Enlightenment
When and where did the Enlightenment primarily take place?
1600s- 1700s France & England
Louis XVI
Martin Luther's ideas were spread leading to this reform time period
Reformation
Define Sahara
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When did the Renaissance take place?
1400-1600
Describe what Deists believe (the clockmaker analogy)
That God made the universe, he set it all in motion like a clockmaker winds up the gears of a clock, and then besides that God has no involvement with humans. (The earth ticks on like a clock by itself)
Who called the meeting of the Estates-General
King Louis
Explain what an indulgence is and why they were an issue
Get out of sin/Hell card, ML thought they were immoral, against the Bible, greedy, and overall corrupt
Explain and give an example of patrilineal family lineage
When the family's roots/name/power are traced through the FATHER
What writing style is William Shakespeare known for using in his plays and writings?
Iambic Pentameter
Which Enlightenment philosopher believed that people have the right to abolish or alter their governments if they are unhappy or treated unjustly?
John Locke
This battle was a major disaster for Napoleon...he lost to England and this led to his first downfall
Battle of Trafalgar
List three facts about Ivan III
Expanded Russia x3
Ivan the Great
First to use the name czar (sometimes)
What did the kingdom of Ghana trade and what did they get in return?
Ghana traded gold for salt
Who was Mary Queen of Scots mother?
Catherine of Aragon
Who said this quote? “The horrors of the English Civil War convinced him that all humans were naturally selfish and wicked. Without governments to keep order, he said, there would be “war . . . of every man against every man,” and life would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”
Thomas Hobbes
Napoleon led a coup d'etat in France in 1800 and ruled as emperor for the next 14 years... what government body did he overthrow?
The Directory
What was the Magna Carta? Why is it important?
Signed by King John of England, it said that the king was NOT above the law
Mecca, Mansa Musa
Describe two philosophes of the enlightenment and their beliefs
Explain...
Which philosophe said the following quote? “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
This was the last battle Napoleon fought in... and lost.
Battle of Waterloo
What was the capital of the Aztec Empire? List three facts about the Aztecs...
Tenochtitlan... list...
Tell me two facts about the ancient Mayans, Aztecs, and Incans
List...
List Henry VIII's wives in order and explain what happened to them