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Social Studies Flashcards

1
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What is the largest continent

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Asia

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2
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What is the largest dessert on earth

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Sahara

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3
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The savannas brought grasslands started with small trees and shrubs make up what percentage of the continent of Africa

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40%

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4
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What are Africa’s four distinct climate zones

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Mild, desert, rain forest, Savannah

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5
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What percentage of the continent of Africa is covered by desert

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40%

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6
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Christianity was the official religion of which kingdom by around ad. 300

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Axum

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7
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Which new power located in present day Ethiopia was a major factor in the decline of the kush

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Axum

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8
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Why was Axum so wealthy or prosperous

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Location on the Red Sea

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9
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Which kingdom became one of the first great trading states in West Africa

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Ghana

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10
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What animal was a crucial factor in African trade it across the Sahara for the berbers

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camel

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Manson Moussa transformed which city into a center of Islamic learning and culture

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Timbuktu

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12
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Define matrilineal

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Decent traced through mother

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13
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Y were ancestors a key element in African religion

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Believed to be closer to The gods

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14
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What was used to pass along a communitys history In the absence of a written language

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Music/ storytelling

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15
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Gun powder was a technological development during which dynasty

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Tans

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16
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As a result of trade which ancient Chinese city became the wealthiest city in the world

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Changan

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17
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Which group of people under which roller broke much of the Eurasian landmass under a single rule creating the largest land empire in history

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Mongals under ganhis khan

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18
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In 1206 temujin was elected genghis khan after which he devoted himself to conquest and developed which empire

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Mongol empire

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19
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Which philosophy was at the heart of the Chinese state government from this song dynasty to the 20th century

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Confusanism

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20
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Feelings of insecurity after the collapse of the Han Dynasty lead the people of China to look at which two religions

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Buddhism and Daoism

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21
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What was the strict code of conduct that was practiced by the samurai and similar to what the medieval European lights lived by

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bushido

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22
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Define kamikaze

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Divine uin

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23
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What was the main purpose of the samurai

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Protect The security and property of their employers

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24
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These people introduced Buddhism in Japan in the 6th century

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Buddist monks from China

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25
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Which sect of Buddhism teaches enlightenment through self discipline and motivation

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Zen

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26
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Which Japanese religion includes a believe that peoples ancestors are present in the air around them

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Shinto

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27
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The Chinese model of society strongly influenced which similar nation nearby

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Korea

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28
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Why are most Muslim rulers in India tolerant of Hindus

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They realized there was too many to convert

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29
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Why did Theravada Buddhism become the religion of the masses in Southeast Asia

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Tolerated local gods and was not a threat to other religions

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30
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What is described as an ordeal

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Act where a person is unharmed after a physical trial

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31
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What community of monks did Saint Benedict form

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Basic Monastitism of the Catholic Church

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32
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What vows are taken by monks when they enter the monastery

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Chassidy, obedience, poverty

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33
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Who were the Missi dominici

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Two men sent out to ensure the kings rule was carried out

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34
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Why do knights have large horses

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Support their heavy armor

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35
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What is a vassalage

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Swore loyalty to the Lord who took care of their needs

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36
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What is the best gift a Lord can give a vassal

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Land

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37
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What is the code of ethics followed by nights

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Chivalry

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38
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Who takes care of the Lords land while he is away at war or court

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Lads of the castle

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39
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What did William of Normandy do in 1066

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Invaded England and defeated King Harold at the battle of Hastings

40
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What was the purpose of the Magna Carta

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Limit power of the kings, kings power was not absolute

41
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Which kingdom did Vikings assimilate with Slavs

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Russia

42
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Why did Cyril create the Cyrillic alphabet

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Read he bible in Cyril

43
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What was the capital of the eastern Roman empire

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Constantinople

44
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What cultures did the byzantine empire see themselves as guardians of

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Greece and Rome

45
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What was the main dispute between eastern orthodox and Catholic

