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Respess History 9 Spring Final EQ's
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9th Grade
05/27/2012

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Term
1. Islam’s ethical code, as a response to 7th century Arab culture
a) Old days in Arabia
Definition
 People called Bedouins lived as desert nomads
 They had sheep and goats; lived in tents
 There was no “upper class” - nobody had great wealth

 People called Bedouins lived as desert nomads
 They had sheep and goats; lived in tents
 There was no “upper class” - nobody had great wealth
Term
1. Islam’s ethical code, as a response to 7th century Arab culture
b) What was disturbing Muhammad
Definition
 Rising gap between rich and poor
 In the Bedouin tribes, orphans were always adopted
 In Mecca, widows, orphans, and poor people were not taken care of
Term
1. Islam’s ethical code, as a response to 7th century Arab culture
c) Islam’s ethical response
Definition
 Rising gap between rich and poor
 In the Bedouin tribes, orphans were always adopted
 In Mecca, widows, orphans, and poor people were not taken care of
 Islam’s ethical response
 Zakat –one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Money must be given to the poor
 Do not try to cheat people in business deals
 If a man has several wives, he must be able to take care of them
 Surah 107 in Qur’an says people should show their religion in their actions: by taking care of orphans and poor people
Term
2. How these rulers brought change to their empires
a) Askia Muhammed
Definition
 Conquered more land
 Songhai Empire
 Introduced Islam to more people, sometimes by force
 Restored Timbuktu
 At Sankore Mosque in Timbuktu, there was a university where they studied math, medicine, music, astronomy, and literature
Term
2. How these rulers brought change to their empires
b) Charlemagne
Definition
 Carolingian Empire
 Conquered additional lands in Europe
 In Saxony, he forced Christianity and cut down their sacred tree
 When he conquered Saxony, he moved into a part of Europe that didn’t know about Christianity
 Armies forced Saxons into the river to be baptized as Christians
 Believed a king had responsibility in religion
 Brought monks from England and Ireland to teach reading and basics
Term
a) How Charlemagne ruled
Definition
 Used missi Domenici to report to him about things happening
Term
b) Big event of Christmas Day, 800
Definition
 Charlemagne went to Rome, where the Pope was being threatened by the men of Rome
 Pope crowned Charlemagne as “emperor of the Romans”
 It wasn’t the Roman Empire, it was a new civilization, combining Roman culture (including Latin language), Germanic culture, and Christianity
Term
c) Carolingian Renaissance
Definition
 He wanted literacy for his people
 Told monks to teach school
 Monks made copies of books
 90% of the Latin literature we have today came from Carolingian monks
 As they wrote the monks developed a new improved handwriting, called Carolingian minuscule, which was easier to read, with fewer copying mistakes
Term
3. New technologies brought changes to Europe and the world
a) Printing Press
Definition
 Books didn’t have to be copied by hand
 Books were more available
 Also – shorter things – political cartoons
 More motivation to learn to read
 Ideas could spread fast (important in the Protestant Reformation)
 Books encouraged research
Term
3. New technologies brought changes to Europe and the world
b) New ship technology – the Carabel
Definition
 Combination of square and triangular sails – can sail against the wind, thus can go more places
 Size of ships – can carry more food and water, which means they could go farther.
 Also, they could carry more trade goods, which meant world trade became possible
 Can have heavy cannons, which meant Europeans could dominate other cultures
 New navigation instruments: compass and astrolabe (tells latitude), made it possible to cross oceans
Term
3. New technologies brought changes to Europe and the world
c) Guns
Definition
 Soldiers with muskets will win
 Cannons could knock down city walls (walled cities no longer protect you) and be placed on ships
 Only the rich countries could afford the new weapons, which gave them more power
 Non-Europeans had no protection against the “deadly combination of ships and guns”
Term
4. Examples of 17th century absolutism
a) Louis XIV
a) Louis XIV and religion
Definition
 Believed his power would be greater if all French people were Catholics
 Destroyed Huguenot churches and schools
 Cancelled the Edict of Nantes, making Huguenots an illegal religion
 200,000 Huguenots left France, taking their skills with them
Term
4. Examples of 17th century absolutism
a) Louis XIV
b) How he weakened nobles
Definition
 Nobles off the royal council
 Told nobles to come live at Versailles, where their minds will be distracted by pleasures
 Ceremonies like levee: king at center of attention
 At Versailles: dancing, gambling, hunting
Term
4. Examples of 17th century absolutism
a) Louis XIV
c) Louis XIV and the economy
Definition
 Named Colbert as finance minister
 Colbert worked to bring mercantilism, so France will have a favorable balance of trade
 Government encouraged industries and trade with:
 Subsidies to new industries
 Improved transportation with roads and bridges
 High tariffs to keep out foreign manufactured goods
 Colonies developed as source of raw materials (Haiti for sugar)
Term
4. Examples of 17th century absolutism
a) Louis XIV
d) Louis XIV as absolutist: how he used Versailles
Definition
 King’s residence
 Government offices
 Place people came to ask king for jobs or favors
 Many nobles lived there
Term
4. Examples of 17th century absolutism
a) Louis XIV
e) Louis XIV and war
Definition
 As absolutist, he decided which wars to have
 He had 4 wars – expensive
 400,000 men in his army
 Had to raise taxes to pay for it all
 His advice for the next king: “Try to have peace with your neighbors. I have loved war too much.”
