Social Studies Review

Front 1

In the Japanese social hiarchy, who is at the bottom.

Back 1

the Merchant class

Front 2

When and where did the renaissance begin?

Back 2

Florence, Italy in the late 1300

Front 3

Why did the Renaissance begin in Florence, Italy?

Back 3

1. Italy was the home of the Roman Empire. A great deal of classical knowledge was available to Italians
2. Because Italy was one of the first countries hit with the Black Plague, it was also one of the first to recover
3. Italy’s position in the Mediterranean Sea made it a trading superpower. Any new ideas that were being spread through Europe went through Italy first.

Front 4

When did the Renaissance start?

Back 4

Late 1300s

Front 5

Name three of the greatest natural threats to japan.

Back 5

1. Volcanic eruptions
2. Earthquakes
3. Tsunami's

Front 6

Where did the Renaissance start?

Back 6

Florence, Venice, and Genoa

Front 7

What, other than luxuries, travelled down the silk road?

Back 7

New ideas, inventions and philosophies

Front 8

What does Rennaissance mean?

Back 8

It means "rebirth" in French

Front 9

What percent of land on japan is usable for settlement or agriculture?

Back 9

22% of Japan is usable. 88% of it is covered in mountains.

Front 10

What did the Rennaissance bring back?

Back 10

Roman and Greek literature and ideas

Front 11

What luxuries travelled down the silk road?

Back 11

Geme, precious metals, dyes, silk (obviously), spices, food, artifacts, etc.

Front 12

The Medieval Period refers to a time in ? from about ?-?

Back 12

Europe 500-1500

Front 13

What city today lies where the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan once lay?

Back 13

Mexico City

Front 14

Why did the Renaissance start in Italy.

Back 14

It was the base of the Roman empire. It was the first to get the black plague and the first to get over it. It was right by the mediterainian for easy sea routes.

Front 15

What percent or Japan's population is Japanese?

Back 15

98.5% percent of people in Japan are Japanese.

Front 16

Who was the top of the feudal hierarchy of the medeival times?

Back 16

The King
(Monarch not Elvis)

Front 17

What 4 great structures did the Aztecs build?

Back 17

A dam was constructed across a section of the lake, preventing flooding and eventually helping to separate salt water from fresh water

Chinampas (floating gardens) were built to creare more arable farm land in order to feed the army and the growing empire.

Causeways were constructed to create roadways into the city, limiting the need for water transportation

Aqueducts were created to pipe fresh water to the city from nearby mountain springs

Front 18

What do you call a sociaty like japan, where people are expected to be the same?

Back 18

Homogeneous

Front 19

What is the silk road?

Back 19

This is a route were many people walked, carrying goods to different places. This was a road that reached from eastern China to eastern Europe.

Front 20

which class of the hiarchy made up 90% of the japanese population

Back 20

farmers and peasants

Front 21

AZTEC GODS
Who was Tlaloc?

Back 21

Known as the god of rain, Tlaloc was especially fond of child sacrifices, whose tears sustained him.

Front 22

What was considered the most valuable goods that was being transported?

Back 22

Paper & Spices

Front 23

AZTEC GODS
Who was Huitzilopochtli?

Back 23

The god of the sun and war, Huitzilopochtli was the most blood thirsy god, demanding constant sacrifice .

Front 24

who controled the Northern trade?

Back 24

The Hanseatic League

Front 25

AZTEC GODS
Who was Tezcatlipocha?

Back 25

Considered the most powerful of the gods, his name means "smoking mirror" from the black mirror he used to see the future.

Front 26

What did serfs do?

Back 26

They harvested the land, to supply food for every one else.

Front 27

AZTEC GODS
Who was Quetzalcoatl?

Back 27

This god was banished, escaping from the empire to the east on a raft of snakeskins. This feathered serpent vowed to return in the year 1 Reed.

Front 28

Which 4 levels of the Japanese hiarchy make up the warrior class?

Back 28

1. Rhonin
2. Samuri
3. Diamyo
4. Shogun

Front 29

Who controlled the Southern trade?

Back 29

Italy

Front 30

What divided Italy?

Back 30

City States

Front 31

how long was the edo period

Back 31

~250 years long

Front 32

Definition: City State

Back 32

A intependant city controlling itself and its surrounding area, that was ruled by a powerful family.

Front 33

The king gave land to the lords. What was the land called????

Back 33

manors

Front 34

What is the area called surrounding a City State?

Back 34

Hinterland

Front 35

When did the Aztec New Fire ceremony take place?

Back 35

Every 52 years, or when the religious calendar and the annual calendar overlapped.

Front 36

Why was this time called the "dark" times?

Back 36

• A lack of information and literacy meant that this was a period that was ‘dark’ in terms of human knowledge and progress.

Front 37

what was the name of the first shogun, and what was his famaly name.

Back 37

the first shogun was Tokugawa Ieyasu, and his famaly name was Tokugawa. because of this, his rule was called the Tokugawa shogunate

Front 38

What is the benefit of a hinterland?

Back 38

To protect the city from an attack. Created a zone that seperated them from neighbouring countries. Made farmlands.

Front 39

What were some of the symptoms of the black plague?

Back 39

• Symptoms included a purplish rash, swelling in the neck and armpits, and large black blisters called pustules that would erupt, causing the victim to be highly contagious.

Front 40

Who ruled Florence?

Back 40

The Medici Family

Front 41

What happened in the Aztec New Fire ritual?

Back 41

Every fire in the empire was extinguisheed, and then a new fire was lit in Tenochtitlan. Every other fire in the empire was lit from that one.

Front 42

What was one of the Medici's interests?

Back 42

Art

Front 43

What helped Italy advance?

Back 43

Its new ideas and the fact that the Medici always moved forward

Front 44

Why did artists move to Florence?

Back 44

Florence had the world's first art school.

Front 45

Name the artists that the Medici family commissioned.

Back 45

Leonardo Da Vinci. Brunelleschi. Botticelli. Michelanelo.

Front 46

Medici Artists:
Name the accomplishments of Leonardo Da Vinci

Back 46

First used oil paints to paint. Painted both art and Anatomy. He was described as the renaissance man for his work in math, science, art, and design.

Front 47

Medici artists:
Name the accomplishments of Brunelleschi

Back 47

Built and designed "The Dome" of Florence. Used linear perspective in art.

Front 48

Define: linear perspective

Back 48

a techinque of art, making things have depth and making things smaller is they are distance.

Front 49

The Cake Is...

Back 49

A Lie.