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Flashcards by victoria russ, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Phoenicians | known as sailors; depended on the Mediterranean Sea for trade; developed 1st alphabet |
| Ancient Sumer (the Sumerians) | located in Mesopotamia; 1st civilization; built ziggurats (temples to their gods); polytheistic; 1st writing (cuneiform) |
| The Plague (aka Black Death) | plague killed ⅓ of the pop.; important because end of feudalism; end of serfdom; so many people died laborers could demand $$$ for their work; beginnings of a middle working class; WEAKENED THE POWER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH |
| Silk Road (ex. cultural diffusion) | trade route connected Europe & Asia for silk & spices from Asia; other things besides silk traveled along the Silk Road for ex. people, languages, religions, customs. etc |
| Heliocentric Theory (by Copernicus) | “helio” means “sun”-the sun is the center of the universe, and earth travels around the sun; replaced geocentric theory (geo=earth centered) |
| heliocentric theory (SUN-centered theory) | |
| John Locke & natural rights philosophy | philosopher believed in “natural rights” God-given rights- life, liberty, and property and govt. gets its power from the “consent of the governed” & right to revolt |
| Renaissance | -term means "rebirth" -renewed interest in ancient Greece & Rome -urban cities -secular (non-religious) -artistic movement -humanism (means emphasis on human achievement) |
| The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages. | |
| Impact of Industrialization/ aka Industrial Revolution | Late 1800’s. Goods were massed produced on assembly lines. New Weapons,-Machine Gun, Poison Gas), Barbed WireTrench Warfare, No Mans Land, Going “Over The Top”,Barbed Wire |
| "Scramble for Africa" | (also known as the Race for Africa or Partition of Africa) was the invasion, occupation,and colonization, of Africa by European powers during the period between 1881 and 1914. |
| Triangular Trade/Middle Passage | name for the slave trade; so many native Indians died from smallpox diseases African slaves were imported to the Americas to work on plantations |
| Triangular Slave Trade | |
| Martin Luther & his Protestant Reformation | German monk protested the sell of indulgences; nailed his 95 Theses to a church door; causes a division in the Catholic Church; there’s a new church called Protestantism |
| Enlightenment | 1700’s aka AGE OF REASON; philosophers held meetings called “salons” |
| How did the Enlightenment lead to the American Revolution? | |
| American Revolution | “no taxation with representation” D.O.I. (Declaration of Independence) written by T. Jefferson) inspired by John Locke & ideas of the Enlightenment |
| The Glorious Revolution (1689, England) | Long story-People of England did not want King James II to be king anymore. He would not allow them religious freedom. There is a revolution ( no bloodshed) Next, William & his wife,Mary ( the daughter of James II) are invited to England to rule in his place. What you need to know: The G.R. (Glorious Revolution) established a constitutional monarchy in England. King/queen a figurehead; real power rests with Parliament. An English Bill of Rights followed the Glorious Revolution. |
| English Bill of Rights | |
| French Revolution | inspired by the American Revolution; over differences in the 3 estates (social groups-clergy, nobility, everyone else); French people were starving & being taxed by the French King |
| French Revolution | |
| Third Estate (French Revolution) |
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