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9th Grade
01/30/2011

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Magna Carta
Definition
"Great Charter" of rights, which King John was forced to sign by the English noble at Runnymeade, 1215
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Feudalism
Definition
political and social system. nobles offer land/protection for service
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Black Death
Definition
plague. 38 million died. severe economic decline
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Charlemagne
Definition
Charles the Great. King of Frankish kingdom, expanded territory
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Crusades
Definition
Military expeditions by European Christians
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Renaissance
Definition
rebirth of classical greek and roman literature, art, and philosophy
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Where the Renaissance began
Definition
Italy- Florence, Milan, Venice
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Michelangelo
Definition
painter/sculptor/architect of Renaissance. Sistine Chapel in Rome
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Da Vinci
Definition
realist. painter. Mona Lisa
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Machiavelli and "The Prince"
Definition
Appear to have good qualities, don't need them
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Lorenzo "the Magnificent" Medici
Definition
Dominated Florence, cultural center of Italy. Godson of Cosimo
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Humanists
Definition
Those who study humanism. intellectual movement of studying humanities
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Printing Press
Definition
made by Johann Gutenburg. 1455. increased learning.
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Italian city-state economic center of Renaissance
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Florence
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Why competition powered the economic boom of the Renaissance
Definition
Made people perfect their trade
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Characteristics of Renaissance art
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religious and non-religious. Idealized/perfect. movement. nude and clothed. expression. nature, real life. Symmetric perspective
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Shakespeare
Definition
Dramatist. Globe Theater
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95 Theses
Definition
Complaints of Martin Luther about the Catholic Church posted on the doors
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Martin Luther
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Wrote 95 Theses. Started Protestant Reformation
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Henry VIII
Definition
Known for several wives. Started English Reformation
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Abuses of the Catholic Church
Definition
Disobey chasity vows, political interest, relics, selling of indulgences and positions, lack of education, clergy
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Secularism
Definition
Indifferent to religion
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English Reformation
Definition
King Henry VIII broke from Catholic church. Church of England
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Henry the Navigator
Definition
Sent expeditions to West African coast
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Vasco Da Gama
Definition
First to sail around Africa to India
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Scurvy
Definition
lack of vitamin C
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Beri-Beri
Definition
lack of vitamin B
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Circumnavigate
Definition
to travel around the world
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Magellan
Definition
landed in Philippine Islands
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Columbus
Definition
sailed to Americas while looking for Western route to Indies. GGG
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Smallpox and impacts
Definition
Disease brought from Europe. Killed millions of Natives, helping Spanish defeat them.
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God, Gold, and Glory
Definition
reasons for exploring. money, spreading religion, and fame
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Mercantilism
Definition
trading. type of economy. item for item
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Triangular Trade Route
Definition
trade between Europe, Africa, and Americas. E-Af goods E-Am slaves Am-E raw goods Af-E slaves
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Amerigo Vespucci
Definition
America is named after him. took several voyages and wrote letters about them.
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Caravel
Definition
Triangular sail made during Renaissance
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Treaty Tordesilla
Definition
1494. splits territory for Spain and Portugal. Spain got everything to West, Portugal East
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Import and Export
Definition
Import- to bring in to the country
Export- to take out of the country
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Conquistador
Definition
Spanish conqueror
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Montezuma
Definition
Aztec leader
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Pizarro
Definition
Credited for conquering Incas
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Encomienda
Definition
Right to use Native Americans as laborers
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Jamestown
Definition
First permanent English settlement
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Absolutism
Definition
absolute authority of state
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Divine Right
Definition
power by God
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Spanish Armada
Definition
Army of the Spanish. Unsuccessful
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King Louis XIV the "Sun King"
Definition
Absolutist. strongest army. Sun gives life to everything, Louis XIV believed he did that
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Place of Versailles
Definition
Louis's place to send his court for amusement
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Huguenots
Definition
French Protestants
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Tar (Czar)
Definition
First used by Ivan IV. Means Ceasar
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Peter the Great
Definition
wanted to westernize
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Hapsburg
Definition
Empire in 1500s. High power
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Austria
Definition
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Austria and Prussia (significance as German states)
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Philosophes
Definition
Philosophers during the Enlightenment
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John Locke
Definition
Social contract. Life, liberty, property
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Rousseau
Definition
Freedom restricted
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Montesquieu
Definition
Checks and balances. Parts of government check each other.
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Adam Smith
Definition
Invisible hand. Wealth of Nations. Father of Capitalism
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Capitalism
Definition
individual business contributing to economy
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Laissez-faire
Definition
let people do what they want
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Deist
Definition
belief in supreme being that's unknowable. God= divine clock maker
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Enlightenment
Definition
Philosophical movement in Europe, rationlism, intellectual freedom, and freedom from prejudicee
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Reason
Definition
truth can be arrived by reason or rational thinking
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Natural Rights
Definition
Rights of everyone. self-evident
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Enlightenment's impact on US
Definition
many philosophe ideas used in Dec. of Ind.
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Enlightenment and liberation women
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Salons
Definition
Social, political, and cultural gatherings
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Scientific
Definition
testable ideas
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Heliocentric
Definition
Universe revolves around Sun
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Geocentric
Definition
Universe revolves around Earth
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Copernicus
Definition
Heliocentric theory. said to be start of Sci. Rev.
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Galileo
Definition
Saw Jupiter's moons using his remake of telescope
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Bacon and Descartes
Definition
Both contributed to making of Scientific Method. Descarte- "I think, therefore I am" means he thinks so he exists
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Scientific Method
Definition
Method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses
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Newton
Definition
Laws of gravity
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Laws of Motion and the Laws of Gravity
Definition
All objects attract each other by gravity
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Revolution
Definition
360 degrees. Change in thinking. Overthrow of government
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