Part 1: 1.Between 1450 and 1700 the world became more globally linked; who created these new global links and how did this new globalization impact the four major areas of the world, including Europe,
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History 123 (Spring 2021)
Part I (the big essay):
Please answer the following question in an essay you write on the paper provided.
The Question: Between 1450 and 1700 the world became more globally linked; who created these new global links and how did this new globalization impact the four major areas of the world, including Europe, the Americas (Latin America and North America and both pre-Columbian and Colonial Americas), Africa (treat Sub-Saharan Africa as one broad civilization), and Asia (China, Japan, and the Islamic Empires).
Specific Instructions: Remember that you are putting forward an argument here, not just restating all of the course material. Your first paragraph should introduce your topic and have a clear thesis argument. After that you need to cover the four major civilizations (Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia) and their role in globalization and the impact it had on them. I would suggest covering one and then moving on to another, but keep in mind that you need to highlight links between the civilizations. Your essay should show cause and effect (as that’s what History is about). Also a conclusion paragraph that reminds the reader of your points and provides some insight into your argument (like why some civilizations succeeded while others were more static or declined) is necessary.
Part II (the shorter essay):
Please answer one of the two following questions in an essay you write on the paper provided.
Question 1: According to Cabeza de Vaca’s account in Adventures in the Unknown Interior of the Americas, how did cross-cultural understandings and misunderstandings shape the interaction between the Spanish Conquistadores and the Native Americans in his experiences?
Question 2: Based on the film, The Return of Martin Guerre, what was life like for most people in the pre-industrial and pre-enlightened world?
Part III (the shorter stuff):
Please answer the following questions on the sheet below. If you are unsure, please guess as if you point nothing down, you get zero points for that question. If you guess and are sort of close, you might not get full points, but you will get more than zero points.
1. Define Class (in a historical context):______________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________. (2 points)
2. Henry the Navigator was_____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________. (1 point)
3. One of the reasons that the Spanish defeated the Aztecs was (circle the one right answer): difference is how both sides envisioned war OR the Spanish had “high tech” weapons. (1 point)
4. The elite infantry, artillery and engineers in the Ottoman Empire were called the _______
___________________________________________________________________ (1 point)
5. The Portuguese colonized the coast of Brazil so that they could grow ____________________ _________________________________________________________________there. (1 point).
6. The Incan Empire was located in_ ________________________________________(1 point).
7. Confucian bureaucrats ran _____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________ (name of country) (1 point)
8. The capital of the Aztec empire was ______________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________. (1 point)
9. The African king who built Quranic (Muslim) schools in West Africa was ________________
__________________________________________________________________. (1 point)
10. The Chinese dynasty that tried to restore China back to its pre-Mongol ways was the
______________________________________________________________ dynasty. (1 point)
11. About ¼ of slaves taken from Africa died on the shipboard voyage to the Americas known as
______________________________________________________________passage. (1 point)
12. The civil war in Japan was between the _______________________________________
_____________________, who were all fighting to become the Shogun of Japan. (1 point).
13. Define Human Agency (in a historical context):____________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________. (2 points)
14. The Chinese admiral who led maritime expeditions to as far away as Africa was __________
______________________________________________________________________. (1 point)
15. The civilization that sacrificed captured enemy warriors to please their gods was the
______________________________________________________________________. (1 point)
16. The three parts of the world that participated in the Triangle Trade of the Atlantic World were _______________________________ and _________________________ and __________________________. (1 point each for a total of 3 points)
17. Hideyoshi was historically important because he __________________________________
______________________________________________________________________. (1 point)
18. After taking over the Aztec Empire, the Spanish transformed it into a colony called
____________________________________________________________________. (1 point)
19. The ____________________________________ wanted colonies in the Americans without people (Native Americans) so that they could have their own small, family farms in the New World. (1 point)
20. Two of the three Spanish motives for colonizing the Americas were: __________________
_______________________________ and ______________________________. (1 point each for a total of 2 points)
