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**NOTE** What we covered in Ms. Watson's Unit 3 is what Freemanpedia labels as units 3 and 4.
**NOTE** What we covered in Ms. Watson's Unit 3 is what Freemanpedia labels as units 3 and 4.
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Below are each of the major themes and key concepts from this unit.
Each key concept has questions for you to answer. Answer each question with as much detail as you remember and use the linked videos to help you fill in any information that you may be missing.
Key Concept 3.1
Key Concept 3.1
Empires Expand
Explain how and why various land-based empires developed and expanded from 1450 - 1750.
How did the spread and use of gunpowder aid in the expansion of the 'gunpowder empires?'
the Manchu in central & east Asia
the Mughal in south & central Asia
the Ottomans in southern Europe, the Middle East, & north Africa
the Safavids in the Middle East
What political and religious rivalries developed between some of these empires?
Safavid vs. Mughal conflict
Songhai Empire's conflict with Morocco
Key Concept 3.2
Key Concept 3.2
Empires: Administration
Explain how rulers used a variety of methods to legitimize and consolidate their power in land-based empires from 1450 - 1750.
What are some examples of empires using bureaucratic elites or military professionals to control their populations and resources?
Ottoman devshirme
Samurai (that were making a salary)
Explain examples of when rulers continued to use religious ideas to legitimize their rule.
Explain examples of when rulers used art and monumental architecture to legitimize their rule.
Art patronage
Palaces
Mausoleums
Mosques
How did rulers use tax-collection systems to generate revenue for the state?
Tax-collection examples in the Mughal empire and Ming China
Ottoman tax farming
Tribute lists
Key Concept 3.3
Key Concept 3.3
Empires: Belief Systems
Explain continuity and change within the various belief systems during the period from 1450 to 1750.
Europe:
Protestant Reformation
Middle East:
Sunni and Shi'a conflict intensified via the Ottomans and Safavids
3.1 3.2 & 3.3 GRAPHIC ORGANIZER for YOUTUBE.pdfKey Concept 4.1
Key Concept 4.1
Technological Innovations from 1450 to 1750
Explain how cross-cultural interactions resulted in the diffusion of technology and facilitated changes in patterns of trade and travel from 1450 to 1750.
Key Concept 4.2
Key Concept 4.2
Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 1750
New state-supported transoceanic maritime exploration occurred in this period.
What did this look like in Portugal? In Spain?
Explain the economic causes and effects of maritime exploration by the various European states.
What motivated European nations to colonize areas of the Americas, Asia, and Africa?
Key Concept 4.3
Key Concept 4.3
The Columbian Exchange
Explain the causes of the Columbian Exchange and its effects on the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What were some of the major plants, animals, and diseases transferred due to the Columbian Exchange?
What were some of the positive and negative effects of the Columbian Exchange?
Key Concept 4.4
Key Concept 4.4
Maritime Empires Established
Explain the process of state building and expansion among various empires and states in the period from 1450 to 1750.
What is a trading post and what is its significance in relation to European empires?
What motivated European states to establish new maritime empires?
How did some Asian states limit European influence in their countries?
Explain the continuities and changes in economic systems and labor systems from 1450 to 1750.
What trade networks continued to flourish in this time period?
How did existing labor systems (Incan mit'a) and new labor systems in the Americas develop colonial economies? (chattel slavery, indentured servitude, encomienda and hacienda systems)
Explain changes and continuities in systems of slavery in the period from 1450 to 1750.
Key Concept 4.5
Key Concept 4.5
Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed
What economic strategies did sea-based empires use to increase their power?
Mercantilism --> Joint-Stock Companies
Triangular Trade System
Trade monopolies
How did the development of these empires affect political, economic, and religious cultural dynamics in the places where they existed?
Syncretism
Conflict
Key Concept 4.6
Key Concept 4.6
Challenges to State Power
How did growing empires (land-based and sea-based) experience resistance to their rule from within and from without.
Key Concept 4.6
Key Concept 4.6
Changing Social Hierarchies
How were social hierarchies strained and changed in the period 1450-1750.
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