial groups according to their proportion of Spanish blood.”

  1. How did Martin Luther and the Catholic church disagree about salvation?

Catholic Church - through good works, Martin Luther - through faith alone

  1. What major cultural changes came from the Protestant Reformation?

Freedom of religion, new branches of religion, new scientific creations