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Western civ midterm Flashcards

1
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what war influenced Woodrow Wilson’s views toward World War I?

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Vietnam

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in 1914, what person in Wilson’s life died?

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his wife

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Who had the largest army in the world at the beginning of the 20th century?

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germany

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who was the ruler of Germany at the outbreak of WWI?

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Kaiser Wilhelm

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after 5 months in WWI, how many were dead?

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1 million

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6
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who does Wilson fall in love with?

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Edith

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7
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what luxury liner was sunk by Germans?

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Lusitania

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how many drowned on the Lusitania?

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1200

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9
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when did the Lusitania sink in relation to the Titanic?

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3 years later

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10
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what were the “dud” shells nicknamed by British troops?

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Wilsons

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11
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how many casualties were in the Battle of Somme?

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22,000

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12
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who was sent to Russia by the Germans?

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Vladimir Lennon

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13
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what is the only part of Wilson’s plan that he got into the treaty?

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the league of nations

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14
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Did the US adopt the Treaty of Versailles?

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no

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15
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when was the armistice signed?

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November 11, 1918

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16
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how many died in the four years of war?

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about 40 million

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17
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who were kaiser Wilhelm’s cousins?

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Czar Nicholas and King George V

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18
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who was kaiser Wilhelm’s grandmother?

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queen Victoria

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19
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according to their mythological past, Rome’s foundation was connected to two brothers named?

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Romulus and Remus

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20
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what language does Rome use?

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latin

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21
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what were the two divisions of roman society?

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Patricians and Plebeians

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22
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who were the punic wars between?

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Rome and Pheonicians

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23
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who marched elephants over the alps to attack Rome?

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General Hannibal

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24
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who made up the first Triumvirate?

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Julius Caesar, Pompey, Crassus

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Who made up the second Triumvirate?

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Marc Antony, Octavian, Lepidus

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26
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who was the first roman emperor?

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Augustus

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27
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who was the great 18th century historian of Rome?

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Edward Gibbon

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28
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what are the two major people groups who limited the Roman Empire’s expansion?

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Germans and Persians

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29
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who was the roman emperor who established the “Dominate”?

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Diocletian

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30
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how many liberal arts were there?

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7

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31
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what does BC stand for?

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“before Christ”

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32
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what do you call believers in a secret knowledge that emphasized dualism?

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Gnosticism

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33
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what is the belief that those whom Jesus had charged with His mission could pass on that authority to others?

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Apostilic Succession

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34
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who ordered the issuing of the Edict of Milan?

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Emperor Constantine

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35
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arianism was denounced as a heresy at which council?

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council of Nicaea

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36
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which german tribe sacked Rome in 410?

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Visigoth

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37
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who was the author of “The City of God”?

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Augustine of Hippo

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38
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which famous historian blamed the fall of Rome on the Christians?

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Edward Gibbon

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39
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which group forced a great Germanic migration into Rome?

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the Huns

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40
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who is considered to be the last emperor of Rome and the first Byzantine Emperor?

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Emperor Justinian

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41
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What does islam mean?

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submission

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42
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how many pillars of islam are there?

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5

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43
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what year did the last Roman emperor die in Byzantium?

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1453

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44
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T/F: Abelard was first renowned as a great soldier

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false

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45
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T/F: Abelard always wanted to go to Paris but never got to go

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false

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46
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who was Abelard’s first teacher?

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William of Champeaux

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47
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who was Heloise’s uncle?

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Fulbert

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48
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T/F: Abelard lamented how difficult Scripture was for him to understand

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false

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49
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T/F: Abelard and Heloise had a son together

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True

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50
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T/F: Heloise eagerly married Abelard

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false

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51
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T/F: Abelard is mutilated by Muslims in the Battle of Poitiers

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False

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52
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T/F: Abelard is eventually put in charge of an Abbey

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true

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53
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T/F: Abelard is a surprisingly early feminist

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false

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54
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T/F: Abelard clearly suffers throughout his life from self-doubt

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false

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55
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T/F: there is no such thing as a free market; all markets have rules and costs

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True

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56
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What english/welsh weapon limited the importance of knights (and led to the only legal sport in England for a time)?

