Hist1510 Ch 11 – Flashcards
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Black Death reaches Italian port cities.
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1347
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Black Death begins in China
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1320
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Hongwu founds Ming Dynasty
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1368
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Osman begins Ottoman Empire
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1299
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The renaissance Begins
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1440-1550
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Zheng He's voyages
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1405-1433
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The Inquisition begins in Spain
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1481
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Joan of Arc dies
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1431
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Ottoman armies conquer Constantinople
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1453
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Suleiman expands and consolidates Ottoman Empire
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1520-1566
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Flagellation takes place in Europe
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1349
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Castile and Aragon unite to form Spain
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1469
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Spain conquers Grenada
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1492
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Michelangelo dies
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1564
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A common response to the Black Death in both Europe and China was
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the birth of popular religious movements.
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After the Yuan Dynasty collapsed in China, it was replaced by the
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Ming Dynasty
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Based on our understanding today, which of the following had an impact on the spread of the Black Death?
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Fleas, Rats, Climate change and Trade routes
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How did the Black Death impact the Church's influence in Europe?
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Among some believers, it stimulated hostility and resentment against the Church
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How did the Mongol invasions contribute to the rise of the Ottomans?
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The Mongols destroyed old states, leaving a vacuum that the Ottomans could then fill.
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In Europe the printing press:
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gave voice to political views different from those of the king
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In general, during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, religion:
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supported political dynasties in their efforts to consolidate and rule
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Monarchs strengthened their rule during the fourteenth century by:
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establishing rules of succession to keep their lineage in power
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Ottoman power rested on:
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military might, religious authority, great leadership, flexibility and tolerance in politics
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Plague fragmented the social fabric of which society?
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Christendom
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Spain's decision to support Columbus' westward expedition resulted in part from:
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a desire to expand Spanish wealth and power and to spread Catholicism
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The Chinese armada headed by Zheng He during the Ming dynasty was:
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proved by its distant travels to be the world's greatest dynasty at the time.
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The Iberian States persecuted those who did not follow
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Catholocism.
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The Ming court generally felt that international trade was:
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disruptive enough to ban it but not so much to enforce the ban
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The Ming dynasty emperors based their power on:
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an elaborate protocol of rites and ceremonies
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The Ottomans and Western Christendom
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regularly fought one another over religious and economic issues.
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The Renaissance led to new ideas about politics that:
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began to lay the foundations of new forms of government that challenged the traditional political authorities
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The Renaissance was characterized by
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rising interest in Roman and Greek antiquity
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The epidemic associated with the Black Death impacted history by:
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weakening the power of the church wherever it hit
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The position of sultan combined all of the following social functions:
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defender of the faith, wealthy patron of the arts, military commander