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Rule and pope

46
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Up to the 12th-century where was the emperor’s greatest center of commerce located

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Constantinople

47
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What were some of the things nights and merchants brought back from western Europe to the east

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wealth and goods

48
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Who led Muslims to retake Jerusalem from the crusaders

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Saladin

49
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How are serfs different from peasants

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Serfs are legally bound to the land, the peasants worked

50
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Define tithe

A

10% of their produce

51
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How many people in Europe were served by 800

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60%

52
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What or who was the bourgeoisie

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Merchants and artisans living in walled cities

53
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Which members of the guild system worked for no wages, just experience

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apprentice

54
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What is lay investiture

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Secular rulers who choose the church officials and gave them their symbols

55
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The investiture controversy surrounded mainly around what

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Supremics of the Church or state

56
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what was the inquisition

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Court created by Catholics to try and convict heretics

57
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What is the chief task of scholasticism

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Harmonize Christian teachings with the works of Greek

58
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What is the vernacular literature

A

Every day speech of a particular region

59
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What were the consequences of the black death

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Hey secure economic depression, 38 million people died

60
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How was the bubonic plague spread

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Through rats

61
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What happened to the Catholic Church after the great Schism

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The loss of political power

62
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What did Joan of arc inspire the French people with during the Hundred Years’ War

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Inspired them with faith

63
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What was a result of the reign of Henry VIII in England

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Strong royal goverment

64
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Why were Muslims and Jews kicked out of Spain

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Religious unity

65
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Da vinci was a Renaissance man, what does this mean

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He was a painter architect inventor and mathematician

66
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What were the characteristics of a noble

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Warrior who followed a strict code, born not made, interested in arts

67
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Why were marriages arranged

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To strengthen family and business ties

68
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What was a mother’s role in the traditional Italian family

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Supervise the household

69
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Who was the father of humanism

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Patriarch

70
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What did the humanist movement have an effect on

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Education

71
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Who are the greatest artists of the high Renaissance

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Da vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo

72
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What did the Christian humanists believe

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The people who read the classics, especially Basic Christian works, would become more prosperous

73
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What did the 95 theses do

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Attacked the abuse of the church/ indugences

74
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Lutheranism was the first what

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First Protestant faith

75
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Calvin and Luther agreed on most everything except what

A

Pre destination

76
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Define Commonwealth

A

Another name for republic

77
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James I believed in the divine right of kings what is this

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Idea that the king was from God and got the power from God

78
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What group of protestants in England were influence by Calvin

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Puritans

79
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Because Oliver Cromwell’s army defeated the Kings what was he able to do

A

Take control of England and set up a military dictatorship

80
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What is absolutism

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Idea that he ruler has absolute power

81
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What famous thinkers ideas had a powerful influence on the u.s.

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John Locke

82
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What were the three natural rights that John Locke believed all humans had

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Life, liberty, property

83
Q

What was the first person to argue this song, not the earth, was at the center of the universe

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Copernicans

84
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What didn’t newtons universal law of gravitation mathematically prove

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One law could explain all motion in the universe

85
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What was the Rene descartes Philosophical “

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Rene desczte

86
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How does John Locke believe people’s minds are molded

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By their experiences

87
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Who believed that all people were born with a Tabula Rasa

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John Locke

88
Q

What did it Voltaire compare the universe to

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A clock

89
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What was Montesquieu’s most lasting contribution to political thought

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Government system of checks and balances

90
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Define laissez-faire

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Believe that the state shouldn’t regulate the economy

91
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What was rousseu’a social contract

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Society needs to be governed by its general will

92
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What was the name for the style of government used by the monarchs during the enlightenment

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Enlightened absolutism

93
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Where did the seven years War take place

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Europe, North America, and India

94
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What happened as a result of the treaty of Paris in 1763

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Great Britain became the worlds greatest colonial power

95
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Which country was the first to grant diplomatic recognition to America

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France

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