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World history overview 4

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History of the Turkic peoples
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Historical eras
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Geography of Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Turkic peoples
Ottoman Empire
colonization
empire
Missionary

Big Era Six The Great Global Convergence 1400 ? 1800 C.E. The Great Global Convergence Welcome to Big Era Six! Big Era Six lasted from 1400 to 1800 CE. 9 7 Era 6 Era 3 Era 5 Era 4 8 Today The Great Global Convergence What was global convergence? Converge means to come together. Change accelerated when people, resources, and ideas from the whole world came together. That made the world more like we know it today?more modern! Accelerate means to speed up. Exchanges that began in Afroeurasia during Big Era Five continued to bring about change. Scholars translated books, taught others, and worked to gain knowledge. Trade introduced people to new products, increasing the demand for luxuries. Money moved across countryside and continents in exchange for goods.

World history overview 2

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Iron Age
Asia
Humanities
1st millennium BC
silk road
Han Dynasty
Trade route
Maurya Empire
Achaemenid Empire

Big Era Four Expanding Networks of Exchange and Encounter 1200 BCE ? 500 CE Welcome to Big Era Four! Population Growth Expanding Networks of Exchange Let?s focus on two key developments of this era. ? Between 1000 BCE and 1 CE world population rose from about 120 to about 250 million. ? This rise was fueled by an acceleration in the rate of growth during this time. ? Between 3,000 and 1,000 BCE, it took about 1,600 years for world population to double. ? Between 1,000 BCE and 1 CE the doubling time was less than 1,000 years. Population Growth What caused this surge in population? Population Growth In Afroeurasia, iron axes, hoes, spades, and plows enabled farmers to clear and cultivate millions of acres never before used for farming. #1 The invention of iron!

world history review 2

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Americas
Colonialism
Humanities
Racism
Colonization of the Americas
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Portuguese colonization of the Americas
Atlantic slave trade
slavery
Modern history
Portuguese Empire
White people

AP World History Questions 1450-1750 ?Sir, many of our people, keenly desirous of the wares and things of your Kingdom, which are brought here by your people, and in order to satisfy their voracious appetite, seize many of our people, freed and exempt men, and they kidnap even nobles and the sons of nobles, and our relatives, and take them to be sold to the Whites who are in our Kingdoms.? The quotation above comes from a 1526 letter to a European monarch from a king located: a) on the eastern coast of Africa b) on the western coast of Africa c) on the Pacific coast of Central America d) on the Pacific coast of South America e) in the Pacific Islands Answer: B The economies of the southern colonies of colonial British America developed most like colonial economies in:

World history Review unit 4

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culture
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History of the Turkic peoples
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Meiji Restoration
slavery
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Ottoman Empire
League of Nations
Western world

Unit IV Review Questions 1. Which of the following statements about slavery in the 19th C is false? A.???? Cuba was one of the last American nations to abolish slavery. B.???? Denmark was one of the first European nations to abolish the slave trade. C.???? England?s naval power was used to restrict the slave trade. D.???? By the end of the 19th C slavery was entirely abolished. E.????? Russia abolished serfdom in 1861. D 2. Which of the following statements about the Industrial Revolution in the 19th C is FALSE? A.???? Worker satisfaction diminished as jobs became repetitive, unskilled, and dangerous. B.???? It reduced differences between the social classes. C.???? Women and children were desired in the labor force because of their subservience and size.

