Chapter 15
PAT
Introduction
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What region of the world will take the lead in international trade after the fall of the Arab caliphates?
Key Changes in the Middle East
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What happened to the Byzantine Empire?
What happened to the Islamic Caliphate?
Social and Cultural Change in the Middle East
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What were the signs of changes in society and economy
A Power Vacuum in International Trade
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What did the end of the Mongol empires turn attention to?
Chinese Outreach and Reconsideration
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What dynasty replaced the Mongol (Yuan) dynasty in China?
What was the new policy, adopted soon after 1400?
What was the admiral’s name that commanded the expeditions?
What group was opposed to the expeditions? Why?
The Rise of the West
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What two major disasters struck Europe in the 14th century?
Imitation and Commercial Problems
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How did the Mongol Empire affect European access to Asian technology?
Because European goods were less valuable than Asian goods, an unfavorable balance of trade created a
shortage of what?
Secular Directions in the Italian Renaissance
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What was the Renaissance?
Human Values and Renaissance Culture
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The Italian city where the Renaissance was launched was…
The famous seafarer from Genoa, Italy was…
The Iberian Spirit of Religious Mission
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What were the two monarchies established in Spain that would unite through marriage?
What was the Inquisition?
Western Expansion: The Experimental Phase
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What Italian city was the home of the earliest expeditions to the Canary Islands, the Madeiras, and probably the
Azores?
The Basis for Wider Exploration
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What technological barriers prevented Europeans from exploring the Atlantic?
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What two instrument would be the most help in navigation?
What did Vasco de Gama do?
Colonial Patterns
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What were the motivations of Prince Henry of Portugal?
What was his nickname?
What crops were grown by the European colonists on the Madeiras and Canary Islands?
What was the labor source used to grow these crops?
Political Issues in the Americas
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What problems were the Aztecs experiencing?
What problems were the Inca experiencing?
Expansion, Migration, and Conquest in Polynesia
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The channel of migration that pointed northward led to where?
What were the two main types of settlements of the Hawaiians?
What animal did the Hawaiians import from the Society Islands?
What effect did these animals have?
Isolated Achievements of the Maori
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What is the name of the two large islands that the Maori settled?
What group is the last to encounter European explorers?
Adding Up the Changes
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What replaced the empire of Mali?