Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Chapter 21+22 GSPRITE NOTES

Here they are.........Sorry for the delay.  The internet has not reached remote parts of Northern Minnesota.  Hope everyone is enjoying the break!


Geography
Where was the original base of the Ottoman Empire located?
In what modern-day country was the Safavid Empire located?

Social
Janissaries
In Ottoman society, who was the head of the central bureaucracy?

Political
Mehmed II
How did the Ottoman Empire determine who would lead after the death of the sultan?
Reasons for the decline of the Ottoman and Safavid Empires
Red Heads
Abbas the Great
Babur
What dynasty takes over after the fall of the Ming?

Religious
Ottoman vs. Safavid Empires (what variants of Islam dominated each)
Din-i-Ilahi

Intellectual/Technology
Suleymaniye
What was the official language of the Ottoman and Safavid courts?
Reforms of the Ming Empire
Why were voyages of Zheng He abandoned?

Economic
What European nation first threatened the Ottoman monopoly on Indian and East African trade?
Primary products of the Arab, Indian and Asian trade zones
Why would Europeans not trade gold/silver for Chinese products?

Chapter 21+22 Notes

Monday, December 12, 2011

Merchant DBQ Follow-up.....

Chapter 18 Notes

Chapter 18 GSPRITE Review


Geography:
Territory added
            -First in the East to keep out Mongolians
            -Then West for Warm water ports
The partitioning of Poland…who were the participants?
Poland disappears off the map (will come back after WWI)

Social:
Who were the Cossacks?
Who are the Boyars?

Political:
Why is the Duchy of Moscow important?

Accomplishments of…
-Ivan III
-Peter the Great
-Catherine the Great

Czar=Caesar
Russian rulers claimed they were continuing the Byzantium traditions

Accomplishments/negatives done by Ivan IV

Name of the New Russian ruling family

Intellectual/Technology:
How did the Ivans try to connect with the west?
Feudalism stalls technological improvements
Catherine the Great flirts with Enlightenment ideas but does not free the serfs

Economy-
Stuck in feudalism- Driven by feudalism and almost purely agricultural
Substantial merchant class fails to develop
No merchant class= More government control of economy


Monday, December 5, 2011

Chapter 16+17 GSPRITE NOTES


Geography
What areas (exploration and trade are claimed by which countries)
Areas new to the global trade network
Purpose of early explorations=Discover passage to India

Social
The West (Europe) becomes center of world culture
How do New World crops impact Europe?
What did the new European family look like?
What is the Proletariat?

Political
Results of Seven Years War and 30 Years Wars
                  -Warfare in Europe on the rise
Model of an absolute monarch=Louis XIV
Parliamentary Government in Europe=British
Enlightenment movement=looking after common people

Religious
Philippines- Only Asian colony to accept Christianity
Martin Luther’s Challenge to Catholic Church
                  -Why did both rich and poor support Luther?
Jean Calvin and Predestination
Deism
Edict of Nantes

Intellectual/Technology
Renaissance
Prince Henry the Navigator- Promoted exploration for Portugal
Vasco da Gama- First European to reach India by Sea
Chris Columbus- new world discovery
Gutenberg-printing press
Magellan-circumnavigate globe
Copernicus-helio-centric universe

Economic
Mercantilism
Regional economies move to global
Core economic zones located in Europe
Private exploration=British and Dutch
                  -British and Dutch East India Companies
Gov’t exploration=Spain and Portugal
Colombian Exchange-who got what?
Too much gold for Spain a bad thing?