Chapter 15 Study Guide

AP WORLD HISTORY - Chapter 15 Study Guide

            1.            By 1400, who was the most dynamic contender for international power?

            2.            By 1200, what two powerful empires still dominated the Middle Eastern heartland?

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                        b)

            3.            What was the situation like by 1400 in this area?

                        a)            Byzantine Empire

                        b)            Islamic caliphate

            4.            As the authority of the caliphate declined, what happened to the peasantry?

            5.            How did the present situation affect agricultural production?

            6.            Few Arab coins have been found in Europe dating from later than __________.

            7.            Did reduced trade take the Arabs out of the major world markets?  YES or NO

            8.            What emerging state soon mastered most of the lands of the old caliphate plus the

                        Byzantine corner?

            9.            Who first attempted to fill the commercial vacuum created by the decline in Arabic trade?

            10.            What Chinese dynasty succeeded the Mongol Yuan dynasty in China?

            11.            What was the new policy adopted by the Ming after 1400?

            12.            Who was Zhenghe?

            13.            What happened in 1433 that changed the course of history?

            14.            Why did the Chinese make this decision?

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            15.            What less organized civilization benefited unintentionally from this shift in Chinese policy?

            16.            How was the West changing in some painful ways?

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            17.            What did the Bubonic plague do to Europe between 1348 and 1375?

            18.            What were several key advances made of medieval society that were not reversed by the troubles of the decades around 1400?

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            19.            Was western Europe disrupted by the Mongols?

            20.            How did western elites who sought Asian luxury products pay for them?

            21.            By 1400, __________ shortage threatened the European economy with collapse.

            22.            Where did the Renaissance begin?

            23.            What was the Renaissance?

            24.            Why did Italy emerge as the center of the early Renaissance?

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                        b)

            25.            Identify the following:

                        a)            Petrarch

                        b)            Giotto

            26.            Along with Italy, a key center for change by the 14th century was the __________ peninsula.

            27.            Spain and _______________ were developing effective new _______________ with a special sense of ____________________ mission and _______________ support.

            28.            Identify or define the following:

                        a)            astrolabe

                        b)            Vasco da Gama

                        c)            Henry the Navigator

            29.            What crops were introduced to the Atlantic islands?

            30.            Who was brought in from Africa to cultivate those crops.

            31.            What was the key Polynesian theme from the 7th century to 1400?

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            32.            What were some characteristics of Hawaiian culture?

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            33.            What is ethnocentrism?  (pg 346)