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what was humanism |
the study of secular (nonreligious) subjects |
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describe a major effect that humanism had on the renaissance |
it led to new attitudes towards art, philosophy , and government and also encouraged people to learn other languages such as greek, latin, and hebrew |
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what are two major reasons why humanism was important to the renaissance |
it helped to begin the reformation and it was one large reason why the feudal system was abandoned |
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what was the industrial revolution |
basically the transition to the new manufacturing process |
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what was one main negative effect of the industrial revolution |
since there was so much machinery, there was a lot of pollution, and people didn't want to work such long hours in a dirty, hot, and unsafe environment (also child labor was introduced) |
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what was one main positive effect of the industrial revolution |
it made producing products more efficient, quick, and overall less expensive |
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what were two things that were invented during the industrial revolution |
the assembly line and lots of machinery in factories |
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what was the reformation |
attempts to reform the catholic church and the development of protestant churches |
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describe why humanism led to the reformation |
humanism led europeans to think critically about the catholic church and some europeans who knew how to read began to read the bible and interpret it for themselves and instead of following the church's interpretation |
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when and why did hellenism spread |
hellenism spread after the conquest of alexander the great in 400 bce
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who led the reformation |
martian luther |
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what did martin luther do to begin the reformation |
he nailed a list of complaints about the church on the church door in wittenburg also knows as the 95 theses |
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what was one main event that took place during the reformation |
martin luther's 95 theses |
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what was the caravel |
a portuguese (european) ship that was 65 feet long and could carry up to 130 tons (260,000 pounds) of cargo |
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why was the caravel built |
to help the portuguese (european) to explore along the west african coast and into the atlantic ocean |
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in what order did the feudal system go |
king nobles knights peasants/serfs |
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what was the role of a noble in the feudal system |
receives land from the king in return for loyalty and gives land to the knights in return for protection |
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what was the role of a knight in the feudal system |
the nobles gave the knights land in return for protection and the peasants gave the nights food in return for protection |
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what major event caused the decline of the roman empire |
for its final years, rome was weakened by economic, military, political, and social problems, so rome fell when they were attacked by german invaders during their weak period |
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define hellenistic culture |
hellenism refers to the spreading of Greek culture |
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define nationalism |
strong devotion to one's nation |
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how did nationalism lead to the start of world war 1 |
nationalism "inspired" the assassination of austria-hungary's archduke |
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who was johannes gutenberg |
a german blacksmith who introduced printing to europe |
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what was the black death |
a disease carried by rats that killed off 1/3 of the european population during the mid 1300s |
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define the european union |
economic and political partnership among member nations |
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what was the maastricht treaty |
a treaty signed by the common market nations that allowed the european union to have an open-border policy which allowed people to move freely in many european union nations |
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what was the main role of the european union |
helped obtain peace between germany, france, and the rest of europe |
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describe the athenian voting system |
a citizen was someone who could participate in government (only free, grown males could vote- not women, children, slaves, or foreign borns) |
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describe a democracy |
means "power to the people"...where citizens get to vote for laws and the people who governed them |
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how did christianity spread throughout rome |
after jesus died, constantine (the roman emperor) became a christian and he spread it throughout rome |
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during the scientific revolution, people used what in observations and experiments |
theories |
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how did the athenian government influence the united states government |
they invented the idea of a democracy |
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how did the roman republic's government influence the united states government |
they came up with the idea of electing leaders to represent you in a senate |
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what was an aqueduct |
a channel that moves water over a long distance |
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what were aqueduct's main purposes |
they helped to carry water very quickly to get it to its desired destination faster |
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what country is teal |
spain |
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what country is blue |
united kingdom/great britain |
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what country is red |
france |
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what country is purple |
portugal |
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what country is green |
italy |
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what country is light pink |
germany |
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what country is yellow |
switzerland |
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what country is bright pink |
norway |
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what country is gray |
sweden |
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what country is orange |
the netherlands |
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what events led to world war I |
austria-hungary's archduke was assassinated and they blamed serbia for having assisted the attack. when serbia declines this, austria-hungary declares war |
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what was the great depression and when did it take place |
a worldwide economic slump, or marketing decline, during the late 1930s (was still going on by the time world war II started) that caused many hardships around the world |
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what is inflation |
when money loses its value |
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what events led to the great depression |
germany lost land, people, and resources and at the same time germany owed billions of dollars in reparations. so, the german government printed money to pay the debt and as a result, german money lost value, so germans suffered with inflation. this caused political instability in germany |
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what are some things people suffered with during the great depression |
inflation lost jobs little to no money |
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what was one way people tried to make more money during the great depression |
they bought stocks with borrowed money. at first their plan worked and stock prices went up tremendously, but later they fell causing americans to owe the bank more money than they borrowed. eventually, the stock market collapsed in 1912 |
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what event led to the end of the feudal system |
the bubonic plaugue |
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what country is a peninsula of europe |
italy |
