Part 2:The World in 1500
Cocoa Beach jr/sr high 8th grade Mrs. Reddick Midterm Study Guide 2007-2008
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- Mali
- early West African trading empire succeeding Ghana empire
- What brought about changes in European life?
- Feudalism, Revival of trade and towns, trade with the East, crusades, renaissance, printing press, reformation, and exploration
- What is agriculture and why was it so important?
- It's the science and art of farming, it was so important because if you can grow food you won't have to hunt and gather which means your culture/civilization can invent and develop
- What is a civilization?
- a form of culture characterized by city trade centers, specialized workers, organized forms of government and religion, systems of record keeping, and advanced tools
- How did culture spread through early America?
- people hunted and gathered together and shared their customs
- Renaissance
- a period of european history, lasting from the 1300's to 1600, that brought increased interest in art and learning
- crusades
- a series of wars to capture the Holy Land, launched in 1096 by European Christians
- exploration
- gives Europeans more options {trade, wealth income}
- What is known about the first people to mirgrate to the Americas?
- they came from Asia, but scientists can't agree on when or how
- Ghana
- first powerful West African trading empire
- printing press
- a machine invented about 1455 by Johannes Gutenburg
- Where did Christopher Columbus sail and what was the impact of his voyages?
- South America, he discovered the New World {Americas}
- reformation
- a 16th-century religious movement to correct problems in the Roman Catholic Church