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World History 2nd Semester
Flashcards for the 2nd Semester in Ms. Mawhinney's World History.
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History
9th Grade
05/25/2011

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Urban Society
Definition
made up of powerful city-states that became the centers of Italian political, economic and social life
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Secular Society
Definition
focused more on worldly things then on religious ideas
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Humanism
Definition
The study of the classic or literal arts
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Frescoes
Definition
Watercolor paintings done on plaster
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Pluralism
Definition
A form of society in which minority groups maintain their independent cultural traditions
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Predestination
Definition
Fate or destiny
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Michelangelo
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Artist of the Renaissance, painted the roof of the Sistine Chapel
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Cosimo de Medici
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Italian ruler in Florence during Renaissance, took over using wealth and personal influence, etc. central behind the scenes government
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Definition
Political thinker who wrote "the Prince" among other literary works.
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Dante
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Renaissance writer whose compositions include "The Divine Comedy" (Dante's Inferno)
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Shakespeare
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Playwright during the Elizabethan era in England. His works include "Hamlet" and "Romeo & Juliet"
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Martin Luther
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German priest who started Lutheranism with his 95 theses
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Erasmus
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Humanist philosopher who stressed the inwardness of religious feeling, against external means of worship such as pilgrimages, relics and fasts.
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Edict of Worms
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Declaration by the German Diet that exiled Martin Luther from the Holy Roman Empire
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Charles V
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King of Spain. Emperor of Holy Roman Empire who exiled and outlawed Martin Luther. Devout Catholic
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The Peace of Augsburg
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Peace in Germany between the Lutheran and Catholic states.
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Ulrich Zwingli
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Swiss Lutheran leader
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John Locke
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English philosopher and writer
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Thomas Hobbes
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English philosopher who wrote "Leviathan"
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Peter the Great
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Russian czar. Had Absolute power
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William Harvey
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Cardiovascular scientist
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Rene Descartes
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"Are We All Dreaming?" Mathematician and Philosopher.
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Francis Bacon
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Founder of the Scientific Method
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Blaise Pascal
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Mathematician who invented the Hydraulic Press
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Robert Boyle
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Scientist of Matter
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Spanish Armada
Definition
Fleet of Warships owned by Spain. Known as unstoppable
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Thirty Years' War
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War between Catholic Holy Roman Empire and the German Protestants
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Peace of Westphalia
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Treaty that ended the 30 Years war
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House of Commons
Definition
English Legislative Branch. Comparable to our House of Representatives
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Absolutism
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Where the monarch has all of the power. Nobody is higher than he/she
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Mercantilism
Definition
Belief in the benefits of profitable trading
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