Chapter 1-3 Flashcards

Learn about world history

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when did the medieval ages start and end ?

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600A.D.-1500

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how long did the renaissance last?

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1500-1700

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3
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how long did the renaissance last?

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1500-1700

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4
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what were wealthy people that bought art called?

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merchants

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5
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3 main Christian religions

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Catholic, protestant, and orthodox

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6
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3 big ideas of the renaissance

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humanism, individualism, and secularism

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4 main Italian artists of the renaissance

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donatello, Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo

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who is Martin Luther

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protestant reformation leader. He was against the Catholic church because they gave out indulgences

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9
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what are the 95 problems?

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a list of problems that Martin Luther found with the Catholic church

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10
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what are indulgences?

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people paying for their sins

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who was Charles V?

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the holy emperor that makes Luther go to trial and tells him to say sorry for making the 95 problems

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12
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what was the diet of worms

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a meeting that Charles V summoned Luther to attend in 1521

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13
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what is a monarchy

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a government that is controlled by a single ruler ;king or monarch

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14
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what is an oligarchy

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a government ruled by a few powerful people

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15
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what was the renaissance about ?

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the rebirth of Greek and Roman ideas

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16
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the main 3 eastern religions

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Buddhism, Hinduism, and Confucius

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17
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what kind of country is the U.S.?

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a Republican country

18
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the 3 main western religions

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Christianity, Jewish, Islam

19
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what is an aristocracy

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a government ruled by a small group of nobles

20
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Italy is the center of what?

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government, religion, and trade

21
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people that wanted to fix the Catholic church are called?

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protestants

22
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what was the printing press ? who made it ? what year was it made in?

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the first printer, Johann Gutenberg, and in 1450

23
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when did the U.S. start?

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1776

24
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what does A.D. stand for ?

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anno Domini

25
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what were the 3 main art themes in the renaissance?

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Greek and Roman, religion, humanist art

26
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when did the Age of Exploration begin ?

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during the renaissance and the reformation

27
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when did Columbus sail the ocean blues ?

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1492

28
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who was De Gama

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first to sail to Asia and go back

29
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who was Diaz?

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he showed that it was possible to sail to Asia, but he didn’t actually sail to it

30
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who is Magellan

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1st to travel around the world

31
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who is Zhang He?

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Chinese explorer. was ordered by the Chinese emperor to to explore

32
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5 pillars of Islam

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charity, prayer, faith, pilgrimage, fasting

33
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what is a mosque

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Islamic church

34
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Qur’an

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Islamic holy book

35
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how many senators does each state get ? how many do we have in total ?

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2 for each and 100 in total

36
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Marco polo

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first to travel by land from Europe to Asia and back

37
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Ivan the terrible

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the first Tsar of Russia that unified Russia

38
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Peter the great

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expanded Russia towards western Europe

39
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Catherine the great

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first female Russian ruler

40
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Why did Europeans explore the world ?

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God,Gold,Glory

41
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New techniques that made exploration possible

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science lead to better ships and maps

42
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5 major Europeans countries

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Portugal, Spain, Dutch, France, England