Social Final Exam (Question Sheet) Flashcards
What is a worldview?
A collection of values and beliefs that belong to a group of people.
What factors shape a society’s worldview?
Geography, ideas and knowledge, and contact with others. –) in
How does your worldview affect your identity?
How you act, impact who you spend time with, like or dislike, role in society
What was the European feudal system based on?
Land!
What worldview was held during the middle ages?
Rich or Poor, Life was hard, no change in classes, god was the center of the universe. (Christian Worldview)
What was the silk road?
A network of trade routes that connected Europe, Asia, and Africa. Traded Ideas, knowledge, and goods.
What were the crusades?
Holy wars led by Christians to re-conquer the holy lands from Muslim control.
What was the black death? What were the causes?
One of the most deadly diseases in human history killing 30-60% of Europe’s population.
- Astrology
- Religion
- Black Magic/Satanism
- Jews
What events created the social conditions that allowed the renaissance to begain in europe?
- Classical Greek and Roman Ideas learned
- Interaction
- Trade
- Money
- Church Power Decreased
- Urbanization
What is a city-state
A independent city the governs it self and the surrounding countryside.
What factors influenced the population to move into the Italian city states?
Economic growth, and business.
Why were the ideas of the renaissance slow to spread out of Italy?
- Geography
- Feudalism
- Religion
- War
How did artists, writers, scholars, scientists, and mathematicians, etc. spread the ideas of humanism during the renaissance?
They developed new ides the challenged the churches beliefs, and spread new ideas.
How did art change during the Renaissance?
- More realistic
- Techniques were shared
- More real and personal reflection
- Well respect
- Well pay
- Considered Important
What contributed to the lack of science and math during the middle ages?
- Challenged the church
- Superstitions
- Money to art
- Not much attention (studying)
Why was the printing press so significant?
The printing press was very important because it allowed for the public to mass print books/articles, etc. Which increased the spread of ideas.
What was the protestant reformation?
A split of the church based on issues within the catholic church. (protestant, and catholic)
Who was Martin Luther? Why was he excommunicated?
A monk who did not believe in some of the churches ideas so he wrote 95 of them. He was kicked out because criticized the church.
How did Renaissance Europe demonstrate imperialism?
- They wanted to expand
- $
- Trade increased
What factors contributed the most to the expansionist/imperialist perspective of Europeans during the Renaissance?
- God
- Gold
- Glory
What is ethnocentrism?
Critiquing, and observing other cultures from the perspective of your own cultural standards and ideas
How was Canada’s worldview developed out of the western worldview of Europe at the end of the renaissance?
- Importance of Individual
- High living standard
- Democratic Society
- Education
- Rights and Freedoms
How did the history of Spain affect its worldview?
- Fought to reconquer the land from Muslim control (Reconquista)
- Duty to carry the word of God, and convert others
- Fought for and nationalistic reasons