Western Civilization Final Flashcards
(55 cards)
magna carta provisions
protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment
-new taxation only with baronial consent and limitations on scutage
List the Four Coercive Acts
- boston port act
- massachusetts government acts
- impartial administration of justice act
- quartering act
The Second Continental Congress issues a Declaration of Independence on what day
July 4, 1776
A body of deputies from the three estates or orders
The Estates General
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen proclaimed
“men are born and remain free and equal in rights”
Slogans and values that will define the revolution
Liberty
Equality
Fraternity
2nd century BC artifact will unlock the last Ancient Egyptian culture
Rosetta Stone
(might be flipped)
the objective of the congress was to provide a long-term peace plan for europe by settling critical issues arising from the french revolutionary wars and the napoleonic wars
Congress of Vienna
(might be flipped)
political instability in south america
monroe doctrine
led to the key inventions which drove the development of the industrial revolution
textile industry
a scottish engineer, developed an efficient steam engine in 1776
James Watt
(might be flipped)
Define Urbanism
the growth of towns and cities due to the movement of people from rural to urban areas
a people derive their identities from their nations, the most potent of all the new ideologies
nationalism
Know Karl Marx and his philosophy of communism and how it differed from socialism
Karl Marx-Father of Communism
An ideology that advocates for the elimination of private property in favor of communal ownership
Single party controls the means of production
Socialism- calls for public rather than private ownership or control of property and natural resources essential to society
who was the most famous of all the Venetian merchants?
marco polo
the mongols under their powerful leader
genghis khan
name the great plague that ends in 1352 with the deaths of 1/3 to 3/5s of the european population
black death
what french peasant girl turned the longstanding anglo-french conflict into a religious war
joan of arc
the renaissance originated in what italian city
florence
define the colombian exchange
the movement of peoples, animals, plants, manufactured goods, precious metals, and diseases between europe, america, and africa
what were martin luther’s 2 major issues with the church
salvation and indulgences
pope paul III created a new priest order to combat the protestants and to convert the heathens to christianity. what was this new order of priests called
the jesuits
name the king who was an ardent believer in the devine right of kings and will create a system of absolute monarchical rule
louis XIV
in response to the execution of the catholic monarch, mary queen of scot’s, phillip II of spain
sent the famous spanish armada to crush england