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longbow

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57
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what new technology helped the French to drive the English out of France in the later years of the 100 years war?

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gun powder

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58
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what was the rise of capitalism in the West from 1350-1600 known as?

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commercial revolution

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59
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which family/dynasty arose triumphant out of the War of the Roses?

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Tudor dynasty

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60
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King Frederick III ascension as Holy Roman Emperor in 1438 marked the beginning of which dynasty that lasted till 1918?

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Habsburg dynasty

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61
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the rise of which eastern empire posed the greatest threat to Late Medieval Christendom?

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ottoman empire

62
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Who wrote “The Prince” as a book of advice for the Medici family?

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Machiavelli

63
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which german invention enabled both the renaissance and the reformation?

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printing press

64
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who was the most famous christian humanist?

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erasmus

65
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which city-state first adopted the reforming message of jean calvin?

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geneva, switzerland

66
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what book brought a sustaining unity to the english reformed church?

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book of common prayer

67
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what catholic council was called to address the various reforming developments in the church?

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council of trent

68
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the last religious war in europe ended with what peace conference?

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Peace of westphalia

69
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what were the three driving forces behind European exploration and expansion?

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God (converting the rest of the world to Christianity)
Greed (money)
Glory (pride)

70
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what european country led the way in exploration and trade?

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portugal

71
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what was the last religious war called?

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the thirty years war

72
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the Americas were named after who?

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amerigo vespucci

73
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what were the two most developed American tribes?

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aztec and incan

74
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Which economic theory emphasized the accumulation of wealth in precious metals with a country’s borders?

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economic theory of mercantilism

75
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before europe became the default center of maps, what place was?

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Jerusalem

76
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what was the last religious war called?

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the thirty years war

77
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what was the last religious war called?

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the thirty years war

78
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who was the author of the “Communist Manisfesto”

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Karl Marx

79
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what did they call those that resisted the rise of machines?

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Luddites

80
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what was the “greatest invention of human history”?

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indoor plumbing

81
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what was the most notable and effective terrorist group of the 19th century?

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anarchists

82
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what was the varied group that “in all its forms wanted to improve workers’ rights rights and lives”

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socialism

83
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who is particularly associated with assembly-line production?

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Henry Ford

84
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Pavlac puts Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum in which socialist camp?

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christian socialism

85
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Some people believe that human ethics should embrace selfishness, greed, and exploiting the weak. These folks are inspired by what 19th century scientist?

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Charles Darwin (social darwinism)

86
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who proved many illnesses come from bacteria and viruses?

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Louis Pasteur

87
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Samuel Smiles argued that “________ is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it constitutes the true source of national vigor and strength”

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the spirit of self-help

88
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Who is the British socialist who settled New Harmony, Indiana and claimed that if you eliminate the circumstances which tend to create crime, “crime will not be created”?

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Robert Owen

89
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Who is the British socialist who settled New Harmony, Indiana and claimed that if you eliminate the circumstances which tend to create crime, “crime will not be created”?

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Robert Owen

90
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what are the rough years of the middle ages?

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dark ages

91
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who was the greatest survivor of Rome’s collapse in Western Europe?

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the christian church

92
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Who preserved the books of classical antiquity during the middle ages?

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monks

93
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which german tribe(s) conquered and thrived in England?

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anglo-saxons, Franks

94
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which german tribe thrived on the continent although was nearly wiped out by muslim invaders?

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Franks

95
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who was the general of the Franks who stopped the Muslim advance at the Battle of Tours/Poitiers?

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Charles Martel

96
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who was the figure that embodied the early papacy and is considered one of the four great church fathers?

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Gregory I, “the great”

97
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which ruler caused the “Carolingain Renaissance”?

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Charlemagne

98
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what was the best military technology of the age?

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knights

99
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T/F: a serf had fewer rights than a slave

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false

100
Q

what is one of the agricultural developments that improved agricultural production in medieval europe?

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three field planting

101
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According to the Benedictine Rule, should monks own private property?

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no

102
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what are the 7 reasons why we study history?

