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During the renaissance they rediscovered the traditions of? |
Greece and Rome |
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What did the ancient Greeks value? |
Human Reason |
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The Greeks believe in the power of? |
human mind to think and understand life |
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Name 3 Greek philosophers? |
Who were Socrates, Plato, and Airstotle |
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What did Socrates want people to do? |
he wanted people to think or question their own beliefs |
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Plato wrote which book |
He wrote The Republic |
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Upon what is Plato's book based? |
His book is based on justice and fairness for everyone |
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Aristotle taught that people should base their lives on? |
reason, or clear and ordered thinking |
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Which subject did Greek scientists & mathematicians contribute too? |
Geometry |
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What could Greek scientists and mathematicians accurately measure? |
They measured the size of the earth |
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What did Greed Doctors figure out? |
How the human body works |
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What was the Greeks most lasting contribution |
Political system |
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Which was the first city-state |
Athens |
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What type of political system did the Greeks establish |
They established Democracy |
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Who participated in the Greek Democracy assembly |
All Greek Male citizens participated in this. |
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what do we call the type of government where all Male citizens participate in a democratic assembly. |
Direct Assembly |
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Who followed the Greek assembly and when |
Rome in 509 BC.....followed who |
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How long did Roman officials serve |
roman officials did this for 1 year |
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What happened to Roman laws |
Written and put on public display |
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what two concepts protected Roman citizens |
1-innocent until proven guilty 2- equality before the law |
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With the fall of Rome what happened to Europe? |
Europe divided into many small countries. |
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How long did the middle ages |
1000 years |
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what group invaded gaul |
France
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where is Gaul |
France |
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When the Frankish kings could not defend their kingdom who was forced to defend the land |
nobels |
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nobels are also know as |
Warriers |
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the increase power of the nobels increased the power of |
kings |
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what did the nights receive for military service |
land |
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knights who promised to support the nobles where called |
lords aka vassel |
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who did not own any land |
peasents |
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knights had peasants work for them and lived on estates called |
manners |
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what did the peasants give the nights |
food and goods |
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what helped unite the lords and their territories |
catholic church |
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nearly everyone in Europe was a |
christian |
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what were the crusades |
long series of wars |
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who were the crusades between |
Christians and muslums |
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Palestine was also known as |
the holy land where Jesus has lived |
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the Christian __________ to control the holy land |
failed |
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what new products did Europeans become exposed too. |
apricots, rice, and cotton |
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What did they get from Muslums |
New ideas |
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over time kingdoms became |
nation states |
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who helped expand trade roots |
Mongolia |
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in 1271 who traveled from Europe to China |
Marco Polo |
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Ships brought many goods to Europe but also brought back |
Rats |
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What disease did the bring back from Asia |
Black Death |
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This disease killed about how many people |
25 million |
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lack of workers allowed ______ and ______ to demand payment for work |
peasants and surfs |
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growth of trade saw _________ and ________ decline |
feudalism and ______________ |
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This let to an increase in the new ______________ |
middle class |
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the middle class was made up of _________ and ______ |
merchants and artisans |
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trade associations were called |
guilds |
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Renisance means |
re-birth |
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Where did the renisance begin |
Italy |
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what 2 things became a key feature of the renisance |
education and art |
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where did scollers seach for latin text |
monestaries |
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who were the renesance greatest artists |
Michal angelo and leanordo divencie |
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donte wrote in what language |
italian |
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scientists made advancements in math for _______ and _______ |
negatives and positives |
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what did astronomers discover |
that the earth moves around the sun |
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in Germany the printing press was invented by |
Johanes Gutenburg |
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it allowed printers to print |
an entire page to be printed at ounce |
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and increase in trade led to |
mercantilism |
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which Italian cities became important trading centers |
Florence, Genoa, Milan, and Venice |
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as trade grew with economic expansion what businesses also grew |
banks |
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which family became the most influential bankers |
Medecci |
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Who was involved in a joint stock company |
investers and merchants |
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joint stock companies to |
take fewer risks |
