General Tips and Advice:
Review your lecture notes and any notes you took on the reading. You should see certain themes that arise over and over. Some of these I have made explicit in the course. As you look at the list of themes below, you should be thinking "How does each theme play out in the time period we have been studying?" and "How does this theme play out in the different regions that we have been studying?" From there, you should be able to give two or three specific examples of each theme.
The exam will consist of two sections - a matching section and an essay section. There will be a list of eight terms and another list of twelve definitions. You will need to match each term with its correct definition. To study for this section, you should be able to identify (for each of the terms below) what the term is, the date or dates associated with it, and the geographic area associated with the term. There will also be two essay questions, and you will choose one question to answer. A good essay will not merely repeat facts and dates, but will also provide some explanation and historical analysis of those facts. To study for this section, you should look at each of the themes below and be able to discuss it intelligently, using facts as evidence to support your answer. A good essay will explain the facts, not just list them.
Terms:
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Shah Abbas the Great
Akbar Arawak (Taino) Aurangzeb Francis Bacon capitalism Confucianism The Columbian Exchange Daimyo Descartes |
Galileo Tokugawa Ieyasu Isfahan janessary kowtow Louis XIV (Fourteenth) Ch’ien Lung George Macartney mercantilism miri |
Isaac Newton quizilbash racialization Jean Jacques Rousseau sati trans-Saharan trade triangular trade tributary state Palace of Versailles Zheng He |
Themes:
The development of capitalism: What were the important features of capitalism? What systems of labor did capitalism encourage? Why did capitalism become such a large factor in European expansion? Why did capitalism not develop the same way in the Muslim Empires or in China in the same way that it did in Europe?
The development of slavery: What was slavery like in Africa and in the Ottoman Empire? Why did the use of African slaves become so prominent in the Americas? Were there other sources of labor available? What was the role of slavery in the development of capitalism?
The power of the nobility vs. the power of the King or Emperor: Compare and contrast the various empires in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. What challenges did central authority face? How did these rulers attempt to maintain their authority? What factors did their peoples have in common? What differences existed among their peoples?
European - Native American contact - What did contact look like? What were the motives behind European Expansion? Why did the Europeans view others the way that they did? Why did each side (especially Cortez and Aztecs) view the other side as barbaric?