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| Question | Answer |
| Can a society be matriarchal or matralineal | There has never been a society that is matriarchal but there are many who have been matrilineal. They are two differnet things. The majority who are matrilineal have been gender neutral societies where women are leaders in one thing and men in others |
| What were the most common food crops in Europe during the reformation | Cereal Grains like wheat barley and rye and people also cultivated beans and peas and also onions |
| What type of economic model help the protestant faith to spread | Agricultural production that was based on small rural peasant farms. (Subsistence farming) |
| What happened to Europe between 900 and 1300 witht the continenets forest | They were almost completely wiped out and they almost destroyed the entire wood supply of the continent. It was used for land and agriculture and to build other goods |
| How did the potato famine start and how did it affect and what countries | The potato famine came from the monoproduction of potatoes that made it vulnerable to disease. This afected Ireland Germany and other areas of potato farming. This brought a wave of migration to the USA |
| Where did potatoes come from | Potatoes were from the new world and were introduced to the new world in the e16th century. The came from an ancestor of a potato that was cultivated int he Andes. They then showed up in Spain and were used in Holland. |
| Why did people farm potatoes | The potatoes took up less space than the traditional cereal grains so it made more sense and they were able to produce more. It was also responsible for population growth. |
| What did a medieval diet consist of | It was monotonous and didn't consist of much some flour stews cereal grains. Stuff that is European at the time and imagine we had no supermarkets |
| What else did the farmers make besides Cereal Grins and Potatoes in 1500 | They also tended animals and livestock like pigs and cattle. They worked in a barter economy and many stayed here and lived of the land (Subsistence FArming) |
| Why was stew a luxury for peasant farmers.(1500) | They didn't own too many animals and needed to keep them alive to survive. The stew would be saved for special occasions and they would be great for clebrations |
| How was wood used in Europe when it became in short supply(1500) | They stopped using it for buildings and started using it for the energy and warmth. Thatch was used for roofing and it was good and more abundant than wood. |
| since the peasants of Europe built most of their stuff what did they make and what was it used for (1500) | An example is flax which was used to make clothing. Wool from sheep was also used to make clothing. They used local materials to make tools. They were self dependent |
| Were farmers completely self-sufficient (1500) | No. They still had to rely on outside sources for iron to make tools and spices from different parts of the world.They also got furs and wood from other areas. They got them by bartering for goods but there was a limit and it was low |
| Town (1500) | Were generally only a few thousand and contained a church and a sheriff and other individuals that would enforce the governments will |
| How big were cities in the 1500 | There were rarely any cities and if there were they were small centers of political and religious ideas and congregation. 90% lived in rural areas |
| National Capitols (1500) | Cities with about 10,000 people and had all the government offices and held small industries and a small marketplace |
| Basque | Is a language that is spoken between the Pyrenees which Are between FArnce and SPAIN |
| What areas were growing much quicker than the norm | The area around Paris, South Eastern England(Netherlands), London also grew exceptionally fast. |
| What alphabet were languages based off and who spoke these languages | They were based off the Roman Alphabet and most rural people were illiterate so the only ones who spoke were intellectuals and rich |
| The differences between English and Spanish Society | English: Protestant, power shared with monarch and PM, lots of international trade. and Isolated. Spain: Catholic, Central Monarch, little manufacturing domestic trade, many conflicts with others |
| What were the two main languages that were used in Europe | The two were Romance and Germanic languages |
| Romance Languiages | Descendants of the Roman Latin and include Italian french and spanish |
| Germainic | Came from tribes that moved from the east to the west and they adopted roman letters into their own languages |
| Uralic Languages | Spoken in Finland Hungary estonia and rflect the westward movement of the Magyar Tribes |
| What is english a mixtue of | It is a mixture of romance and germanic languages with influences of the invasion of norman |
| Was Private Property a belief of the European people | The Majority of the people believed in the individual rights of lAND and property. |
| How did the view of poperty differ betweent the African and Natives vs. the colonists | Europeans believed in the concept of private property while the N/A and Africans believed in sharing land. This would lead to lots of problems |
| What type of political authority did Europe have | The had a monarchy and or a lineage giving power usually the eldest son . The exception was Queen Elizabeth who shared her power with parliament. |
| What social structure allowed for the king to rule effectively | The European family structure was Patriarchal, Patrilineal(passed on to boys) and monogamous (married to one person) |
| What is polygamy | When a women or man has more than two partners. There have not been many polygamists and women almost never have 2 husbands |
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