Period 4 Themes AP World History Flashcards
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| 13943257869 | Humans and the Environment | -columbian exchange -european disease (small pox and influenza killed 90% of American native population) - american crops of maize and potatoes dramatically altered european diets and increased population - horses, pigs, cattle moved to America - European economic systems altered American ecosystems - cash crops (tobacco, cocoa, sugar) - manufacturing/ mining led to greater resources | 0 | |
| 13943282968 | Culture | - communication and exchange became global ex. Atlantic Basin - printing press led to rapid spread of info, scientific knowledge, religious debates and new ideas - gunpowder, maritime, and navigational technology (global impact) - new and syncretic religions - sunni-shai, protestant reformation, christianity - migration of people | 1 | |
| 13943298823 | State Building, Expansion and Conflict | - Europe explored the world - Portugal, Spain, Dutch, England and France created trading-post empires - European colonization sparked imperial activity and military competition (7 years war) - centralized political organization ex. bureaucracies, absolutism - used architecture and religion to legitimize authority - military strength = technological aptitude | 2 | |
| 13943318315 | Economic Systems | - Atlantic trade system and circumnavigating globe = worldwide circulation of resources -competition affected state relations - increase of global productivity and money rested on coerced labor ex. slavery - mercantilism became economic principle - stock and monopolies funded exploration and colonization - influx of metals -capitalism | 3 | |
| 13943332893 | Social Structures | - immense social diversification -creation of middle and urban class - focus on money-based wealth - new social hierarchies based on race - ethnic/religious minorities persecuted - women occupy the secondary role - feminism began to take shape | 4 |