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it’s His Story, it’s inspiring, sociology and psychology by example, totality of education, order to your world, repetition, you are playing a part in history

103
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who was the father of history?

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herodotus

104
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what was considered as the two main camps of history?

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sparta vs Athens (thucydides)

105
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what is the socratic method?

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teaching lessons by asking questions

106
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who did socrates teach?

A

plato

107
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who did plato teach?

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aristotle

108
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who did aristotle teach?

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alexander the great

109
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who was alexander the great’s father?

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Philip II of Macedon

110
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what are protestants?

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non-catholic Christians

111
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what was known as the religious revolution that fractured the unity of the church?

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reformation

112
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what is a bank?

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premiere capitalist institutions

113
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T/F: Socrates is a sophist

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false

114
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who was the father of romanticism?

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

115
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what was plato’s most famous work?

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the republic

116
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who was considered the first idealist?

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Plato

117
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who are the three types of people, according to Plato?

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Philosopher kings ruled by reason (their head), military ruled by will (their chest), providers/workers ruled by appetite (their stomach)

118
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what did CS lewis say, concerning Plato’s 3 types of people?

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by the 20th century, we’d become all head “baconians” Francis Bacon) or all stomach “rousseauians” (jean-jacques rousseau)

119
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who was the father of the scientific method?

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Francis Bacon (all head full faith in science)

120
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what was plato most interested in?

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justice

121
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what was socrates most interested in?

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virtue

122
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who was plato’s most famous student?

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Aristotle

123
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what was aristotle most interested in?

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happiness (happiness comes from what you ought to be doing, not just what you want to do)

124
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who created the academy?

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plato

125
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who created the Lyceum?

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Aristotle

126
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according to aristotle, what are the 4 causes in nature?

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material cause (what it’s made of), efficient cause (what it took to make this), formal cause (what is the form), final cause (what is its ultimate purpose for existing)

127
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what does aristotle mean by the “golden mean”?

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the correct thing to do is found in the middle of 2 extremes

128
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who was known as the greatest general in history?

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Alexander the Great

129
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what two people were the centerpiece of Plutarch’s “Lives of the Famous Greeks and Romans”?

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Alexander the great and Julius Caesa

130
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when was the Roman Republic founded?

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509 BC

131
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when did Romulus found the Roman state?

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753 BC

132
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what does the ideal Roman look like?

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a man of family, mind, and action

133
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what are the 3 key lessons against romans for others?

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Laborum (against the “strange empty dream of idleness”)
Pietas (Humility before gods, love of country, embrace of duty)
Fatum (Roman duty to resist barbarism, maintain cause of justice and order)

134
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what do you call the oldest male member of the familia who had life-and-death power over the familia

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pater familias

135
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what do you call the totality of persons living together in one or more associated dwellings?

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the familia

136
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what are the years of CIncinnatus?

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519-430 BC

137
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who wrote the first history of Rome in Latin?

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Cato the Elder (234-149 BC)

138
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who resisted Julius Caesar to the point of suicide?

A

Cato the Younger (95-46 BC)

139
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who was known as the orator?

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Cicero (106-43 BC)

140
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who wrote the Aeneid?

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Virgil (70-19 BC)

141
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what greek became a roman citizen?

A

Plutarch (46-120 AD)

142
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who was one of the greatest generals of all time who attacked from the alps on an army of war elephants?

A

Hannibal

143
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what battle was hannibal defeated, ending the 2nd punic war?

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battle of zama

144
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who was one of the greatest roman generals of all time that defeated hannibal?

A

Scipio

145
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who crossed the rubicon with his army to seize control from Pompey?

A

Julius Caeser

146
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who assassinated Julius Caesar?

A

Brutus and Cassius

147
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when was Julius Caesar assassinated?

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Ides of March (March 15), 44 BC

148
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who was considered the first emperor of Rome?

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Caesar Augustus (Octavian)

149
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what was caesar augustus named?

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Imperator (invincible, all conquering general) Caesar Divi Filius (son of God) Augustus (the Blessed one)

150
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when was Marc Antony defeated?

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at the battle of actium in 31 BC

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