FINAL IMPORTANT HINTS

1. Worldview: is made up of…

a) Where you live

b) The places you have been

c) The people you interact with

d) The information that you exchange with other.

2. You need to know the correct order of events. For example…

THE RENAISSANCE

The Black Plague

The developme

nt of feudalism

Humanism

3. You need to be able to identify the worldviews of people during different times (Middle Ages, Renaissance, Age of Exploration).

4. The way a society is organized is called its social structure, social hierarchy, social classes. Know these!

5. Which events led to the opportunity for the exchange of ideas and knowledge?

a) Urbanization

b) Silk road

6. The Black Plague- What did the Renaissance people blame this disease on?

c) A punishment from God

d) A gift from Satan

e) The planets- They did not have information on astronomy

THE RENAISSANCE

7. Know the reasons why people decided to move to the city-states.

a) To escape the church

b) Italy was successful trading city and free-spirited

8. Why the spread of idea was slow to spread throughout Europe

c) Geography

d) War

e) Church

9. Anything involving money= CAPITALISM

10. Why was the progress of science slow?

a) More money was given to the arts than math, science and astronomy

11. Middle Ages Art Vs. Renaissance Art

a) Renaissance Art- perspective, texture, realism

12. All important documents containing classical knowledge was controlled by the ____________. Because of this, important information had limited access to the people.

13. The Protestant Reformation

14. Expansionism

b) The desire to take over!

15. Ethnocentrism

16. Canada’s western worldview:

a) Democracy

b) Individuality

c) Education

d) No class system HINTS:Read every question

carefully!Do not let one word confuse you, read

around the world for clues

Never leave a question blank!

1. The Long Migration

a) What was it

b) Who was guiding the Aztec people

c) How did the Aztec people feel about this journey

d) How were the Aztec people treated by the other tribes?

e) How did they know when they reached the Promised Land?

f) What difficulties did they face once they found the Promised Land?

2. Aztec worldview:

g) One single god, or many gods?

h) Human sacrifice- why?

3. How did the Aztec people become the strongest empire? What was there strategy?

a) Once they took over a tribe, what did that tribe have to agree to?

THE AZTECS

4. What was the Spanish worldview?

a) Christianity was favored

b) Once they regained the Moorish land they felt superior

c) Courage and strength after the 700 year battle to regain their land

5. What happened when the Moors had power over Spain?

d) Redecorated

e) Let people practice their own religions.

6. Spain's Geography:

f) Atlantic Ocean- Great for what?

g) Mountains

THE SPANISH

7. Reconquista- What was this?

a) Re-Conquer (who reconquered what?)

b) The Romans= The Catholics

c) The Muslims= The Moors

d) The Jewish

8. Who were the Cortes? What was their role? Who did the Monarchy replace the Cortes with?

9. What was the Spanish Inquisition? What was the goal of this?

e) Everyone under one religion will unite Spain and give power to the King and Queen.

10. What were the motives of the expeditions out of Spain?

f) Economic= $$$

g) Spiritual= Spread the word of God

h) Political= Dominate and be the most powerful country

1. Who did the Aztecs think the Spanish were when they arrived?

2. What did the Spanish say to Moctezuma about why they had arrived?

3. What did the Aztec people do in hopes of intimidating the Spanish? Did their plan work?

4. What disadvantages did the Aztec people have?

a) Lack of weapons

b) Disease- Small Pox (Black death?)

c) An ineffective attack plan

5. Noche Triste- What was this? Was it effective?

THE TAKE-OVER

1. The ___________ is to Japan during the Edo Period, as the Queen of England is to Canada (figurehead).

2. The social structure of Japan

a) Shogun, Samurai, Farmers, Artisans, Merchants, Outcasts, Non-Humans

b) Which class had the job of working with dead animals or humans?

3. What were the reasons that the Shogun at the time banned foreign traders and expelled Christian missionaries?

c) To eliminate the threat of Japan losing power and their culture.

4. What was the reason why the Bakufu was concerned about the spread of Christianity?

5. The policies and edicts put into place were _______________________. Why?

JAPAN

5. How did the Bakufu make it impossible for people to move up in class?a) They legalized the class system locking people into place.

6. The Alternate Attendance Law- What was the purpose?

7. The role of the wives and children during the Edo Period- Do you think that they had many rights? a) hostages

8. Edo= _____________b) A time period where Japan regained peace, stability, prosperity and growth in the

arts and culture of Japan.

9. Why would a society want to isolate itself?c) Different worldviews that do not value contact or influence from other

places.

10. How did isolation affect Japan in a positive way?a) Brought the people of Japan together

11. Who were the Ainu?

a) They were forced to ASSIMILATE with the Japanese culture. This means that they were forced to give up all aspects of their culture.

12. How did the people of Japan feel about the government wanting to open their doors?

b) They blamed the Bakufu for all of their problems and feared what opening Japans door would mean for them.

13. During the Meiji period (opening) what was the main challenge Japan faced?

c) Creating a nation that was competitive while maintaining their culture.

14. Oligarchy vs. Constitutional Government

15. Why did Japan choose to industrialize?

a) Factories sped up production of goods and food

b) Machines made work more efficient

c) Japan would become more wealthy

Remember to take deep breaths and read every

question more than once. Look for key words such as NOT, and EXCEPT. If you do not know an answer star it and come back to it after!

Good luck!

16. Which class in the social structure benefited most from isolation in Japan?