SOL leaders Flashcards

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moses

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led jews out of egypt in the exodus

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michelangelo

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renaissance artist

painted sistine chapel and sculpted la pieta and david

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erasmus

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most famous christian humanist

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leonardo da vinci

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Renaissance artist, painted the Mona Lisa and the last supper

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johannes gutenberg

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invented the printing press

helped renaissance ideas spread

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john calvin

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god predestines certain people that go to heaven

predestination

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jesuits

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catholic order that proselytized for all over the world for catholic church.

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elizabeth the first

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combined catholic and protestant to come up with anglican church

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henry VIII

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broke away from the Catholic church because of divorce

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magellan

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his crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe

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drake

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Paws a pirate who brought gold and riches to England from Spanish and French ships

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cortez

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spanish conquistadors conquered Aztecs

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pizarro

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spanish conquistadors that conquered the Incas

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cartier

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french explorer claimed canada for france

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15
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songhai

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africans-traded salt and gold

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16
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aztecs

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native american civilization

located in Mexico

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17
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Incans

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located in Peru , roads and bridges

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18
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mayans

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Yucatan famous for pyramids

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Louis XIV

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absolute monarch of france

bought a great culture to france , also caused problems by doing away with the edict of edict of nantes versailles

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20
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Sun king

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absolute ruler of Prussia

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21
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Frederick the Great

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Nickname of Louis XIV

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22
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peter the great

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an absolute ruler of Russia, he wanted to westernize Russia.

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23
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Copernicus

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german
used math to prove that earth goes around the sun in an ellipse
Developed the heliocentric theory

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Kepler

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Polish

Discovered planets orbit around the sun, feared the church

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Harvey
English | blood circulated throughout the body
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Newton
english | developed calculus and the laws of gravity
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montesquieu
French-wrote the Spirit of the Laws | believed in separation of power
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Mozart
second great composer of enlightenment
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Voltaire
French, believed in Freedom of Speech separation of church and state
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Rousseau
wrote the social contract and believed that the government includes a separation of powers.
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Hobbes
english- used natural law to say that people need an absolute monarch became they are naturally bad- wrote leviathan
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Locke
wrote the two treaties on government, believed that people are sovereign, that they should rule themselves. Believed monarchs are not chosen by god. Believed that i was the governments responsibility to protect your LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY. influenced jefferson
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Bach
austrian -Great composer, began composing at age 5
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Delacroix
french | painted liberty leading the people and nature scenes
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Cervantes
spanish-novelist-wrote Don Quixote
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William and Mary
rulers of england | after glorious revolution, had less power than parliament
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Metternich
austrian prince congress of Vienna balance of power kings power
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Charles I
king of england | wants to be absolute executed after civil war
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Cromwell
Puritan | led english civil war, then became dictator of england
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Louis XVI
french absolute ruler | executed during the reign of terror
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Toussaint L Overture
led slave revolt in Hati, inspired by the French Revolution
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Bolivar
led revolutions all over latin America
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Cavour
guerilla warefare, united S.Italy with N.Italy
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garibaldi
advisor to king sardinia-united N.Italy
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Bismarck
Realpolitick-blood and iron-Prussian who created Germany
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Whitney
Cotton gin-clean cotton faster need for slaves grows
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Watt
steam engine
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Bessemer
invented steel
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Smith
capatilism and laissex faire, wrote wealth of nations profits made people work
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Jenner
made worlds first vaccinations
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Pasteur
discovered germs/bacteria
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Cmdr.Perry
used US Navy to get Japan to open up trade
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Karl Marx
socialism | wrote communist manifesto-Proletariat and revolt
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Archduke Ferdinand
Prince of Austria Hungary | his death started WW11
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Tsar Nicholas II
totalitarian leader of Italy
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Bolsheviks
radical socialists led by Lenin
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Woodrow Wilson
US president during WW1
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Tojo
totlitarian leader of Japan
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FDR
helped end the cold war by building up US military
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Truman
dropped atomic bomb on Japan, said US will lead the fight against Communism
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MacArthur
US general of the Pacific troops, rebuilt Japan, Korean fought korean war, fired for taking nuclear arms purposes to Congress
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Marshall
had plan to rebuild World, after ww2, 13 billion dollar investment
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Eisenhower
Us general, in charge of D-Day later to become president
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Reagan
US president during ww2 till Yalta
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Mao
led communist in china
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chiang
led nationalists in china | fled to Taiwan after losing