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AP World History Unit Intro & Ch 17 Reading Study Guide #1 Pg. 378-390
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Proto-globalism
World Economy
Vasco De Gama
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Dutch East India Company
British East India Company
1. What are the years of the Early Modern Era in World History? Pg. 378
2. Name the three “Triggers for Change” in the Early Modern Era. Pg. 378-379
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3. What is proto-globalization? Pg. 380-381
Timeline P. 380-381
4. When was the Ottoman Empire founded? __________
5. When did Vasco da Gama reach India? __________
6. What were the years of Magellan’s expedition to circumnavigate the globe? __________
7. When did Cortez conquer the Aztecs? __________
8. When did Pizarro conquer the Incas? __________
9. What were the years of the reign of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent? __________
10. When were the Ottomans defeated at sea in the Battle of Lepanto? __________
11. What were the years of the Scientific Revolution in Europe? __________
12. What were the years of the reign of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia? __________
13. What were the years of the American Revolution? __________
14. What was the Columbian Exchange? Pg. 381
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15. Use pages 380-383 – Fill in the following chart: Summarize these – be thorough
Period 4: Continuities
Period 4: Changes
16. How did the Early Modern Era impact upon the work people did for a living? Pg. 382
17. How did silver impact the world economy? Pg. 384-385
18. What were some of Europe’s limited contacts with the wider world in the Late Middle Ages? Pg. 385-386
19. What technological innovations allowed Europeans to break free from relative isolation? Pg. 386
20. What small country spearheaded the new expeditions? Why? Pg. 386-387
21. Briefly describe some of the experiences of Vasco da Gama in India. Pg. 387
22. What territories were claimed by the Portuguese? Why? e.g. What did they trade? Pg. 387
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23. What major event happened in Spain in 1492? Pg. 387
24. Who led the Spanish efforts to sail to the new world? What was his accidental discovery? Pg. 387
25. Who led the Spanish expedition for a trip around the world? Pg. 387
Map 16.1, Pg. 388
26. Why do you think 2 small European kingdoms accomplished what no major empire/power ever had previously
done?
27. Which 3 Northern European powers began to expand and colonize in the late 1500s? Pg. 388
28. What regions did France and England explore? Pg. 388-389
29. Where did the Dutch (principally) explore & trade? Pg. 389
30. What were the roles and functions of the great ‘East India’ companies? Pg. 389
(Read Thinking Historically: Causation & the West’s Expansion, Pg. 390)
31. If you had to choose a single determinism (cultural, technological or economic) as basic to social change which
one would you pick? Why? (Reading, Pg. 390)
32. In what ways might the confessed motives of Western explorers and colonists have differed from their real
motive? (Reading, Pg. 390)
33. Would the Western explorer even have been aware of the discrepancy found in confessed motives and real
motives? (Reading, Pg. 390)
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