Term
4. Examples of 17th century absolutism
b) Peter the Great
a) Peter changes Russia’s military
Definition
 Brings in officers from outside to show new ways
 Peasants forced into army
 Army increased to 210,000
 Created 1st Russian navy
Term
4. Examples of 17th century absolutism
b) Peter the Great
b) Peter changes Russia’s economy
Definition
 Starts expanding value of exports (for favorable balance of trade)
 Subsidies from government to new industries
 Developed iron mines
 Raised taxes to support army and industry
Term
4. Examples of 17th century absolutism
b) Peter the Great
c) Peter gains control of Russian Orthodox Church
Definition
 Abolished office of patriarch (had been head of church)
 Created office of Procurator of the Holy Synod, to be appointed by Peter
 This gave Peter control of how the church was led
 Peter wanted to keep Old Believers (men must have beards, geometry is a sin) out of power
Term
4. Examples of 17th century absolutism
b) Peter the Great
d) Peter the Great and St. Petersburg, his new capital
Definition
 Chose the place for his new capital on the coast of the Baltic Sea (also for trade and navy)
 Called St. Petersburg
 His goal: better connections with more modern countries of Western Europe
 Told nobles to build town houses there and spend part of year there (they will be exposed to new ideas)
Term
5. For industrial workers in Britain
a) The good
Definition
 Higher pay compared to farm work
 Work was year-round (unlike farm work)
 Little or no skill involved
Term
5. For industrial workers in Britain
b) The bad
Definition
 The 14-hour day
 Machines can be dangerous
 Coal mines caught on fire
 Factories had dust in air
Term
6. China in the 19th century
a) Reforms proposed by Taipings, “Self-Strengthening”, Boxers
Definition
 Taipings
 Land re-distribution, peasants get equal amounts
 Treat women as equals. Women served in Taipings’ army. They promised women could compete for government jobs on an equal basis if Taipings succeeded
 No more private property. Property owned by group
 No alcohol or tobacco
 End footbinding
 Self-strengthening
 Qing dynasty emperor’s plan
 They were trying to adopt Western technology, but keeping Confucian values
 Example: Kang Youwei’s “One Hundred Days” was his attempt to bring massive reform, following Western ideas about education and government
 Boxers
 2 main concerns were poverty and blamed foreigners for the bad things going on in China
Term
6. China in the 19th century
b) Why the reform ideas failed
Definition
 Taipings
 British and French armies helped the Qing dynasty crush the Taipings
 Why British and French wanted to keep Qing dynasty in power: so Europeans can get what they want out of China. Weak ruler in China means easier for Europeans to get what they want
 Self-strengthening
 Empress Cixi had the young emperor imprisoned, which was the end of his attempts at reform
 Boxers
 Started killing all “foreigners” (Christians)
 Killing foreigners led to 9 countries attacking China; raiding Beijing
 This invasion stopped the Boxers
 Weakened the Qing dynasty because it made it clear the Qings could not protect China form foreign powers
Term
7. Tokugawa Shogunate
a) Achievements: “The Great Peace”
Definition
 No more samurai wars
 Daiymos kept under control through hostage system
 Samurai were strictly forbidden to kill each other (they could still kill lower class people)
 Peace allowed trade and culture to flourish
Term
7. Tokugawa Shogunate
b) Achievements: Trade
Definition
 265 years of peace were great for trade
 But all trade was within Japan (Tokugawa shoguns had policy of isolation)
 Handcraft industries (Tea and silk)
 With trade, Japan got a middle class
 With a middle class, cities grew (Edo was world’s biggest city)
Term
7. Tokugawa Shogunate
c) Achievements: Culture
Definition
 Rising middle class wanted books, theater, art
 Saikaku was a bestselling author (Five Women Who Loved Love)
 Kabuki was a new kind of theater (Plots were violent and tragic; actors didn’t wear masks; no women allowed on stage)
 Prints weren’t expensive and appealed to rising middle class (Hokusai’s Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji)
Term
d) Why Tokugawa Shogunate ended
Definition
 Satsuma and Chosun clan leaders overthrew the shogun (Sat-Cho rebellion)because they saw that Japan needed new technology and contact from outside world
Term
8. Meiji Japan
a) Industrialization
Definition
 Land tax was used to pay for:
 Subsidies to start new industries (weapons, shipbuilding, sake)
 Training programs
 Foreign advisors brought in
 New educational systems, emphasizing science
 Improvements in transportation: roads, harbors
Term
8. Meiji Japan
b) Imperialism (up to 1912)
Definition
 Compared to Europe, Japan was small, crowded, and lacking in resources
 Manchuria was good for resources and China was too weak to defend
 Arguments made in favor of imperialism: all countries operate according to the “law of the jungle”
 U.S. and Europe are gaining control of Africa, and Asia will be next
 We should be looking at China and Korea as backward and ready to be exploited
Term
8. Meiji Japan
c) Imperialism; how?
