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Western Civ
Terrry Havel class chap 1-8
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History
Undergraduate 1
02/10/2009

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Explain why its called the Renaissance
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Everything is “reborn” or changed: trade, education, art, science, architecture
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Why is the Renaissance Period considered Reborn
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The Romans and Greeks use to have these “reborn” traits called the CLASSICS
The reason why there was no growth was because of the Catholic Church
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who printed the first book, what was the book and why was it significant
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Guttenberg printed the first Bible, in other languages including his native language German, It was significant because the people could now intrepid the Bible instead of appealing to the priest
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Humanism
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the focus is on human beings, the thought that human beings can solve human problems.
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Antiquity
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People rediscovered work of those in old times, Rome, Greek, Babylon
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Secularism
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are non-religious, Began painting portraits for the wealthy, Jobs were held that were not of the church,
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Science Revolution
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Discovering methods through science, and testing to increase knowledge. The laws of nature are knowable by humans.
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Age of exploration
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the increase in trade, People want stuff, silk, cotton, people become more greedy.
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what happens IN 1453 Ottoman Turks close off trade
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This leads to trying to find a alternative route to asia
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Mercantilism
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is building up your nations treasury
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as they discovered new lands what else did they discover
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on the way they discovered resources, They find Gold, Portuguese.
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who was the wealthy nation for 95 years
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Spain
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How can becoming wealthy ruin you?
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Gold ran out because they became reliant on gold and they fell
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