Crusades/Middle Ages
Who were the two sides fighting in the Crusades.
Christians and Muslims
Who thought that people are born good but are corrupted by society?
Rousseau
When a ruler has complete control over all aspects of life.
Absolutism
Created to avoid replacing an entire machine if something broke.
Interchangeable parts
Which European landed in the Caribbean while trying to sail around the world to India?
Christopher Columbus
The passes to Heaven sold by the Catholic Church.
Indulgences
What female philosopher fought for the rights of women during the enlightenment?
Wollstonecraft
Idea that kings were given their power directly from God.
Divine Right
Who was the first country to industrialize?
England
Who is America named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
What was the ultimate goal of the Crusades?
To retake the Holy Land.
Who said that people have the right to "life, liberty, and property"?
John Locke
Monarchs who have to follow a constitution.
Constitutional Monarchies
What was Britain's biggest industry?
Textiles
What were the three main reasons that countries started exploring other parts of the world? Hint: They all start with a G
Glory, God, and Gold
The technical name of the Black Death.
Bubonic Plague
Who said "I think therefore I am"?
Descartes
People who thought they were almost equal to the king.
Nobles
Due to the Industrial Revolution, what kind of famine did Ireland have?
Potato Famine
Conference held to decide how European powers would split up Africa.
Berlin Conference
Effects of the Plague (Black Death) included all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Europe lost a third of its population.
b. Labor shortages brought higher wages for many workers.
c. Peasants left their manors, weakening the feudal system.
d. None of the above
b.
Who came up with the separation of powers for governments?
Montesquieu
Document written to limit the power of the British Monarch.
Magna Carta
Term used for people moving into cities at a fast rate.
Urbanization
Labor system established by the Spanish in the Americas.
Encomienda System