Unit 6 Exam Review

By 1300, the Byzantine Empire was declining and Asia Minor was ​​inhabited mostly by the descendants of nomadic _________.

• Romans

• Mongols

• Turks

• Greeks

In 1453, the Turks led by Mehmet II conquered Constantinople and made it the new capital.  The new capital was renamed _______

• Istanbul

• Adrianople

• Bursa

• Mecca

Under the leadership of Suleyman, the Ottoman Empire introduced an administrative system known as the _________.  This system took boys from conquered Christian territories, converted them to Islam, and trained them as soldiers for the Ottoman empire.

• House of Osman

• Socialism

• The Crusades

• devshirme

Interest in Indian Ocean trade, and a need to avoid Ottoman middlemen, led to attempts at finding a more direct route to the region.

• True

• False

An explorer by the name of __________ attempted to find a direct trade route to India, in 1492, and ended up discovering the Americas instead.

• Fransisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

Trade routes allowed countries to gain access to resources that were scarce or non-existent in their region.

• False

• True

Trade routes, which were a way for countries to grow economically, also involved the transportation of ______, which were used to work on the land and bring more productivity to the region.

• plows

• ranchers

• people

• livestock

The trading of enslaved people between North America and South America became known as the _____.

• American Slave Trade

• Atlantic Slave Trade

• European Slave Trade

• Columbian Slave Trade

As European exploration continued, in an effort to trade and claim land for their country, native civilizations were discovered in the Americas.

Which 3 civilizations encountered explorers which ultimately led to their destruction?

• Aztec

• Inca

• Pueblo

• Maya

Which tribe(s) were located in Mexico and Central America

• Inca

• Maya

• Apache

• Aztec