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Unit 4 Review: Connecting Hemispheres (1450-1750)
Directions: Complete the following review using your notes and activities from class. Be specific and detailed in
your answers. Your answers must be handwritten, so start working now. Reviews are due for a grade the day of
the test.
Renaissance
1. *The Renaissance had a profound effect on Europe, including creativity in the arts and humanism. Explain the
impact of the Renaissance in each of the following:
 Political
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Intellectual
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Artistic
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Economic
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Religious
2. What is the relationship among Christianity, individualism, and growing secularism (a view that religion and
religious considerations should be ignored or excluded from social and political matters) in the Renaissance?
3. How did the printing press impact the Renaissance in Europe?
4. Identify the following significant examples of art and architecture of the Renaissance.
Artwork: __________________
Artwork: ________________
Artwork: ________________
Artist: ____________________
Artist: __________________
Artist: ___________________
Reformation
5.
According to reformers, how was the Roman Catholic Church abusing its power?
6.
What did Martin Luther write in response to these abuses? What was the Catholic Church’s response?
7.
How did Elizabeth I influence the Reformation in Europe?
9.
How did the printing press impact the Reformation in Europe?
10.
After the church split into a Protestant and Catholic church, what reforms did the Catholic Church make?
What political impact did the split have on Europe moving forward?
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South Asia & Sikhism
11.
Describe the religious interactions within the Mughal empire in India.
12.
Who built the Taj Mahal? Why did they build it? Which religion influenced its architecture?
13.
How did Muslims and Hindus get along with one another in South Asia?
14.
*What religion developed as a result of the interactions between Muslims and Hindus in South Asia? ALSO,
describe the central ideas of this new religion.
Trading Empires: Ottoman Empire
15.
Describe the major causes and effects of the rise of the Ottoman Empire
16.
Who blasted through the walls of Constantinople in AD 1453 marking the fall of the Byzantine Empire?
17.
Who were the Janissaries and what was their purpose?
18.
The Ottoman Empire reached its height under_______________________ in the 16th century.
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19.
*What impact did the Ottoman Empire have on Eastern Europe and global trade?
21.
How was the Ottoman Empire governed under Suleiman?
Trading Empires: Ming Dynasty China
22. *What impact did the Ming Dynasty have on global trade.
23. Ming Dynasty trades mostly ____________ and ___________ for spectacular Chinese goods.
24. Why did China change its exploration and trade practices after 1433?
25. List China’s most valuable trading commodities and explain why the Europeans wanted them.
European Exploration & Empires of the Americas
26. Analyze the economic and political motivations for European monarchs to sponsor expeditions.
27. Identify the “new” technologies in shipping and sailing that spurred on the European Age of Exploration.
Who (name & country) sponsored a school to develop these new technologies?
28. How did the decisions by the Ming emperor concerning exploration affect the emergence of Europe sea
trade and exploration?
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29. How were the Aztec and Inca impacted by European exploration and colonization?
a. Aztec-Conquistador:
b: His country
a. Inca-Conquistador:
b: His country
30. Explain the advantages of the conquerors:
a. Transportation:
b. Weapons:
c. Environmental (including immunities):
Columbian Exchange and Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
31. As European exploration creates a truly global trade network for the first time in history, western culture
(___________________) will begin to dominate the world and continue through the next eras
32. *The Columbian Exchange is the exchange of goods between _________________________ and the
__________________________________.
33. Explain the impact of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas and Europe:
Columbian Exchange impact on the Americas
(products, diseases, and ideas)
Columbian Exchange impact on Europe
(products, diseases, and ideas)
34. Besides Europe and the Americas, what other geographical locations were effected by the Columbian
Exchange? How was this area effected?
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35. What geographical locations were involved in the Atlantic slave trade?
36. Atlantic Slave Trade
a. WHY were slaves needed?
b. WHERE did the slaves come from?
c. WHO captured the slaves?
d. WHAT was the TRIANGLE TRADE?
e. WHAT was the Middle Passage?
37. What was the impact of the Atlantic slave trade in West Africa? What traditions / cultures did the slaves bring
with them?
38. What was the impact of the Atlantic slave trade in the Americas?
39. WHO was William Wilberforce and what was his effect on the Atlantic Slave Trade?
40. Europe’s Commercial Revolution:
a. What affect did the new global trade have on banking?
b. How did a truly global trade network which included Europe, Asia, Africa and the New World affect
prices in Europe?
c. What conditions lead to INFLATION?
d. Define CAPITALISM and explain how global trade led to the growth of capitalism.
e. Define JOINT STOCK COMPANIES and explain how they helped raise “capital”.
41. Explain how mercantilism benefits the “mother-country” and how it can harm (or hinder) the colony?
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Absolutism, English Civil War, Restoration & the Glorious Revolution
42. Explain the differences and similarities between an absolute monarchy and a limited monarchy with regards
to the following:
Absolutism
Limited Monarchy
Extent of Power
Extent of Power
What gives absolute monarchs a right to rule?
What gives limited monarchs a right to rule?
Role of a Constitution / Assembly / Parliament
Role of a Constitution / Assembly / Parliament
Country/Countries with Absolute Monarchs
Country/Countries with Limited Monarchs
43. What disputes led to the English Civil War?
44. What beliefs were held by the Stuart kings Charles II and James II that prompted the Glorious Revolution?
45. As part of the Glorious Revolution who was “invited” to become the monarchs of England?
46. As part of the “deal” the monarchs had to accept several new laws passed by Parliament. How did the English
Bill of Rights affect the traditional rights of English citizens?
a. List at least three “rights” guaranteed as part of the Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights.
i.
ii.
iii.
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