MSCO - 3.1 Reading Notes - AP History fully solved

MSCO - 3.1 Reading Notes - AP Historywho were the four gunpowder empires? - correct answers russia, the ottoman, the safavid, and the mughal empires. why did the gunpowder empires craft artist and architectural legacies? - correct answers to reflect the legitimacy of rulers. what did europe's expansion involve that was unique from the gunpowder empires? - correct answers a wider exchange of network than that which spread gunpowder; transoceanic connections with the americas. what is significant about the year 1450? - correct answers signified the end of the medieval period and the beginning of the early modern period. what events signal the beginning of the early modern period? - correct answers the end of the wave of plagues, the end of the hundred years war between france and england, and the invention of gutenberg printing press followed by increase in literacy. monarchies in europe in 1450 wanted to control:; - correct answers to centralize power by controlling the army and many aspects of religion. which social class was becoming more powerful in europe? - correct answers the middle class which two regions was russia influenced by? - correct answers europe and mongol how did ivan iv extend the border of russia eastward? - correct answers also known as ivan the terrible and first took control of the khanates of kazan, astrakhan, and siberia held by the descendants of golden horde, the mongolian conquerors. what did russia's expansion depend on? - correct answers the use of gunpowder