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Harrison's 9wk Test Flashcards

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Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

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9 weeks study guide
Harrison WH Honors
George Hardtner

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9 weeks study guide
Harrison WH Honors
George Hardtner

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What kind of person represented the ideal of the Renaissance Man?

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Example: Da Vinci

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How did Italy’s location help it become the birthplace of the Renaissance

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Thriving cities, wealthy merchant class, Rome ruins and Greek heritage

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What was the effect of the invention of the printing press?

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Made books affordable. Assisted in the spread of the bible.

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Why was block Printing more useful in Europe than in China

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Because Europe had a small number of letters in their alphabet

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What were the major reasons for the Reformation?

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Northern merchants resented paying taxes

Corruption in the church

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What were Luther’s main beliefs?

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  • People had a predefined path.
  • Pope & traditions are a false authority
  • All people with faith were equal, interpret bible on own
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Why did Henry VIII split with the Catholic Church?

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He wanted to divorce his wife

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What were the decisions of the Council of Trent?

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  • Church interpretation of the bible is final
  • Need faith and good works for salvation
  • bible and church tradition = powerful authority
  • Indulgences valid expression of faith but not selling them.
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The Peace of Augsburg ended a war between the supporters of which two groups?

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Protestant and Catholic princes of Germany

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Which of Luther’s ideas most influenced Calvin?

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That people can not earn salvation

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Chapter 2

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Chapter 2

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How are ghazi and janissaries similar?

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They are both highly trained Islamic soldiers

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Which leaders were religiously tolerant?

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Suleyman, Shah Abbas, Akbar

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Why did the Mughal rulers turn against the Sikhs in India?

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The Sikhs sheltered the Sultan’s treacherous son

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What caused the cultural blending in the Ottoman Empire?

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Suleyman was tolerant and invited foreigners to his empire

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Which Mughal ruler was most like Shah Abbas in his views on cultural blending?

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Akbar

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Why did Shah Jahan ignore his people’s needs?

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He was busy building monuments

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What did Ismail do that enraged the Ottomans?

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Killed the the Sunni Muslim population in Baghdad

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What language, meaning from the soldiers camp, was an example of cultural blending during the Mughal Empire?

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Urdu

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What did Suleyman the Lawgiver and Akbar have in common?

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They were geniuses at cultural blending.

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What did Aurangzeb accomplish during his reign?

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Made the Mughal Empire reach its greatest size

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Chapter 3

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Chapter 3

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What were European’s main motives for making voyages of exploration?

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God, Gold, Glory

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Why was Zheng He important?

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He led all seven voyages of China

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Why was the introduction of firearms in Japan successful?

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It helped unite the country. Would help daimyo have an advantage over rivals.

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What were China’s main reasons for rejecting British offers of trade?

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They would not perform the kowtow ritual.

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How did Prince Henry of Portufal influence exploration?

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Founded a navigation school

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What was the attitude of china’s forbidden city and how was it used?

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As a palace for Yonglo, it was to show power and might.

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What major barrier hindered effective centralized government in Japan?

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The daimyo and Japanese feudalism

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Why was Tokugawa Ieyasu upset by the success of Christian Missionaries?

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They scorned traditional Japanese beliefs

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What was the purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas signed by Portugal and Spain?

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To divide the new world between the two countries

Spain and Portugal

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What two main reasons kept China from becoming highly industrialized?

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Idea of commerce offended Confusion beliefs.

Economic policies favored agriculture.

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Chapter 4

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Chapter 4

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What helped increase slave trade in Africa during the seventh century?

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The need for people to work plantations and mines in the Americas

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What aided the Spanish in conquering the Aztecs? (3)

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Diseases, better weapons, and help from natives

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On what assumption was the encomienda system based?

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The Spanish had a right to demand the natives’ labor

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Why did the English want to take control of New Netherland?

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Because it separated their northern and southern colonies

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What was the result of the loss of native lives to disease?

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The demand for Africans went up

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How did slavery in Muslim society differ from slaver in the America’s?

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It was not hereditary in Muslim society

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What was the effect in Europe of the financial success of the American colonies?

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Rise of capitalism

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How did Bartoleme de Las Casas affect race relations in America?

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He helped get the encomienda system abolished

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According to the policy of mercantilism, how could a nation increase its wealth?

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By exporting more than it imports

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How was Africa affected by the Atlantic Slave Trade?

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Lost generations, families torn apart, guns introduced into continent.

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Chapter 5

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Chapter 5

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What issues weakened the Spanish Empire?

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Their economy couldn’t keep up with the rest of Europe

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How did the United Provinces of the Netherlands differ from neighboring states?

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  • religious tolerance

* republic government

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How did Cardinal Richelieu work to increase the power of the bourbon monarchy?

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Forbade Protestant cities from having walls

Nobles must tear down fortified castles. (weakened nobles)

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What event led to the War of Spanish Succession?

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Death of Charles II, who promised Philip of Anjou (Grandson of Louis XIV) the throne. Which would cause France and Spain, the two main powers, to be ruled by one.

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What was the Thirty Year’s War a conflict over?

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Religion, power, and territory

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Why did strong states form more slowly in Central Europe than Western Europe?

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They had different economies, restricted the serfs, blocked development of strong Kings

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What was the significance of the English Bill of Rights?

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Limited Rulers Power

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What things did Peter the Great do to westernize russia?

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Potatoes, newspaper, raised women’s status, western styles

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Why was Ivan IV called Ivan the Terrible?

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He killed many boyers

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How did the Puritans finally win the English Civil War?

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They had help from Cromwell and new model army

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