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Social Studies 8: Final Exam (Based On Things To Know) Flashcards

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What is a worldview? What are the worldview elements?

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How a person or group sees the world, and the things around them. The seven elements of worldview are:

  1. View of human nature
  2. Relationship between the individual and the state
  3. View of the good life
  4. Equality with others
  5. Responsibilities to others
  6. Relationship of humans with nature
  7. Sources of ethical wisdom
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What was the effect of the Black Death?

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Millions of Europeans died, during 1346 and 1350. The plague was passed by rats and fleas. Many people also thought that the plague was sent as a punishment from god, and many left religion altogether.

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How did the Black Death change the worldview of freeman and serfs?

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Now, the serfs were finally released from their obligations to the lords, and had many more options available to them.

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Describe in detail the life/role of a serf.

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To work for the lord, without being paid, essentially, being a slave.

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What challenges faced the feudal system?Which had the greatest impact and why?

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Two main ones, the bubonic plague and the Hundred Years’ War. The bubonic plague was a sickness that killed many, and the Hundred Years’ War also killed many, and together these destroyed the feudal system.

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What was the effect of the Black Death on the economy?

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What is the scientific method?

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A method of experimenting and hypothesizing to find out the answer to something,

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8
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Name three reasons Italy became a trading centre during the renaissance.

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9
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Why were some city-states more successful than others?

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Define bias.

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A type of prejudice rooted in a persons worldview.

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Define primary source.

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A source that has come directly from the person/group/or time period it’s about. For instance, the Aztecs codices.

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What were the main inspirations for humanists?

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How were religion and education viewed by the humanists?

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What is the scientific method?

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A method of experimenting and hypothesizing to find out the answer to questioning.

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What advances/progresses were made in the sciences during the renaissance?

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Why were mountains sacred to the Aztecs?

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Because they were so tall, and the Aztecs believed that they could reach their gods from them.

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Describe the Aztec hierarchy.

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Emperor,

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What were the main reasons for exploration?

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Wanting to spread religion, resources, and claiming new lands.

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Who were some of the renaissance explorers?

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Vasco de gama, a Portuguese explorer, who was the first to travel directly from Europe to India. Also Magellan, the first to circumnavigate the world.

20
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What is imperialism?

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21
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What is tribute?

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Resourced that the Aztecs would demand from any group that they conquered.

22
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Explain how the geography of the Aztecs impacted their beliefs.

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23
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Who were the Aztec gods?

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24
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Who was Cortes and what was his opinion of the Aztec beliefs?

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25
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What was Moctezuma’s response to Cortes’s arrival?

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To sit back and wait/watch what Cortes would do.

26
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Who was Malinche?

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A translator that was given to Cortes by a village that the Spanish had contacted. She was a valuable asset to Cortes in taking over the Aztecs.

27
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Describe the geography of Japan.

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A series of islands by the coast.

28
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Why did the shogun fear Christianity?

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He felt that it was a threat to his authority, and feared that it would make the Japanese forget their obedience to him.

29
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What were the exclusion laws?

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Laws that helped impose the Japanese idea of isolationism. They were:
1) all foreign books, including those with Christian messages were banned
2) all ships were to be destroyed
3) no traders, except the Dutch could trade
4) if you left Japan, you were not welcome to come back
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30
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Why were the Dutch still allowed to trade with the Japanese?

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Because they were more interested in trade than religion.

31
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What was the encomienda system?

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32
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Who was commodore Perry?

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An American who travelled to Japan with a list of demands from the president, among which he said that the Japanese had to open their borders. He broke the period of isolationism for Japan.

33
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How did the geography of Japan influence its worldview?

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34
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How was Japan a self-sufficient society?

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35
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How did natural disasters impact the Japanese ability to change and stoicism?

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36
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What were the beliefs of the Japanese during the Edo period?

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What was the Hundred Years’ War?

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A revolt started by the peasants in the renaissance, because of the high rent and taxes that they had to pay, due to England and France having a war.

38
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What were sumptuary laws?

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Laws that told people how to spend their money, and what clothes they could wear.

39
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What were the internal and external factors that led to the end of isolationism?

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40
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What changes took place in Japan during the Edo period?

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41
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What were the different mottos that the Japanese came up with?

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42
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Who was Martin Luther?

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A German religious thinker who led a rebellion against the Catholic Church, and began the Protestant one.

43
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What were a few inventions in the category of navigational equipment?

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44
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What was the conquistador formula?

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45
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What was the church’s hierarchy?

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Pope, archbishop, bishop, priests, parishioners (Catholics).

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