Classical/Middle Ages
What is a serf?
A poor farmer bound to the land of their lord. Promised protection from warfare, food, and shelter if they worked the land.
What is a patron?
A wealthy person who gave an artist money and often a place to live and work.
What was the Reformation?
ideas of ways to change the Catholic Church
What was the spark that started WWI?
Serbian assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.
What is the goal of the United Nations?
To prevent world conflict?
A religious war launched by European Christians to take back Jerusalem from Muslims.
The Renaissance is the ”rebirth” of what?
Classical Era culture
__________ were the Church’s practice of pardoning the sins of worshippers in exchange for money.
Indulgences
The Scientific Revolution changed how people ____________.
Learned
What is propaganda?
slanted and exaggerated information organized to reflect a particular view or belief to influence the public.
What economic system was used during the Middle Ages?
Fedualism
What art technique allowed artists to create the illusion of distance and depth on a flat surface?
Perspective
What branch of Christianity was created during the reformation?
Protestantism
What are the 4 main causes of WWI?
1. Militarism
2. Alliances
3. Imperialism
4. Nationalism
What nation was the first to attempt creating a communist nation.
The Soviet Union
What 5 things did Ancient Greece impact?
Government, literature, math, science, philosophy.
Name 3 Shakespeare plays. (Extra 100 points if you name Miss French’s favorite)
Hamlet, MacBeth, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of a Shrew, Twelfth Night, Othello, Julius Caesar, The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest…
Miss French’s favorite: King Lear
Who started the Counter Reformation?
The Catholic Church
What 3 reasons did Europeans start exploring in the 15th century?
1. To find resources: gold, silver, spices.
2. to spread Christianity
3. Find a direct route to Asia
What was the Holocaust?
Massacre of Jews, Roma, disabled, prisoners, Afro-Germans, and political enemies By Nazis.
Why did the Roman Empire split?
1. It was too big to govern.
2. Cultural differences between the eastern and western empire.
3. Government corruption.
Who wrote the book Utopia?
Sir Thomas More
What modern day country was the Ottoman Empire located?
Turkey
How did WWI lead to WWII?
Germany was blamed for the entire war, so many Germans, like Hitler wanted to avenge their country.
What event ended the Cold War? What year did it happen?
Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.