Which two ancient civilizations influenced and shaped European culture?
What is Greek and Roman
100
The Roman empire was pushed out of Western Europe by which group of people?
What is the Franks; Germanic tribes
100
The Renaissance began in which country?
What is Italy
100
Where and when did the Industrial Revolution begin?
What is England, 1750
100
Many Eastern Europeans are from what ethnic group?
What is the Slavs; Slaviks
200
This group of people came from the East, and influenced European culture before the Romans invaded Europe
What is the Celts
200
What is the name of the Byzantine empire, or the Eastern Roman Empire?
What is Constantinople
200
This thought movement was also known as the "rebirth" or "reawakening" of ideas
What is the Renaissance
200
During the revolution, human labor was replaced with what?
What is machines, technology
200
Which Empire ruled Eastern Europe after the fall of Rome in 1400?
What is the Ottoman Empire
300
What form of government was introduced by the Greeks?
What is democracy
300
This organization of society includes Kings, lords, and vassals, and serfs
What is Feudalism
300
What did thinkers of the Renaissance criticize and alternatively promote?
The abuses of the Church; promoted reason, individualism, art and culture
300
What major things did America introduce to the Industrial Revolution?
What is mass production
300
This term describes the break up Eastern Europe into small states or regions that are often hostile to each other
What is Balkanization
400
The organization of the Greek empire into separate semi-autonomous states united by language and culture
What is city-states
400
Who introduced Feudalism to Europe?
Who is Charlemagne, the Frank
400
Martin Luther began a movement that changed the influence of the Church in society
What is the Reformation
400
Name two ways the Revolution changed society in Europe and the world
What is urbanization; increased standard of living; live longer; increased global trade and communication
400
The rising of this in many Eastern European countries led to increased hostility to other cultures, and the persecution and expulsion of them from their country, known as ethnic cleansing
What is nationalism
500
What did the Romans bring to Europe that influences the region, and the Western world, to this day?
What is Christianity
500
These are known as the Holy Wars between European Christians and Muslims in the East over the Holy Land of Palestine
What is the Crusades
500
This is known as the "Age of Reason"
What is the Enlightenment
500
Name 3 things invented during the Revolution
What is cotton gin, steam engine, steamboat, assembly lines, telegraph, textiles
500
This was the battle of ideas, Communism vs. Democracy, following World War II