Renaissance and Reformation
French for "rebirth." A period of European history when renewed interest in the culture of Greece and Rome led to changes in art, learning, and views of the world.
Renaissance
The name for the social class systems of France.
Estates (or Estate System).
The name for the Russian king.
Tsar.
The structure built to keep invaders out of China.
The Great Wall of China.
First black president of South Africa.
Nelson Mandela.
This term referred to a person who was skilled at many things, such as poetry, sports, and speaking multiple languages.
Renaissance Man.
The main idea of the Enlightenment.
Equality.
An economic and political system based on the idea that workers should be equal to their bosses.
Communism.
The Chinese "admiral of the Western Ocean" who sailed throughout Asia in the 1400s.
Zheng He.
The term for nomadic people who move from place to place in search of food.
Hunter-gatherers.
This invention made books cheaper and increased learning and literacy in Europe.
Printing press.
A series of mass executions that occurred in France between 1793 and 1794.
Reign of Terror.
The dictator Russian children thanked each morning in school for their "happy life."
Joseph Stalin.
The leader of the Chinese Communist Party.
Mao Zedong.
This African king is believed to be the richest person in all of history.
Mansa Musa.
Martin Luther put these criticisms of the Catholic Church on the church door in his hometown.
95 Theses
The leader of the Haitian Revolution.
Toussaint L'Ouverture.
A policy in 1980s Russia where the Communist Party had less control of the Russian economy.
Perestroika.
Location of massive protests against the Chinese government in 1989.
Tiananmen Square.
A policy of complete separation of races that was practiced in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
Apartheid.
Founder of the Church of England.
Henry VIII
This document was written by France's National Assembly in 1789 after the revolution began.
Declaration of the Rights of Man (and Citizen).
The founder of Communism.
Karl Marx.
Leader of the Chinese Nationalists who was defeated in the civil war.
Chiang Kai-Shek or Jeng Jieshi.
This song commemorates the death of students who protested the banning of African languages in school.
Soweto Blues.