Chapter 2 Dqs Harish

Harish Srinimukesh August 26, 2007 AP World History. Alexander-04 Chapter 2 Discussion Questions

Chapter 2 DQs 4) China • The use of militaristic power allows the Chinese to gain access and control raw materials • Elites overlooked the searching and mining of ore deposits, and their safe transportation to the capital. • Walls using soil with wooden framing allowed for a strong guard against others interested in their resources • Using resources, some military forces may have been sent to guard prime resources using their impressive bronze weaponry Nubia • Trading with tropical Africa and the Mediterranean • Trading with Egypt • Elites controlled mines well as seen that when the Egyptians took over the mines, they were given at a “considerable human cost” • Once Egypt began to flow into Nubia, it can be assumed that the idea of forts used in Egypt were replicated by the Egyptians as the fortified the resources • Using these forts of the Egyptians, the kingdom of Meroë could have the chance to protect their resources using technology of the former invading Egyptians • Best situated for trade Mesoamerica • Took advantage of ecological niches to develop specialized technology to obtain raw materials. • Had a powerful political and religious set of elites as urbanization took place to be knowledgeable when it came to protecting resources • Elites had a political structure organized to handle the security as well as distribution of raw materials and crops Factors • Geography • Climate • Ecological niches • Beliefs • Religion • Technology • Social Crisis • Political Crisis • Political System • Organized force