Renaissance
What is the Renaissance?
This period in Europe emphasized learning, art, and new ways of thinking after the Middle Ages.
What is Tenochtitlan?
The Aztec capital built on an island in Lake Texcoco.
What is a Shogun?
The military leader who held real power in Japan during the Tokugawa period.
What is the Feudal System?
A social system in Medieval Europe based on land ownership and loyalty.
What is a Worldview?
The way people see and understand the world around them.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
This deadly disease killed millions of Europeans and helped weaken the feudal system.
What are Conquistadors?
Spanish soldiers and explorers who conquered territory in the Americas.
What is the Bakufu?
The military government established by the shoguns.
What is a Daimyo?
A ruler who controlled land and provided soldiers to the shogun.
Two factors that help shape a person's worldview.
culture, religion, geography, language, education, experiences, or values? (Any two)
What is Humanism?
This movement focused on human potential, achievement, and individual thinking.
What is the Reconquista?
The campaign to remove Muslims from Spain and reunite the country under Christian rule.
What is the National Seclusion Policy?
The policy that greatly limited foreign trade and contact with other nations.
What is Ethnocentrism?
The belief that one's culture is superior to others.
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what is silk road?
This trade route connected Europe and Asia, bringing goods and ideas to Europe.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
This Spanish leader defeated the Aztec Empire with the help of allies, superior weapons, and disease.
What is the Meiji Period?
The period of rapid industrial growth and western influence that followed the Tokugawa era.
What are Edicts?
Official orders issued by the Japanese government to control society.
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Who was Leonardo Da Vinci and Nicolaus Copernicus
These two Renaissance thinkers made major contributions to art and science and challenged traditional beliefs.
Why was Cortés victorious over the Aztecs?
Superior weapons, alliances with enemy Indigenous groups, disease (smallpox), and strategic leadership.
What is Conscription?
This system required citizens to serve in the military and helped modernize Japan.
What is Imperialism?
The practice of extending a nation's power over other territories.
Why did cities grow during the Renaissance?
Increased trade, population growth, and the rise of merchants and markets.