Final Flashcards
What is the Renaissance period?
A rebirth of art and learning that flourished new discoveries
What is an ideal Renaissance man/woman?
Excelling in multiple areas
Ex. Da Vinci
How were ideas spread?
The printing press
Who was Martin Luther?
He started the protestant Reformation and broke from the catholic church because he didn’t believe you were able to buy your forgiveness
Who was King Henry the 8th?
He was the king of England and waned to divorce his wife because she could not have a son and he didn’t wanna pay the Catholic church money
What are the Muslim Empires?
Ottoman: Suleiman
Safavid: Ismael then Shah Abbas
Mughal: Akbar then Shah Jahan
What are the Middle east’s 3 main religions?
Judaism, Christianity,Islam
Why was Israel created?
it was created in Palestine for the Jewish population after the holocaust and world war II
Caravel
Ship that could sail against the wind and hold more
Who were the first European explorers?
Portugal and Spain
Who was hernando Cotez?
He took over the Aztec Empire
What are the 3 “G’s”?
Gold, God, and Glory
Who Controlled Haiti?
First Spain then France
Why did the African Labor force start?
All the native’s died off from diseases, so slaves from Africa were sent to work in America
What is the middle passage?
The pathway for slaves to get to America
What is the triangular trade?
The trading system:
- slaves went from Africa to America
- Then raw goods to Europe
- Then manufactured goods to Africa and this repeated over and over.
What was the Haitian Population like?
It outnumbered the amount of whites; 1 to 8
Main Haitian crops
Coffee, Sugar, and Tobacco
John Locke
Natural rights in the Declaration of Independence
Montesquieu
Created the 3 branches of government (legislative, judicial, executive)
Rousseau
Freedom of religion (1st amendment)
Voltaire
freedom of speech and press (1st amendment)
Wollstonecraft
women’s rights and education
Beccaria
8th: No cruel or unusual punishments and 6th: right to a speedy trial
