HIST 1701 STUDY GUIDE 1.pdf

1. Biological Old Regime – what people need to survive at a given time 2. Mansa Musa - Emperor of Mali, reportedly richest man in the world 3. Timbuktu – where MM invested much money for school, mosques which brings scholars, poets, etc 4. Black Death – 1340-1341, 30-40% of population dead. Pop....

1. Biological Old Regime – what people need to survive at a given time 2. Mansa Musa - Emperor of Mali, reportedly richest man in the world 3. Timbuktu – where MM invested much money for school, mosques which brings scholars, poets, etc 4. Black Death – 1340-1341, 30-40% of population dead. Pop. down 75% by 1450 5. Dance of Death – painting that illustrates equality between elites and common 6. Ottoman 7. Shongai 8. Safavid 9. Mughal 10. Habsburg – Holy Roman 11. Feitorias/Factories - Portuguese trading post, ex. West Africa – India - Macao 12. Aztecs 13. Tenochtitlan – Aztec capital, overthrown by Spain + allies 14. Requerimiento – pope gave land to Spanish, accept or be enslaved 15. Encomienda – Spanish could take labor from indigenous in exchange for religious education 16. Columbian Exchange – goods + people, also diseases – get ahead through economic strength 17. Mercantilism – government manages economy and trade 18. Reformation – challenge authority of catholic church and pope 19. Martin Luther – 95 theses, against Catholicism 20. Society of Jesus (Jesuits) - missionaries to Asia 21. Charles V – diversity, wars with protestants 22. Henry VIII – devout catholic, creates church of England 23. Suleiman I – ottoman expansion 24. Schmalkaldic League - 25. Niccolò Machiavelli - Robert Bellarmine, - S.J. Babur (Baburnama ) - Gu Yanwu 26. What makes a good leader? a. Instruct new leaders, set model for future, prevent loss 27. James VI & I Louis XIV – divine right of kings 28. Jean -Baptiste Colbert – tariffs protect business 29. Thomas Hobbes – enlightenment, Leviathan 30. John Locke - enlightenment, 2 treatises on government 31. Scientific Revolution – applied reason through observation 32. Francis Bacon – inductive reasoning 33. Enlightenment – reason over tradition 34. Navigation Acts – regulate trade between US and England, promote britihs shipping 35. Jamaica – 305k slaves, 77 tons of sugar 36. Sugar – main crop in Caribbean 37. Barbados Slave Code – allows racial slavery, first code about slavery 38. Middle Passage – passage to Americas, tight packers 39. Royal African Company – Duke of York, comapny which transported slaves 40. Adventurers - 41. Maroons – freed slaves, keep slaves in check 42. Tacky’s Revolt – slaves going against state 43. Olaudah Equiano – enlightenment influence, lectured for equality 44. Clapham Set - 45. Great Northern War – Russia v Sweden, 1700-1724 46. Rebellion of the Barrios – uprising in Ecuador 47. The Spirit of the Laws – separation of powers, checks and balances 48. Baron de Montesquieu – limit executive authority 49. Jean -Jacques Rosseau – wrote social contract 50. The Social Contract – balance between personal rights and security 51. Catherine the Great – localized government, free serfs 52. Frederick the Great – crimes and punishment, judicial and legal reform 53. Immanuel Kant – enlightenment, have the courage to use your own understanding