Show:
The Big 3 Empires
Medieval Europe and the Crusades
Commercial Revolution and Protestant Reformation
Renaissance
Review/Preview
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What old civilization is the birthplace of western democracy?
Greek Civilization
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In Feudalism, who was at the bottom of the social system?
Peasants
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Who started the protestant reformation with his 95 Thesis?
Martin Luther
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Name one famous artist from the Renaissance (2 answers!)
Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci
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What does the word Monotheism mean?
Belief in one God
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What is the most important city of ancient Greece?
Athens
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What was the most powerful religion in Medieval Europe?
Roman Catholicism (Christianity)
200
What happened to the Roman Catholic Church after the protestant reformation?
It weakened. (now there were other denominations) or it reacted with the counter reformation
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Renaissance means "rebirth". Why is this an appropriate name for the Renaissance?
It was a rebirth in the arts and sciences, new ideas after Medieval Europe.
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What was the exchange of goods between America and Spain during colonial times called?
Colombian exchange
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What is one contribution that the Byzantine Empire gave to future societies? 3 possible answers!
Preserved Greek and Roman Learning Justinian Code Eastern Orthodox Church
300
What is Feudalism?
It's a rigid class structure, economic system based on land ownership (lords own land, peasants work land)
300
What is one new development in Europe from the Commercial Revolution? 2 possible answers!
Growth of cities or towns OR banking, joint stock companies, market ecomomy
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Who is famous for declaring that the earth moves around the sun (and not the other way around)?
Galileo
300
Japanese religions of Shinto and Taoism have a deep respect for ___________
Nature
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What is the name of the written legal system of the ancient roman empire?
Twelve Tablets
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How did the Crusades stimulate trade?
Europeans went to the middle east to capture the holy land and brought back european ideas and goods to Europe.
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Why do you think the Protestant reformation led to a new attitude of questioning?
Because people no longer just accepted what they were told by the church, now they had some element of choice in Christianity
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Why did the invention of the printing press lead to increased literacy throughout Europe?
Because books are now cheaper, more people have access to them, so they learn how to read.
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The rigid social structure in Hinduism is called the ________ system
caste