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Chapter 21: Expanding Horizons of Cross-Cultural Interaction Flashcards

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5323493326What did the patterns of long-distance trade develop?Trading cities and emporia0
5323494772What did the nomadic invasions cause?Local devastation but it expanded the trade network1
5323497583What is an example of the nomadic invasions that caused a local devastation?The Mongols in China, thirteenth century2
5323500344Who is Marco Polo?Son of a merchant who entered the service of Mongol Khubilai Khan3
5323536236Who recorded Marco Polo's travels?By a fellow prisoner in Venice-Genoa conflict/prison4
5323540778Who invited the Mongols to convert to Christianity?Pope Innocent IV5
5323545445What was the Mongol's counter-offer of the invite of Christianity?Christians accept Mongol rule or face destruction6
5323553968Who is Rabban Sauma?Nestorian Christian priest who travelled for religious reasons7
5323559122Who is Ibn Battuta?Islamic scholar who worked in governments on extensive travel8
5323566096What was the strict punishment based on?Sharia law9
5323568262Who is John of Montecorvino?Someone who travelled to China and translates Biblical texts and built churches10
5323571163What are troubadours?People who go around singing songs and telling stories11
5323576364Where is the magnetic compass from?China12
5323580340What caused the growth in slave trade?The need for sugarcane13
5323582204What was the "little ice age"?Decline of agricultural output leads to widespread famine14
5323589140What came from Southwest China, carried by fleas on rodents?The Bubonic plague15
5323624217What was one consequence of starvation and poverty?Susceptibility to disease16
5323627640What were the attempts to stop the plague?A doctor's robe and "leeching"17
5323636218What does flagellanti mean?Self-inflicted "penance" for our sins18
5323639748Who were the pogroms?People against the Jews19
5323641664How many people died because of the Bubonic plague?25,000,000 dead20
5323643318What was the mortality rate of the Bubonic plague?35% - 70%21
5323646588What were the political, economic, and social effects of the Bubonic plague?Massive labor shortage, demand for higher wages, population movements, and governments attempt to freeze wages/stop serf movements22
5323654877What was a result of the governments attempting to freeze wages?Riots23
5323693042What was the Ming dynasty also called?The "brilliant" dynasty24
5323715829What are mandarins?Emissaries25
5323719079What was there a heavy reliance on in the reestablished Ming dynasty?Eunuchs26
5323723770In the reestablished Ming dynasty, what system was reestablished, as well?Confucian educational system27
5323743749Who commissioned the Encyclopedia?Emperor Yongle28
5323753990Was China centralized or decentralized?Centralized29
5323757430Who had an army of 15,000?French Louis XI30
5323765030How was Philip of Valois selected as king?The French nobility selected him, a cousin of the last king through the male line31
5323774387What title did King Edward III of England claim?"King of France"32
5323784781What was the conflict with Flanders?Flanders wanted its independence from french control33
5323791238What was the war's characteristics?Series of short raids and expeditions punctuated by a few major battles, marked off by truces or ineffective treaties34
5323806643What was the battle of Poitiers?Repeat of Crécy; resulted in the capture of the French king35
5323812146When the French king was captured, who was France ruled by?The Estates general36
5323857553Who was the French king that was captured?John II37
5323861306What was the purpose of the Estates general being in charge?To secure the funds for the war38
5323865255Why was Richard II forced to abdicate?He was charged with tyranny39
5323873567Which house was Henry IV from?The House of Lancaster40
5323877659What was the result of the war?A truce was signed ending both the French and British nobilities41
5323885830What was the treaty that ended that battle of Agincourt?Treaty of Troyes42
5323887959What was the first major French victory?The battle of Orléans43
5323893698Who was Joan of Arc?A woman who dressed like a man and was Charles' most feared military leader44
5323910144Who worked with real human anatomy and musculature?leonardo da Vinci45
5323912880What was the architecture of the renaissance period?Domed cathedrals46
5323916952Who were the Humanists?Those who believed in the rejection of monastic lifestyle in favor of morally virtuous life while engaged in the world47
5323923406What did Desiderius Erasmus do?A man who published critical Greek-latin edition of the New Testament48

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