HY 103 Exam 1 questions with complete solutions
to pass
1. Christendom Christian-dominated Western Europe of the
Middle Ages Latin Speaking Christians
Byzantine empire walls ott Europe from the Middle
East They think of themselves as civilized, and
Europe is wild
2. Dynastic
Compe- tition Competition basically between kings
A major factor in Spain and Portugal trying to outdo each other in late 1400s
early 1500s
3. Byzantine Empire Historians' name for the eastern portion of the Roman Empire from
the fourth century onward, taken from 'Byzantion,' an early name for
Constantinople, the Byzantine capital city. The empire fell to the
Ottomans in 1453.
Pushed out of the way by Ottomans, becomes
Istanbul Silk, sugar, spices come down the silk
road to Byzantium
4. Ottoman Empire A Muslim empire based in Turkey that lasted from the 1300's to 1922.
Takes over the Byzantine Empire
5. Marco Polo (1254-1324) Italian explorer and author. He made numerous trips to
China and returned to Europe to write of his journeys. He is
responsible for much of the knowledge exchanged between Europe
and China during this time period.
Wrote his book while in prison in Italy trying to get out (so may not be
true) Tells fantastic half-truths about China
,HY 103 Exam 1 questions with complete solutions
to pass
6. Zheng He Makes a series of expeditions through the Indian ocean
Very large Chinese navy force (like 60 ships, 25000 person crew)
,HY 103 Exam 1 questions with complete solutions
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They get about as far as Madagascar
China pulls the money (doesn't want to spend money on exploration
when every- one is coming to them)
7. Canary Islands Not uninhabited; had a population settled there, were known to Rome
but when Roman civilization fell, they lost knowledge of these people
for 2 years
Cash crop in the canary islands is sugar cane
It takes a lot of acreage of sugar cane to make
sugar Very labor intensive, need slaves
Force Guanache to work, they die --- turn to African slaves (congo and
benine territories)
8. Guanache Guanache: people of the Canary Islands
Portuguese showed up, these people did not have concept of Christianity,
money "They are animals" because they lack these things
For 5 years, the Portuguese try to overtake them and convert
them Guanache don't have horses/ other animals
Guanache don't have metal
Portuguese have war dogs (Mastitts kept hungry and trained to be
vicious)
Guanache don't have the ANTIBODIES or knowledge to fight diseases
from Por- tuguese
Guanache were wiped out completely (language, culture, whole way of
life)
9. Reconquista The ettort by Christian leaders to drive the Muslims out of Spain, lasting
, HY 103 Exam 1 questions with complete solutions
to pass
from the 1100s until 1492.
to pass
1. Christendom Christian-dominated Western Europe of the
Middle Ages Latin Speaking Christians
Byzantine empire walls ott Europe from the Middle
East They think of themselves as civilized, and
Europe is wild
2. Dynastic
Compe- tition Competition basically between kings
A major factor in Spain and Portugal trying to outdo each other in late 1400s
early 1500s
3. Byzantine Empire Historians' name for the eastern portion of the Roman Empire from
the fourth century onward, taken from 'Byzantion,' an early name for
Constantinople, the Byzantine capital city. The empire fell to the
Ottomans in 1453.
Pushed out of the way by Ottomans, becomes
Istanbul Silk, sugar, spices come down the silk
road to Byzantium
4. Ottoman Empire A Muslim empire based in Turkey that lasted from the 1300's to 1922.
Takes over the Byzantine Empire
5. Marco Polo (1254-1324) Italian explorer and author. He made numerous trips to
China and returned to Europe to write of his journeys. He is
responsible for much of the knowledge exchanged between Europe
and China during this time period.
Wrote his book while in prison in Italy trying to get out (so may not be
true) Tells fantastic half-truths about China
,HY 103 Exam 1 questions with complete solutions
to pass
6. Zheng He Makes a series of expeditions through the Indian ocean
Very large Chinese navy force (like 60 ships, 25000 person crew)
,HY 103 Exam 1 questions with complete solutions
to pass
They get about as far as Madagascar
China pulls the money (doesn't want to spend money on exploration
when every- one is coming to them)
7. Canary Islands Not uninhabited; had a population settled there, were known to Rome
but when Roman civilization fell, they lost knowledge of these people
for 2 years
Cash crop in the canary islands is sugar cane
It takes a lot of acreage of sugar cane to make
sugar Very labor intensive, need slaves
Force Guanache to work, they die --- turn to African slaves (congo and
benine territories)
8. Guanache Guanache: people of the Canary Islands
Portuguese showed up, these people did not have concept of Christianity,
money "They are animals" because they lack these things
For 5 years, the Portuguese try to overtake them and convert
them Guanache don't have horses/ other animals
Guanache don't have metal
Portuguese have war dogs (Mastitts kept hungry and trained to be
vicious)
Guanache don't have the ANTIBODIES or knowledge to fight diseases
from Por- tuguese
Guanache were wiped out completely (language, culture, whole way of
life)
9. Reconquista The ettort by Christian leaders to drive the Muslims out of Spain, lasting
, HY 103 Exam 1 questions with complete solutions
to pass
from the 1100s until 1492.
