The break up of the Christian Churches into Catholic and Orthodox.
What is The Great Schism
100
These are giant geoglyphs that could be messages to the gods or possibly maps of underground canals.
What are the Nazca Lines?
100
These two Renaissance ideas influenced the Reformation.
What are skepticism and humanism?
100
Under this governmental system, the ruler has total power.
What is Absolutism?
100
The system that divided up the French people into 3 social classes.
The Clergy - 1%
The Nobility - 2%
The Mass - Bourgeoisie (Middle Class) and the Proletariat (Peasants) - 97%
What is the Estates-General?
200
This empire was too big, making communication too difficult
Why was the Roman Empire split in two?
200
This is the religious law code that governs Muslims.
What is Sharia Law?
200
The belief that God created the world but does not intervene in any way; He lets it run on natural laws.
What is Deism?
200
The French created the Legislative Assembly and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen because of this event.
What is The French Revolution?
200
This man was the leader of the Reign of Terror.
Who is Robespierre?
300
Mehmed II used cannons, guns and even dragged 70 ships on land to reach this goal.
Who captured Constantinople?
300
Trade, Religion (the belief that all land is sacred and cannot be owned), and social ideas (the family makes up the social hierarchy) are cultural connections between these people
Who are the Native Americans in North America?
300
These are the reasons Europeans chose to explore.
What is God, Glory, and Gold?
300
These four leaders were what type of leaders?
Henry VIII of England
Peter the Great of Russia
Philip II of Spain
Louis XIV of France (Sun King)
What are Absolute leaders/rulers?
300
This woman is an Enlightenment philosopher famous for fighting for women's rights.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
400
This is a set of legal codes that united the people and government by regulating laws across the entire empire.
What is Justinian's Code?
400
A militaristic group that controlled most of Mexico at its height and practiced ritualistic human sacrifice, that declined due to a weak ruler: Montezuma II.
Who are the Aztecs?
400
This famous playwright wrote in a dialect that common people could understand and discussed human flaws.
Who is Shakespeare?
400
This man believed that people should have representatives that actually vote for what the people want.
Who is Rousseau?
400
This man was called "El Liberator" who got independence for Venezuela and helped Jose de San Martin gain independence for Argentina.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
500
This is a political and economic system that in which nobles gave land and protection to his people in return for services such as loyalty and providing a large portion of their goods.
What is Feudalism?
500
These are the mother cultures of Meso America and South America respectively.
Who are the Olmec and the Chavin?
500
Better nutrition, better livestock for travel and agriculture, and globalization of culture.
What are the benefits from the Columbian Exchange?
500
This Enlightenment philosopher believed that people are born wicked and that absolute monarchy is the best government.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
500
These ideas made the American colonists feel they could question British authority and use them to justify their protests.