Middle Ages
What wiped out the European population in the 1300s
Blake death
What does Renaissance mean
rebirth
What was the Roman law called
12 tables
What did the English bill of Rights protect
Speech in parliament, protection against cruel or unusual punishment
History can be described as
record of mans past events
What was a result of the Crusades?
it sparked interest in travel and trade
Montesquieu argued that the best political system had
power divided between three branches of government
Roman law had these three principles
innocent until proven guility
the right to a trial
unreasonable laws should be set aside
Napoleon met his final defeat in the battle of
Which one of these is not associated with the farming stage of mans economic development
food surplus
domestication of animals
writing
private property
writing
The type of government England adopted in 1215
(King john signed this document)
Limited monarchy
This man challenged the power of the church in the 1500s in Germany
Martin Luther
(bonus points)
what was the only source of truth according to luther
The brilliant mathematician who used Brahe date to prove Copernicus's theory about the planet motion correct
Johannes Kepler
What was the foremost social group embracing liberalism?
industrial middle class
The name of the puritan leader who abolished the monarchy and made england FOOTLOSE
Oliver Cromwell
This king lost the English Civil War and was beheaded
Charles I
Machiavelli's The Prince advocated that a successful ruler must
act without morals for the good of the state
Francis Bacon used this kind of reasoning
Inductive reasoning
The first violent act of the French Revolution
Storming of the Bastille
Which is in the incorrect order?
Dark Ages, Crusades, Renaissance
Enlightenment, French Rev, Napoleon
Reformation, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment
Age of Absolutism, Renaissance, Crusades
English Civil War, Enlightenment, French Rev
Age of Absolutism, Renaissance, Crusades
The Glorious Revolution in 1688 was significant because
The bloodlessly deposing of James II
What was the difference between men and women in the Renaissance period?
Men were expected to seek fame, women were not
Reasons for Rome's Downfall (5 iteams)
- Cost of the war was to expensive leading to economic decline
- Inflation
- Split empire
- Barbarians
- Loss of traditional values
The theory that the power of the government comes from the consent of the people
Social contract theory
The philosophy of Rene Descartes
stressed a separation of mind and matter