World history review unit 3

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Americas
Racism
Early Modern period
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African slave trade
Colonization of the Americas
Atlantic slave trade
slavery
American Revolution
African empires
spanish empire

Unit III (1450-1750) PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS The chart above shows that: A. Silver tended to ?flow? from Asia to Western Europe. B. Silver exports from Japan exceeded those of the New World. C. Silver production in the New World decreased from the 16th to the 18th century. D. China was the final destination for much of the silver produced from the 16th to the 18th century. E. Manila was the world?s leading consumer of silver bullion. D 2. Which reason did not contribute to the Netherlands becoming an economic success in the 1600s? a. rational economic behavior brought about by Calvinism. b. the development of more efficient merchant ships. c. conveniently located deposits of iron. d. immigration of Spanish dominion refugees. e. government policies that promoted trade. C

transoceanic encounters and global connections

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Age of Discovery
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exploration
Spanish colonization of the Americas
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Spice trade
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Manila galleon
Ferdinand Magellan

Transoceanic Encounters and Global Connections Cool story 1497 Vasco da Gama arrives at Lisbon instead of India. He was Portuguese and aimed to go around Africa and through the Indian Ocean, and carried many heavy treasures in search of spice. They instead sailed to Cape Verde Islands and also went southwest into the Atlantic and saw no land because they wanted to take advantage of the prevailing westerlies. Took 10 months after departure from Lisbon to reach India, but there they found a wealthy society. He traded gold for pepper and opened doors for trade Background

chapter 29

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Politics
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Europe
Age of Enlightenment
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
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Government of France
Memory of the World Register
Haitian Revolution
French Revolution
Abolitionism
American Revolution

Chapter 29 Background: Marie Gouze-French journalist, actress, and playright under name Olympe de Gouges, helped womens rights and rights were guaranteed in the Declaration of the rights of man and the Citizen. Gouges campaigned for education and equal rights and appealed to queen marie Antoinette to use her influence for women?s rights. Gouze illustrates Enlightenment ideals even though she was executed. -Revolution breaks out first in British colonies of North America, then in France, Latin America Enlightenment ideals: to try to build a government based on the people, not rulers -republican government with representatives -done by a group of white men but they invited new groups as well to join -encouraged consolidation of states as forms of government

asia

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james madison
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United States Bill of Rights
United States Constitution
Anti-Federalism
articles of confederation
Federalist papers
constitutional convention
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maeve starzec sections 2-5 ordered government orderly regulation of their relationships with one another limited government government is restricted in what they may do, every individual has certain rights representative government government should serve the will of the people magna carta -landmark document -seeked protection against arbitrary, and had fundamental right of due process petition of rights/english bill of rights -limited the king's power -prohibited a standing army in peacetime charter written grant of authority from the king 3 types of colonies -royal-New Hampshire, Mass., New York -proprietary-Maryland, Penn., Delaware -charter-Conn., Rhode Island(self-governing colonies) bicameral/unicameral -2 houses, elected by property owners allowed to vote -1 house Stamp Act

Salem witch trial

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Sarah Good
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Sarah Osborne
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Salem witch trials documentary
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Salem, Massachusetts

The Salem Witch Trials It was a period of unrest in Salem, Massachusetts at the end of the 17th Century. There were struggles between the two distinct parts of Salem -?Salem Village?and?Salem Town. Many of the?farmers?resided in Salem Village and were bent on separating from Salem Town. They soon set up their own church where Reverend Samuel Parris presided. It was because of Reverend Parris' daughter and niece that the Salem Witch Trials began.

Amh paper 2

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Parliament of Great Britain
Modern history
Humanities
American Enlightenment
Stamp Act
Taxation
Quartering Acts
American Revolution
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Colonial history of the United States
Minutemen
intolerable acts
War
Politics

Dulevich Danielle Dulevich (Instructor Name) (Course Name) 28 January 2014 \ Throughout history there have been many example of being hypocritical, and the cause and views of the American Revolution is great of this. The British people had finally decided that they were done with days of oppression and monarchies choosing instead to create a democratic government where all men where equal. Once The Americans decided they wanted these ideals for themselves the British where not going to stand for it. The British demonstrated this in many ways from harsh taxes and regulation in the Stamp act and Quartering act to using military force to show dominance in the at Lexington and Concord. The British had their reasons for all of it which caused many dramatic American reactions

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