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World History 2nd Semester Exam Flashcards

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Chivalry

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Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages

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Crusades

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a series of wars from the 1000s through the 1200s in which European Christians tried to win control of the Holy Land from Muslims

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Reconquista

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the campaign by European Christians to drive the Muslims from present-day Spain

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The Inquistion

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a Church court set up to try people accused of heresy

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Utopian

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idealistic or visionary, usually used to describe a perfect society

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Heliocentric

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based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe

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Humanism

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an intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and the classics

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Tsar

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title of the ruler of the Russian empire

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Steppe

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sparse, dry, treeless grassland

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Great Schism

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the official split between the Roman Catholic and Byzantine churches

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Moluccas

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a group of islands in eastern Indonesia; was the center of the spice trade

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Conquistadors

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Spanish explorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain

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Privateers

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privately owned ship commissioned by a government to attack and capture enemy ships, especially merchant’s ships

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Circumnavigate

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to travel completely around the world

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Dark Ages

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the early medieval period of western European history.

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Domesday Book

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established effective taxation system

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Peninsulares

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member of the highest class in Spain’s colonies in the Americas

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Indulgences

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in the Roman Catholic Church, pardon for sins committed during a person’s lifetime

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Line of Demarcation

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line set by the Treaty of Tordesillas dividing the non-European world into two zones, one controlled by Spain and the other by Portugal

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Mutinies

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revolt, especially of soldiers or sailors against their officers

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Vernacular

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everyday language of ordinary people

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Triangular Trade

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colonial trade routes among Europe and its colonies, the West Indies, and Africa in which goods were exchanged for slaves

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Black Death

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an epidemic of the bubonic plague that ravaged Europe

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Martyrs

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person who suffers or dies for his or her beliefs

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Scorched-Earth policy

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military tactic in which soldiers destroy everything in their path to hurt the enemy

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Guillotine

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device used during the Reign of Terror to execute thousands by beheading

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Laissez-Faire economy

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policy allowing business to operate with little or no government interference

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Continental System

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blockade designed by Napoleon to hurt Britain economically by closing European ports to British goods; ultimately unsuccessful

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Abdicate

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to give up or step down from power

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Bourgeoisie

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the middle class

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Annex

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add a territory to an existing state or country

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Faction

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a group within a larger group

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The Franks

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most organized and successful kingdom

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Charlemagne

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Charles the Great or Charles I, was King of the Franks.

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Thomas Aquinas

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Faith and reason in harmony

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Joan of Arc

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Female warrior and military leader

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Medici Family

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Italian banking family

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Michelangelo

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St Peter’s Cathedral- Pieta, David and Sistine Chapel

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Leonardo

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The Last Supper and Mona Lisa

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Raphael

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Drawing Madonnas

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Donatello

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Bronze David, Gattamalata, and Penitent Magdalene

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Francesco Petrarch

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Established large Library

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Albrecht Durer

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went to Venice to study its more advanced artistic world

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Johann Gutenberg

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publisher who introduced printing to Europe.

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Thomas More

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Renaissance Humanist

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Martin Luther

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Deeply influenced the doctrines of Protestant and other Christian traditions.

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Copernicus

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Wrote revolutions of the heavenly shapes and theorized the sun is the center

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Galileo

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Italian astronomer who theorized earth moved around the sun

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Rene Descartes

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Developed experiments and observations, and the scientific method

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The Golden Horde

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the Mongol armies that invaded Europe and ruled Russia for over two centuries

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Dante Alighieri

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Major italian poet

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Magellan

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set out from Spain with a fleet of five ships to discover a western sea route to the Spice Islands

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Henry the Navigator

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led to the rounding of Africa and the establishment of sea routes to the Indies.

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Vasco de Gama

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Portuguese sailor and explorer during the Age of Exploration. He was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India, around the Cape of Good Hope.

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Pizarro

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Spanish conquistador known for conquering Peru’s Inca Empire and founding the city of Lima

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Hernan Cortes

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Spanish conquistador and explorer who defeated the Aztec empire and claimed Mexico for Spain

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Jacques Cartier

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His exploration of the St. Lawrence River allowed France to lay claim to lands that would become Canada.

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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A king and queen of Spain who united their country and sponsored the exploration of the New World by Christopher Columbus

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Bartolome de Las Casa

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Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar.

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Amerigo Vespucci

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he discovered present-day Rio de Janeiro. Believing he had discovered a new continent, he called South America the New World.

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Malinche

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was a Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, who played a role in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire

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Christopher Columbus

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An Italian explorer and navigator who sailed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean

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