Part 2: Reflection Questions
1- Describe Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. What was he protesting? What did he do?
2- What are the basic Ideas of Confucianism? How did it affect Ming China's evaluation of exploration?
3- In what ways did the Aztec's worldview become a liability in the face of Spanish Conquistadores?
4- What is cultural syncretism? Why did it arise in South American and African Christianity?
5- Discuss Japan's culture and its relations with the west during the 18th and 19th centuries?
6- Explain the Renaissance worldview and its links to Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man and Michelangelo's Pieta?