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Unit 4 Study Guide
Chapter 16
Olmec, Aztecs, Maya, & Inca
Reasons for rise/fall? (which societies fell for
unknown reasons, which by conquistadors)
Government
Distinguish between which – empires or s
divided into city-states
tribute/tributary empire (which had this type of government)
mita
Religion
polytheism
which was most famous for human sacrifice?
ballcourt game, who started?
Economy/ Agriculture
which society was known for an extensive network of roads
staple crops of Mesoamerica? Inca?
chuno
chinampas
Petrarch
Dante
Erasmus
Renaissance Humanist Artists: (look at chart in notes—gives
you everything you need to know)
Michelangelo
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Leonardo da Vinci
(nickname?)
Johannes Gutenberg
The Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther (major ideas)
95 Theses
John Calvin
Predestination
Henry VIII
English Reformation (break with Rome)
The Church of England (Anglican Church)
Elizabeth I (Anglican Church)
Catholic Reformation (or Counter Reformation)
Council of Trent
Jesuits
Ignatius of Loyola
Hernando Cortes
The Spanish in Peru (Inca)
The Spanish in Mexico (Aztec)
Samuel de Champlain
In Africa
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Demand
Spain & Portugal
Columbian Exchange
Capitalism
Joint-stock companies
terrace farming
Arts/Engineering/Technology
what motif appeared in Olmec art that was
continued by later Mesoamerican civs?
which society built aqueducts, causeways, and dikes
quipu
Chapter 17
Renaissance (define and describe)
Why Italy?
Florence
Characteristics of. (compared to medieval and GrecoRoman art)
Sculpture
Painting
Humanism
Renaissance Humanist Writers: (look at chart in notes—gives
you everything you need to know)
William Shakespeare
Niccolo Machiavelli
Chapter 19
Exploration
How did “god, glory, and gold” cause the Age of
Exploration
Which pieces of technology enabled Age of Exploration?
Portuguese
Vasco da Gama
Spain
Christopher Columbus
China
Ming Dynasty
Zheng He
Isolation
Japan
Emperor vs. Shogun
Oda Nobunaga
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Shogunate
Tokyo/Edo
Portuguese contact
Christian missionaries
Isolation
Ch. 20
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Spanish Conquests
Francisco Pizarro
encomienda
mestizo/mulatto
Atlantic Slave Trade
Slavery in North America
Triangular Trade
Middle Passage
Mercantilism
James Cook