Definition
 In war with China, Japan got Taiwan
 In war with Russia, Japan got the Liaodong Peninsula, which was the gateway to Manchuria had coal, iron, and market, which Japan eneded
 In 1910, Japan got Korea
Term
9. Mexico
a) Mexican Revolution
Definition
 Madero, a liberal landowner, forced Diaz from power
 New government not getting enough change to help Mexico
 The next wave was led by Zapata
 Peasants were acting, and the goal was land reform
 Got money for guns around 1910-1915 for border raids
 Zapata’s army called guerillas
 Constitution of 1917:
 Created republic
 Set up a strong presidency
 Land reform stated as goal
 Established limits on foreign investors’ ownership of Mexico’s resources and businesses
 Set an agenda to help the workers
Term
9. Mexico
b) Cardenas
Definition
 Distributed 44 million acres of land to landless Mexican peasants, which made him very popular with them
 Took a strong stand with the U.S. over oil, which Mexico had a lot of
 After a dispute with the foreign oil companies, nationalized (seized control of) the oil fields and the property of the companies
 They did eventually pay for the property that was taken, and then set up PEMEX, an national oil company, to run the oil industry
 FDR refused to send Marines because of the Good Neighbor Policy
 With profits from PEMEX, Cardenas built rural schools, piped water to remote villages, and sent teachers to help people learn better farming methods
Term
9. Mexico
a) 1950s-late 1970s
Definition
 In late 1970s, vast new reserves of oil were discovered in Mexico, and the sale of oil abroad increased, which made the government very dependent on oil reserves
 By 1970s, Mexico was the fastest-growing economy in Latin America because of steady economy growth and wages were going up
 Irrigation expanded
 New industries: chemicals, steel, electrical appliances, and tourism
 By 1970, 25% were in middle class
Term
9. Mexico
b) 1980s
Definition
 When world oil prices dropped in the 1980s, Mexico was no longer able to make payments on its foreign debt, which had reached $80 billion in 1982.
 The government was forced to adopt a policy of privatization (sale of state companies to private companies)
 In 1988, the PRI’s choice for president won the vote with only 50.3%
 Big trouble (also for Texas) because of the drop in world price of oil
 PEMEX can’t fund all its projects, which meant unemployment went up
 Mexico went into debt (inflation)
Term
9. Mexico
c) NAFTA
Definition
 A free trade agreement with the U.S. and Canada
 North American Free Trade Agreement
 3 countries will not tax products coming in from other 2
 Helps industry in Mexico
 Hurts Mexico’s farm producers because they can’t compete with U.S. farm prices, since U.S. government gives subsidies to farm production
Term
10. Nicaragua
a) Who was Sandino?
Definition
 Led guerilla raids in the 1920s against United Fruit offices and U.S. Marine bases
 Leader of Sandinista rebellion
Term
10. Nicaragua
b) Somoza family as rulers
Definition
 Was corrupt and ruthless
 Ruled for a long time
 Made millions at expense of the state
Term
10. Nicaragua
c) Sandinista rebellion
Definition
 Formed a guerrilla army
 Took their name from Sandino
 They were backed by Cuba, Mexico, and Costa Rica
 Succeeded in overthrowing the Somoza government
Term
10. Nicaragua
d) Sandinista government and Daniel Ortega
Definition
 Major land reform; about half of the rich people’s land was redistributed
 Had a big literacy program
 Limits on freedom of political parties and press
 Economy didn’t improve
 Miskito Indians were removed from their tribal lands
 Middle and upper classes opposed Ortega
 U.S. actions hurt them when they cut off trade and aid
 Even worse, U.S. decision to help the Contras
Term
10. Nicaragua
e) The Contra war in Nicaragua
Definition
 In Spanish, “contra” means “against”
 They were fighting to overthrow the Sandinista government
 The U.S. sent aid but not troops
 They sent the CIA
 CIA mined a major port on the west coast
 These mines were illegal, since the U.S. was not in a war with Nicaragua
Term
10. Nicaragua
f) Why U.S. cut off aid to the Contras
Definition
 Fear the war could develop into another Vietnam
 Anger at the CIA, which had done illegal things
 Shock at the brutality of the Contras
Term
10. Nicaragua
g) End of Nicaragua’s Contra War
Definition
 U.S. Congress voted to cut off aid to the Contras
 Cuba cut off aid to the Sandinista government, because the USSR, the source of Cuba’s funds, was falling apart
Term
10. Nicaragua
h) 1990 election
Definition
 Ortega lost
 Violeta Chamorro was elected as Nicaragua’s president
 She promised honesty in government and reduction of the military
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