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Mediterranean Europe Flashcards

Mediterranean Europe

1
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Why were early villages sperated?

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Mountains

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2
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Who developed the first democracy?

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Athens

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Who were able to participate in law-making in Athens?

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free men

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4
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When and why was Greece conquered?

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It was conquered in 338 BC by Macedonia because war and conflict weakened it

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5
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What did Alexander the Great do?

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He conquered much land and spread Greek culture (Hellenism) almost all the way to India

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6
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What is Greek culture called?

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Hellenism

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7
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What Peninsulas did Rome conquer?

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Iberian and Balkan

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Overtime what did Rome have?

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an emperor (oligarchy)

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Who was Julius Caeser?

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He was a dictator in Rome who played a critical rise in the Demi’s of the Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire

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What was ‘crossing the rubicon’?

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Julius Caeser crossed a stream and led to Civil war

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How and when did Julius Caeser die?

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He got stabbed 23 times by senators on March 15, 44 BC because he was too powerful

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Who was Caeser Augustas aka Octavius?

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he was the Grand nephew of Julius Caeser and founded the Roman Empire, as well as the first emperor

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What ties does the Roman Empire have to Christianity?

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It had control over Isreal, which was Jesus’s hizzy. In late 300’s AD it became the official religion of the Roman Empire

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Who was Constantine?

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the 1st Christian Emperor of the Roman Empire

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When and what did the Roman Empire split into?

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It split in 395 AD into the Western Empire and the Easten Empire

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The Western Empire…

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centered on Rome, and was weaking by invasions, causing it to fall in 476 AD

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17
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What happened on 476 AD?

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the Western Empire fell

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18
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The Eastern Empire…

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centered around Constantinople, continued for the next 1000 years before being conquered by Ottoman Turks in 1453

19
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What happened in 1453?

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the Eastern Empire fell

20
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Where did the Renaissance begin?

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Italy

21
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When did the Crusades happen?

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1096

22
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How did the Renaissance start?

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Italians funded the Crusades and got wealthy

23
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Who were the Medici family and what did they do?

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they were an Italian banking family who funded artists like Michelangelo and Conetello. They also produce 4 popes

24
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When did Portuguese begin and under who?

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in 1418 under Prince Henry (the Navigator)

25
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Who was Francisco Pizarro?

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A Spanard who conquered the Incans

26
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Who was Hernan Cortes?

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He conquered the Aztecs

27
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Who was Vespucci?

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an Italian explorer and navigator who identified the America’s as a distinct continent

28
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Who was Ponce de Leon?

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A Spanish explorer who made the first European expidetion to Puerto Rico

29
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Who was de Soto?

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Another freaking Spanish explorer

30
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What did exploration allow?

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colonies to establish. gain Walther, spread catholicism and languages

31
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What language did Rome spread?

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Latin

32
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What languages evolved from Latin?

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the love languages, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

33
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What 2 branches of Christianity developed in the Roman Empire?

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Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox

34
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Who is the wrold’s largest export of cork?

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Portugal

35
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Who is the world’s largest export of olive oil?

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Spain

36
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Who is the world’s largest export of luxury goods?

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Italy

37
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What is Basque?

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a minority in Northern Spain that wants independence

38
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what is popular in Spain (entertainment)?

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bull fighting the the Running of the Bulls

39
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What were Michelangelo’s 5 occupations?

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sculptor, poet, philosopher, archetiect, and painter

40
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What is the David?

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a sculpture by Michelangelo made from a hammer, from 1501-1504. It is 17 ft tall

41
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What is La Pieta?

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a sculpture by Michelangelo, 1498-1499

42
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What is the Sistine Chapel?

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It was a painting by Michelangelo, painted while laying down from 1508-1512. Very influential it changed the course of Western art.

43
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When and where was Michelangelo born? When did he die? How old was he?

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1475-1564 in Florence Italy, he died at 88 yrs old

44
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Where did Europe exploration begin?

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In Portugal, 1336

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