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Old Stuff For Sem. Test Flashcards

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Investiture Controversy

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The argument over the control of appointments of church offices

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Filioque

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The disagreement over the Holy Trinity and the origins of the Son

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Hagia Sophia

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Cathedral built in city of Constantinople by Justinian; taken over by Muslims and turned from a church into a mosque; the name means “sacred wisdom”

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Pope vs. Patriarch

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Pope is earthly head of the Roman Catholics; Patriarch is earthly head of the Eastern Orthodox Church

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Abbot vs. Abbess

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An abbot is the leader of the monks and an abbess is the leader of the nuns

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Rule of Benedict

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Vows: celibacy, poverty, obedience to “sacred songs”

Daily Activities: pray 7x a day and perform manual labor b/c idleness is “enemy of soul”

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Regular clergy vs. Secular clergy

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Regular- live in seclusion

Secular- live in society

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Bushido

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The code of ethics that must be followed by Japanese warriors

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Champa Rice

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Fast-maturing rice, producing high yield

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Obsidian

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A volcanic rock that was used for tools, knives, and mirrors by Native Americans

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Khipus

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Knotted, colored cord used to transmit information and keep records

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Mayan military

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Main goal was to secure captives for sacrificial purposes or to use as slaves

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Native American human sacrifice

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War leaders or nobles were preferred as victims
1000’s sacrificed per year
Motivation to not rebel

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Anasazi

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Lived in the four corners region of the United States

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“Three sisters”

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The crops of maize, beans, and squash

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Cahokia

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It contains the largest mound ever discovered in North America

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Theocracy

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A government ruled by the religious leaders

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Khubilai Khan

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Established the Yuan Empire

Grandson of Gengis Kahn

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Woodblock vs. Moveable Type

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Woodblock was just carved into wood while moveable type was just single letters that could move around
-Moveable type was faster and cheaper
Made prep and agriculture books

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Invention of the compass

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Invented by Chinese

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“Kick off” of European exploration

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Wanted to bypass the Middle East and the search for an alternative route to the Indies

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Explorer that was the 1st to circumnavigate the globe

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Vasco de Gama

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1st European to reach India by sea

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Bartholomeu Dias

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1st to round the southern tip of Africa

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Christopher Columbus

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1st landed in Cuba

Sailed for Spain

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Virginia Colony

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1st British settlement in North America; named after Queen Elizabeth I who was known as the “Virgin Queen”

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The Prince

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  • it was a guide on how to get and maintain political power
  • written by Machievelli
  • written to impress the Medici family who was in power in Florence
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Renaissance artists and artwork

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Michelangelo- Creation of Adam
Botticelli- The Birth of Venus
Donatello-Statue of David
Raphael- Madonnas
Da Vinci-Mona Lisa
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Martin Luther

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Created the Ninety-Five Theses

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Ninety-Five Theses

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  • monasticism must be abolished
  • clergy should be allowed to marry
  • Kept communion and baptism out of the 7 sacraments (confirmation, communion, confession, baptism, holy orders, last rites, marriage)
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William Harvey

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Discovered the heart was the central pumping station of the circulatory system

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Isaac Newton

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Created 3 laws of motion and gravity

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Discovered that the universe was heliocentric

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Rene Descartes

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The father of Modern Philosophy

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July 4th

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Independence Day because it was the day the Declaration of Independence was signed

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July 14th

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Celebrated in France because it’s the day that the revolutionaries stormed the political prison and armory called the Bastille

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France 1st to do what

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Wrote 1st national anthem

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Urbanization

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More than 50% of a country’s population lives in cities

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1st country to “urbanize”

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Great Britain

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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

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  • US gained control of California
  • US receives 1/2 of Mexico’s territory
  • Mexico admits defeat in the Mexican-American War
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Start of the Spanish-American War

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USS Maine was sunk

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Latin America

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Napoleon III called it this because of their shared “Latin culture”

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Manchus

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Group of people that founded the Qing dynasty of China

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End of traditional Chinese history

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The biggest sign of this was the end of the Civil Service Exams

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Chinese Expeditions

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Leader: Zheng He
Unicorn: based on giraffes

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Why did the Chinese expeditions stop?

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  • the new emperor wanted to distinguish himself from his predecessor
  • the expeditions weren’t producing what was hoped for
  • they were spending $ trying to build the emperial city

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