critical thinking thinking questions Flashcards
Middle ages (26) In what ways did trade affect the worldveiws of Europe?
Society: Not everyone could trade but most people could but just based on their social class.
knowledge: People know needed to know if there trades were fair and make sure they were getting a good trade.
economy:|People know weren’t too wealthy but still had wealth.
geography:There were wars that if you were to go trade somewhere else you would have a chance being stuck they or even killed.
values : People valued safety and the church .
beliefs:People still had their beliefs in the church they were Roman Catholic.
Time:People focused on how much time they needed to trade.
What impact might increased trade and buisness have on society’s worldview? Link your answer to specfic evevents.
Society: People could now travel where very they wanted to trade which lead to increase in trade because if you wanted to become wealthy you would need to have good trades.The crusades might also increased trade because people now had a status they knew that there was much more land to trade.
Why were the peasants revolting and in what did it happen?
The peasants were revolting because they wanted higher rages and less taxes.The ending impact of it was it marked the shifts of balance of power between peasants and nobility.
Why did people’s attitudes towards the church begin to change? You should be able to list and explain two things.
Peoples attitudes towards the church began to change because
the black death came and people began to think that god was abandoning them or was mad at them so it would all fall on the church because maybe they thought the church was just fake. There also other conflicts like crusades because the church told them if they fought they would have a good after life or go to heaven.
Be able to provide information about how each of the following factors affect medieval society. How did these factors affect social structures? Referring to the feudal hierarchy, how did these factors begin to change the feudal hierarchy?
* The Black Death
* Changing Technology
* Increase in Wealth
* Rise of Towns
* Knowledge Transfer From Other Cultures
* The Crusades
* The Peasant Revolt
The Black death helped destroy the feudal hierarchy because due to labor shortages, traveling freely and demanding higher wages.For the peasant revolt it was similar because the peasant revolt occured because of the black death so it was kinda the same reasons.The crusades destroyed it as well because everyone from the serfs to the king could fight so it stopped mattering.
What ideas from classical (Greek and Roman) helped shape the Renaissance humanist
worldview? Give specific examples from the section.
The ideas that got to shape the humanist were the ideas and discoveries and cultures those are the ideas they got from the classic Greek and Roman to have an open mind and everyone has there talents and abilities.
How did the Renaissance spark the growth and exchange of ideas and knowledge across Europe (i.e., astronomy, mathematics, science, politics, religion, arts)?
It sparked it because the word renaissance means rebirth so everyone can have a new mindset and new ideas which they started questioning religion which brought them to science,astronomy,math,politics and art.
How did the physical geography of Renaissance Europe affect trade and competition among European countries?
It affected trade and competition in other European countries because it was surrounded by rivers and lakes which made it hard to enter and leave because they didn’t know how to swim.
Explain how the eight worldview elements changed from the Middle Ages times to Renaissance times.
Society:In the middle ages people had to strictly follow there role in society but in the renaissance since humanism came humanist believed that everyone had there own abilities and talents and shouldn’t be born in one.
knowledge: In the middle ages people were just all about the church because it was there only source of education , but in the renaissance they now had books math, science, astronomy and subjects you could learn.
economy:Since humanism was big people could now be what they wanted which made economy very different to status because more people instead of just the king and nobles being wealthy anyone could.
geography:Exploration wasn’t really a thing in the middle ages but in the renaissance it was now people explored to see so much more land.
values : people in the middle ages valued the safety and church but in the renaissance they valued humanism.
beliefs:In the middle ages no one was to question the church but in the renaissance some people made there own religions because they didn’t agree about everyone the church had to say.
Time: In the middle ages people used to wake up at the same time and sleep at the same time but in the renaissance they had the clock and that made it easier to tell the time.
Technology:In the middle ages there wasn’t like any technology but in the renaissance the printing press was created which made it easier to communicate.
In what ways did thinkers and philosophers influence society in the development of a humanist worldview during the Renaissance?
Thinkers and philosophers helped influence the development of the humanist worldview because people started thinking outside of the box in a different view so the humanist worldview is about how everyone has there own abilities , talents and can think for themselves.
Many changes in science occurred during the Renaissance. Explain how these 4 sciences changed in the Renaissance. Do not just list words but explain how science changed. At least 2 examples per science.
a. Astronomy
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b. Medicine
c. anatomy
d. mathematics
Astronomy:It changed peoples view and helped create the telescope and with that people learned that the planets orbit around the sun not the earth.
Medicine:It helped make the first vaccine and with that it helped people heal faster.
Mathematics:It had advances in algebra and arithmetic.
anatomy:It changed peoples perspectives/view and understanding.
Write a paragraph discussing how that idea influenced the world we live in today. Give at least three reasons
a. Leadership was changed by the exchange of ideas because…
- b.- Science was changed by the exchange of ideas because….
c. Art was changed by the exchange of ideas because…
d. Religion was changed by the exchange of ideas because….
Leadership was changed by the exchange of ideas because everyone saw that everyone had there own abilities as a leader so the roles changed.
Science was changed by the exchange of ideas because when everyone exchanges ideas they could have a similar theory in the came thing which could make it true.
Art was changed by the exchange of ideas because once everyone exchanges you could see they had the same interests art which with everyone tweaking there ideas and seeing other art it could be perfect.
Religion was changed by the exchange of ideas because If someone who is christian for an example if they saw something they didn’t believe was true but still believed in most of they created there own religions with those tweaks.
How can discoveries in the sciences shape people’s worldviews? Link your answers to specific worldview elements.
Society:After society learns science and experiments with it people could now base there lives off science .
Time: With time people could see oh how many seconds did it take to drop this.
Beliefs: After learning science people might not believe in there religion because it doesn’t make sense with science and science is every where in there everyday life.
What roles do leaders play in changing or maintaining a worldview? Link your answers to specific worldview elements.
Society: If a leader sees anything that should be changed in society like the founder of humanism they would speak up to share there opinion to see if anyone else has the same one.
How do ideas and knowledge spread? Give examples.
The printing press allowed people to communicate.
