geschiedenis flashcards 2de klas

Question 1

homouniversalis

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homouniversalis: a person who is an expert in many different fields

Question 2

Renaissance

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renaisance: a period in history that is seen as the rebirth of antiquity

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Memento Mori

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Memento Mori: Latin for ‘remember that you will die’; the motto during the Middle Ages

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worldview

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Worldview: the way a person interprets events in the world

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carpe diem

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Carpe Diem: Latin for ‘seize the day’; the motto during the Renaissance

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artists

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Artists: people that make works of art and are paid and respected for it

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printing press

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Printing press: a device that made it possible to copy texts faster and more easily than before

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silk route

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Silk Route: an overland trade route that linked Europe to Asia

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monopoly

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Monopoly: the right to be the only one to trade in a specific product or in a certain area

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age of discovery

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Age of Discovery: the time in which European countries explored the world (1450 until 1700)

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cape of good hope

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Cape of Good Hope: the southern-most point of Africa

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spice trade (let op! deze ben je vergeten in je summary)

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Spice trade: the trade in valuable spices from Asia, such as cinnamon, pepper and nutmeg

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naval power

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Naval power: when a country has a strong fleet of war ships

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reconquista

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Reconquista: the name for the war in which Christains reconquered Spain on the Moors

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indians

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Indians: the name Columbus gave to the natives of America

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new world (let op! deze staat verkeerd in je summary)

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New World: nickname of America given by Europeans who hoped to start a new live there

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treaty of Tordesillas

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Treaty of Tordesillas: treaty in which Spain and Portugal divided the world

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aztecs

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Aztecs: a people in Mexico with a highly developed civilisation

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incas

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Incas: a people in Peru, Bolivia and Chilli with a highly developed civilisation

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conquistardores (deze vergeet je de hele tijd)

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Conquistadores: Spanish explorers and conquerors during the age of discovery

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indegious people

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Indigenous people: the native inhabitants of a country

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viceroy

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Viceroy: official who rules a country or colony in the name of the king

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Hacienda (let op! deze heb je niet in je summary)

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Hacienda: pieces of land on which Spanish settlers could build a farm or plantation

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ecomienda

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Encomienda: the right a Spanish settler became to let Indians work on his land