Question 2: By examining Robber Barons such as Vanderbilt, Rockefeller and Carnegie, how could you argue for Laissez Faire Economics and against Laissez Faire…
King Sejong replaced the complex Chinese system of writing with this alphabet. (both written and spoken)…
AP World History Reading Guide Ch 20 The Muslim Empires 1) Which of the following was NOT one of the early modern Islamic empires? * Ottoman * Abbasid * Gujarat * Mughal * Safavid 2) How were the three Muslim early modern empires similar? 3) What were the differences between the various Muslim early modern empires? 4) Prior to the Mongol invasions of their empire, the Abbasid dynasty was dominated by what group? 5) The original base of the Ottoman Turks was where? 6) Following the Timurid invasions, the Ottoman Empire was restored under what leader? 7) The Ottomans conquered Constantinople and ended the Byzantine Empire in what year? 8) Describe Ottoman naval. 9) Who were the Janissaries? 10) What permitted the Janissaries to gain a position of prominence in the Ottoman Empire? 11) The head of the Ottoman central bureaucracy was the…? 12) What was the principle of succession within the Ottoman Empire? 13) One of the most beautiful of the Ottoman mosques of Constantinople was the? 14) What did the Ottomans do to Constantinople following its fall in 1453? 15) In what way were the artisans of Constantinople similar to their counterparts in the West? 16) What was the chosen language of the Ottoman court? 17) How did the Ottoman dynasty compare to other ruling families? 18) What were the causes for the decline of the Ottoman Empire? 19) On the sea, the Ottoman galleys were eclipsed by Western naval power as early as? 20) What European nation first threatened the Ottoman monopoly of trade with East Africa and India? 21) What were the results of the Ottoman loss of monopoly over the Indian trade? 22) Which group represented such extreme conservatism within the Ottoman Empire that reform was frustrated? 23) What were the differences between the declines of the Abbasids and the Ottomans? 24) What were the differences between the origins of the Ottomans and the Safavids? 25) The center of the Safavid Empire was the modern-day state of? 26) The Safavid dynasty had its origins…
1. What reason does Columbus give for keeping his journal? What does this reason tell us about his mission on this journey?…
By the mid-1850s the California Gold Rush had ended. Disappointed miners, still hoping to strike it rich, began prospecting in other parts of the West. In 1858 a mining expedition found gold on the slopes of Pikes Peak in the Colorado Rockies.…
5) Mitchener, Kris J., (2012). The Great Depression in the World Book of Encyclopedia (p.339 to p.342). Chicago, IL: Scott Fetzer Company.…
1. What do you already know, or think you know, about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?…
* In what ways is the Holy Land an important site for all three monotheistic faiths?…
Throughout the history expansion, groups have set out conquer various lands, people, and cities for a multitude of reasons; social, political, economic, and environmental. The three groups that are known for their similar expansion efforts are the Mongols, Spanish, and Ottoman.…
While a world-system is described as a "world economy", integrated through the market rather than a political center, in which two or more regions are interdependent with respect to necessities like food, fuel, and protection, and two or more polities compete for domination without the emergence of one single center forever. The founder of the system Immanuel Wallerstein, he describes the world system theory as a "multicultural territorial division of labor in which the production and exchange of basic goods and raw materials is necessary for the everyday life of its inhabitants."…
CHAPTER 15 The Latin West, 1200–1500 The period from 1200 to 1500 is better known as Europe’s [A] later Middle Ages. [B] Last Age. [C] Golden Age. [D] Renaissance. [E] Age of Reason. Western Europeans of the later Middle Ages referred to themselves as [A] Europeans. [B] Westerners. [C] “Old Worlders.” [D] Franks. [E] Latins. In the Latin West during the later Middle Ages approximately [A] nine out of ten people were rural. [B] five out of ten people were rural. [C] three out of ten people were rural. [D] one out of ten people was rural. [E] one out of twenty people was rural. In return for the use of their lord’s land, serfs [A] were required to send their children to the religious schools. [B] served half the year as knights. [C] paid money for rent. [D] worked as bureaucrats for the monarch. [E] had to give the lord a share of the harvest and perform services. In Europe’s later Middle Ages women were considered to be [A] superior to men. [B] equal to men. [C] suited only to be servants. [D] essential contributors to spiritual practice. [_E] inferior to men._ The three-field system was [A] the traditional three-part contest performed by knights. [B] an agricultural method. [C] the technology used in Medieval optics. [D] the legal system. [E] the political relationship between king, lord, and serf. The average life expectancy for a European of this period was [A] twenty to twenty-five years. [B] twenty-five to thirty years. [C] thirty to thirty-five years. [D] thirty-five to forty years. [E] over forty years. By the time it subsided, the Black Death killed [A] one out of three Western Europeans. [B] one out of five Western Europeans. [C] one out of ten Western Europeans. [D] one out of twenty Western Europeans. [E] a negligible number of Western Europeans Which of the following was not a social result of the Black Death epidemic? [A] a demand by…
Peter Jenkins’ journey across America was very exciting yet dangerous. He met many different types of people and visited various towns. He suffered great losses along the way but also learned many things about America that he did not know before.…
Clendinnen, Inga, “Fierce and Unnatural Cruelty”: Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico”, representations, No 33, 1991, pp. 65-100.…
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas presents ideas about World War 2 and the holocaust. The movie shows what fear and Punishment and the innocence of childhood would have been like during WW2 and the holocaust.…