Greece
This city-state focused their resources into forming the best, most powerful military. Young men are trained as soldiers from the age of 7.
Sparta
The Punic Wars involved Rome and who else...
Carthage
How did the Black Death spread?
What's the name of the man who wrote the 95 theses against the Catholic Church?
Martin Luther
Who is the name of the man credited with discovering America?
Christopher Columbus
The Peloponesian war included these two major powers
Athens & Sparta
Describe the significance of "Bread and Circuses"
The government claimed that as long as the lower class has food and entertainment, they will never revolt.
Describe the structure of Feudalism.
Serfs/peasants work the land of Nobles, Nobles hire Knights to work for them & defend their land in return for a home
What are indulgences?
'Tickets to heaven' sold by the Catholic Church, tricking impoverished people into donating their money in return for salvation.
Spain & Portugal
This city-state focused on intellectualism & was the foundation of modern Democracy
Athens
What are the names of the two major social classes in Ancient Rome? (P...)
Plebeians & Patricians
This event marks the breaking of the Catholic Church from the Eastern Orthodox Church
The Great Schism of 1054
Did the Counter Reformation realistically change anything about the Catholic Church?
No - they doubled down on everything, they just started selling indulgences in secret instead
What continents are included in the Old World and the New World?
New World = North & South America
Old World = Africa, Europe, Asia
What religious structure is used in Greece?
Polytheism - Gods largely based on the planets in the solar system
What was the Eastern Roman Empire called?
The Byzantine Empire
Humanism shifted focus from God onto individuals, encouraged artists to paint and sculpt humans realistically
Describe the heliocentric model vs. the geocentric model.
Heliocentric = sun in the middle of the universe
Geocentric = Earth in the middle of the universe
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of goods, resources, foods, animals, diseases, people, etc. between the Old World & the New World
What's the name of the leader who stretched the Greek Empire that stretched from Macedonia to India?
Alexander the Great
Powerful Roman leader that turned the Republic into a Dictatorship...
Julius Caesar
How did the Black Death contribute to the end of the structure of feudalism?
The Black Death primarily infected the lower class (serfs, peasants) who did the majority of the labor. Now, nobles can't rely on them to do all their work.
What was most significant about the shift into the Scientific Revolution? What did they used to believe?
Most people just believed whatever the Church said; now, things need to be proved through the scientific method
What is the name of the deal struck between Spain and Portugal to evenly divide discoverable land?
The Treaty of Tordesillas