Exam 3: Origins of Western Society

As a nation-state Pakistan has been around for less than a century, but it has origins that predate Islam.

How was the domestication of plants and animals important in changing human societies?

Throughout the Renaissance the middle class continued to decline.

How does globalization affect the potential for a modern plague? Note some recent events that suggest this potential threat is a possibility. Discuss at least one measure that we could employ to stop a plague if it were to present itself.

Marco Polo reached Japan in 1290 and remained there for ten years.

The emergence of nation-states in the seventeenth century led to numerous wars both within and among nations.

The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 prevented Greek scholars from influencing the development of the European Renaissance.

Mercantilism was an early phase of capitalism.

The Roman Empire remained static for four centuries.

Chronologically, the Middle Ages falls approximately one thousand years after the Renaissance.

James Watt's steam engine and James Hargreave's spinning jenny helped make it possible to produce more output and to:

The Age of Revolutions from about 180 to 400 led to the emergence of our modern economic and government systems.

In general, life in Europe after the Fall of Rome came to be centered around an agricultural manor called a:

The landed nobility lost power as the city merchants gained power during the Middle Ages.

Feudal estates are associated with which kind of authority?