Renaissance
What time period is the Renaissance?
1400-1600s
What is the National Convention during the French Revolution?
- a group of elite radicals- Jacobins who used forced and violence to spur their revolutionary actions
How are the Ming different from other major empires?
- Asia
- Dynasty: a royal family is ruling over this area.
- Confucianism
- Civil Service Exam- allows for social mobility.
What is Humanism?
- a movement that advocates for reason and logic instead of rooting information based in religious ideals (Erasmus)
How did Napoleon rise to power in 1799?
- launched a coup against the weak Directory government in France. - His codes or laws were popular.
What was Martin Luther against?
- the sale of indulgences
Put the events in order:
Enlightenment, Black Death, Renaissance, Feudalism, Age of Absolutism, Scientific Revolution, and the Protestant Revolution
Feudalism
Black Death
Renaissance
Protestant Reformation
Scientific Revolution/ Age of Absolutism
Enlightenment
How are the Declaration of Independence & Declaration of Rights of Man and Of the Citizen similar?
Both included Enlightenment ideals: freedom of speech, religion, press.
Formal documents laying out their grievances and arguments for both the public and their Kings.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas? (Age of Exploration)
treaty created by the Pope.
between Spain and Portugal and divided the Western Hemisphere: Latin America between the two powers.
1494