Impacts on society

• The Black Death


  The plague that changed Renaissance society because so many people died; approximately 1/3 to 1/2 of Europe's population
• The Crusades


  A campaign lead by Christian monarchs to take back the Holy Land (Middle East) from the Islamic Empire
• Silk Road


  A trading route by land from Europe, through the Middle East, towards India and China where traders travelled to bring back spices, gold, jewels, silk, and other luxury goods to sell in Europe
• Protestant Reformation


  Changed Renaissance society by allowing people to make changes in their religious system and freely express their own ideas about the Christian religion and be a member of many new churches that were formed
• The Printing Press


  Changed Renaissance society by making reading and writing something that middle and lower class people were able to do
• Spanish Inquisition


  It helped the Spanish government unite the country under one religion
• Spanish Inquisition


  • It forced Jewish and Muslim people to change their religion or leave their homes
• Spanish Reconquista


  The takeover of land from the Islamic Empire for the Spanish crown
• The Islamic Empire claimed most of the modern-day country of Spain for 900 years
• Spanish belief in the Reconquista

  The land should belong to them and increase the size of their nation
• Reconquista


  • It gave the Spanish government and monarchs a sense of power because they had taken back what they thought was rightfully theirs
• Aztec Human Sacrifice


  They needed to give offerings to the gods to ensure a good harvest, successful battles, and to give thanks and keep the gods happy
• The biggest sacrifice someone could give was human blood or a human life
• When the Spanish came to Mexico, they were horrified by the Aztec human sacrifices
• Smallpox is a disease that causes fever, vomiting, and a serious rash to form on the skin
• Smallpox had always existed in Europe, there was no reliable treatment or cure until a vaccine was created in the 1800's
• Spread of Christianity


  Many European ships carried Christian missionaries who wanted to spread their religion to new countries
• After the order to close the borders


  The Japanese government wanted to eliminate Western religion
• Impact on Japanese society

  • The Christian religion represented an outside influence in Japanese society that had to be stopped to maintain isolation
• Closed Country Edict of 1635


  The official policy of the Japanese government to control the influence of the foreigners
• Closed Country Edict of 1635


  1. Japanese ships and people were forbidden to travel to other countries

  2. Restricted to teach christianity

  3. They weren't allowed to land in Japan
• Dutch East India Company


  The only group that Japan would trade with
• Dutch East India Company

  • They had a special city called Deshima where they were allowed to trade and keep a trading post
• The Dutch


  Learned about Japanese culture and they taught the Japanese about Western customs
• Iwakura Mission


  Japan sent ambassadors to different countries to learn more about their governments and societies
• The Iwakura Mission


  They knew that changes needed to be made to their government system and they wanted to do it right
• Most important idea from Iwakura Mission

  • Changing the education system by giving a more modern education