Unit 1
Immediate, first hand accounts of a topic
What is a primary source?
This Latin term refers to the 200-year period of Roman peace and prosperity
What is Pax Romana?
This is where the Renaissance started
What is Northern Italy?
This device was essential for navigation during the Age of Exploration as it helped measure latitude and longitude
What is an Astrolabe?
This major cultural movement saw a rebirth of art, literature, and learning in Europe, drawing inspiration from classical Greece and Rome
What is the Renaissance?
A category of religion, including Judaism and Christianity, that centers around the belief in only one god
What is Monotheistic?
This emperor is known for moving the capital of the Roman Empire to Constantinople, a city at the crossroads of Europe and Asia
What is Constantine?
This Renaissance philosophy emphasized the worth of the individual and balanced religious faith with secular learning
What is Humanism?
These three motivations are often cited as the primary reasons for the European Age of Exploration
What are Gold, God, and Glory?
A period of drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries
What is Scientific Revolution?
This is the spread of cultural elements, like ideas and practices, from one group or society to another
What is Cultural Diffusion?
This system exchanged land for loyalty and service in medieval Europe, with Manorialism serving as the self-sufficient economic component
What is Feudalism?
This invention mass-produced books, making them more affordable and accessible, which helped widely spread Renaissance ideas
What is the Printing Press?
The idea that a monarch, like King Louis XIV, held all power within a state and acted as God’s representative on Earth
What is Divine Right?
This major artist of the Renaissance is famous for his painting of the Mona Lisa and his incredible inventions and scientific drawings
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Originating in the Indus River Valley, this is the oldest known religion still practiced today and features beliefs in reincarnation and Karma
What is Hinduism?
Signed by King John in 1215, this document was significant for limiting the powers of the king and guaranteeing a trial by jury
What is Magna Carta?
This movement, which included the Council of Trent, was an effort to revive and defend Catholicism in response to the Protestant Reformation
This king of France, known as the "Sun King," is the prime example of an absolute monarch, famously declaring, "I am the state."
Who is King Louis XIV?
This transatlantic exchange of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World greatly impacted global history
What is the Triangular Trade?
These 3 religions have ties to Abraham
What are Christianity, Islam and Judaism?
This was the Chinese belief that the emperor's right to rule was a god-given power, similar to the concept of Divine Right in Europe
Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation strongly opposed the Catholic Church’s sale of these pardons from sin
What are Indulgences?
This agreement between Spain and Portugal divided the newly explored world, giving Spain the Americas and Portugal Africa and Asia
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Africans were the primary target for the slave trade for these reasons... (name at least 2)
What are Already exposed to European diseases, less likely to escape, Africa's experience with slavery?