STUDY GUIDE WORLD HISTORY: 1500 to the Present STANDARD WHII.2 STANDARD WHII.2a Major States and STANDARD WHII.2b The Renaissance –1500A.D. – WHAT WERE THE ARTISTIC, LITERARY, AND INTELLECTUAL IDEAS OF Empires THE RENAISSANCE? Location of some of the major states and empires in the Renaissance Eastern Hemisphere Western Hemisphere of classical knowledge, of the modern world • “Rebirth” “birth” England Incan Empire • • Spread of the Renaissance from the Italian city states to northern • France Aztec Empire • • Europe Spain • Russia • Contributions of the Renaissance Ottoman Empire • Accomplishments in the visual arts—Michelangelo, Leonardo da • Persia • Vinci China • Accomplishments in literature (sonnets, plays, essays)— • Mughal India • Shakespeare Songhai Empire • Accomplishments in intellectual ideas (humanism)—Erasmus • STANDARD WHII.2d Trade STANDARD WHII.2e inventions – –Eastern WHAT WERE THE REGIONAL TRADING PATTERNS AROUND 1500 A.D.? WHAT TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS HAD BEEN Traditional trade patterns linking Europe with Asia and Africa MADE AND EXCHANGED BY 1500 A.D.? Silk across Asia to the Mediterranean basin Advancements exchanged along trade routes • Maritime routes across the Indian Ocean Paper, compass, silk, porcelain (China) • • Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa Textiles, numeral system and Middle East) • • Northern European links with the Black Sea Scientific transfer—Medicine, astronomy, mathematics • • Western European sea and river trade • South China Sea and lands of Southeast Asia • WHY WERE THE REGIONAL TRADING PATTERNS IMPORTANT? Exchange of products and ideas • STANDARD WHII.3 REFORMATION –
STUDY GUIDE WORLD HISTORY: 1500 to the Present STANDARD WHII.2 STANDARD WHII.2a –1500A.D. Major States and Empires Location of some of the major states and empires in the Eastern Hemisphere Western Hemisphere • England • Incan Empire • France • Aztec Empire • Spain • Russia • Ottoman Empire • Persia • China • Mughal India • Songhai Empire STANDARD WHII.2b – The Renaissance WHAT WERE THE ARTISTIC, LITERARY, AND INTELLECTUAL IDEAS OF THE RENAISSANCE? Renaissance • “Rebirth” of classical knowledge, “birth” of the modern world • Spread of the Renaissance from the Italian city states to northern Europe Contributions of the Renaissance • Accomplishments in the visual arts—Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci • Accomplishments in literature (sonnets, plays, essays)— Shakespeare • Accomplishments in intellectual ideas (humanism)—Erasmus STANDARD WHII.2d – Trade WHAT WERE THE REGIONAL TRADING PATTERNS AROUND 1500 A.D.? Traditional trade patterns linking Europe with Asia and Africa • Silk across Asia to the Mediterranean basin • Maritime routes across the Indian Ocean • Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa • Northern European links with the Black Sea • Western European sea and river trade • South China Sea and lands of Southeast Asia WHY WERE THE REGIONAL TRADING PATTERNS IMPORTANT? • Exchange of products and ideas STANDARD WHII.2e –Eastern inventions WHAT TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE AND EXCHANGED BY 1500 A.D.? Advancements exchanged along trade routes • Paper, compass, silk, porcelain (China) • Textiles, numeral system and Middle East) • Scientific transfer—Medicine, astronomy, mathematics STANDARD WHII.3 – REFORMATION
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