Reflection Questions (each answer should be 2 paragraph' in length)

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 African Christianity?

5) Discuss Japan's culture and its relations with the West during the 18th and 19th centuries?

6) What are the specific connections between the Renaissance worldview and both Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man and Michelangelo's Pieta?