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World History Flashcards

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Discuss the evolution of Feudalism and how the system worked during the Middle Ages.

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Gave thee poor protection from the bandits in return for tending to the lords land. At the top was The Lord, the lesser would give him food and taxes for him to give them protection. Even if you didn’t like this system, you would stay because you didn’t want the bandits to kill you.

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What was a thite?

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one tenth of annual produce or earnings to support the church or clergy

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What was the 3 field system?

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1st field is covered with wheat or rye
2nd field is covered with beans or peas
3rd field has nothing on it
this is so each fields soil stays equal because the bum each field up one so it does a cirlce.

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What effects did the bubonic plague have on Europe?

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1/3 of Europe died leaving towns and villages deserted. When plague went away, there was a higher demand for labor then supply. Wages grew more and more.

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Describe the code of chivrraly during Middle Ages.

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The code of chivrraly came with the church. The church wanted fighting to stop with the christians. The knight held the 3’l’s (heavenly lord, feudal lord, and chosen lady) Knights and military fought hard for these.

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What is the differences between the gothic and romanesque churches? draw each

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*** look at drawings!!!!!

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what problems were facing the Church on the eve of the revolution?

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  1. Corruption (selling possessions + appointing bishops)
  2. secular movement = people rejecting the church
  3. Indulgences
  4. Priest were the only ones who could read and interpret the bible
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who were some of the prominent reformers of this time period and what did they do? (renaissance + reformation)

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  • Martin Luther- 95 thesis- lutherin
  • John Calvin- Calvinism- pre destination to go to heaven (child of god)
  • St.Ignas - education
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What did Martin do that the church was critical of? What happened to him?

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He told people that the teaching of the bible was wrong. He made a church / group of people that listened to him and followed his beliefs. He got kicked out of the Church.

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What was the rennaisance a rebirth of?

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Education, art and poetry

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Who were some of the famous renaissance artists and what did they do?

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  1. Leonardo: Mona Lisa, the last supper
  2. Michelangelo: the david, rona pieta, sistine chapel
  3. Raphael: school of athens
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How did the renaissance lead to the Age of Exploration?

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Curious about what else is out there!

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What were the 3 G’s of exploration?

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Gold– mechanism
Glory– country/king
God– spread christianity

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Describe the Treaty of Tordesillas.

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Age of exploration= competition
Pope Alexander- split world in half
-spain gets route going west to new world
-portugal gets route going s.e to Africa

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What was the triangle trade and which goods traveled between each leg of the trade?

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europe-> africa->america and back

**look at piicturee!!!!!

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What is a revolution?

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a sudden, radical change

17
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Describe the accomplishments in the Scientific Revolution?

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  1. Sun is not center of universe
  2. moon is not perfect
  3. Gravity
18
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Describe a scientific revlution thinker, who they were and what they did. How did the contribute to the world we live in to today?

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Montesquieu stated that one man should not have all the power. Today in the United States, this theory has held our government to make 3 different branches. This makes it so that not one person has all the power.

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What was the Old Regime?

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The France estate system.

20
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Descrive the France estate system prior to the revolution.

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1st= Clergy 17%  NO taxes
2nd= Nobility 27% NO taxes
3rd= Everyone else 98% TAXES

Taxed unfairly+ main cause of French Revolution.

21
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Who weere Louis XVI and Marie Antoineette?

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king and queen

DUDE PAY ATTENTION

22
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What was the region of terror?

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Period of violence that occured after the French Revolution. Conflict between rival political factions. The Girandins VS The Jacbsins

23
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What were Napolean Bonaparte’s 3 costly mistakes?

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  1. Continual state- blockade
  2. Invasion of Portugal- scorched earth
  3. Invasion of Russia- through spain=BAD
24
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What were some of the major changes that occurred during the Industrial revolution?

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child labor

bad working conditions

25
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What were some of the problems created with industrialization?

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over-crowding
loss of skilled manual workers
crime= poor supervision
polution= trains and factories

26
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Describe capitalism, communism, socialism, and utilitarianism.

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Communism= all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to needs and ability 
Capitalism= countrys trade and industry is owned by private owners for profit othere then the state
Socialism= government owned society 
Utilitarianism= actions are right of the are useful or for the best of the majority
27
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Define nationalism and imperialism

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Nationalism- pride and love for country= cocky=competition

Imperialism- extend gov. and other things to help the lesser

28
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What were some background causes of ww1?

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murder of the duke

29
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How did the murder of the duke lead to ww1?

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Austria wanted to get back at Serbia and then declared war with them

30
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Which Countries made up the TRIPLE ENTENTE?

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G.Britain
Russia
France

31
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Which countries made up the TRIPLE ALLIANCE?

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Germany
Austria
Italy
Turkey

32
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what was the “armed neutrality”?

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Alliance of European naval powers. Warefare policy

33
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What was the unrestricted submarine Warefare? and who used it?

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Naval warefare which used submarines to sink ships without warning.
Germany

34
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Why did the US join the war?

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Innocent people from the us were getting killed and us wasn’t even in the war. Made everyone in us made. Germany promised to stop and sign paper. The urned and broke promise killing more americans.

35
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What were some of the new methods of warefare that emerged during ww1?

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trench warefare
poison gas
tanks
airplanes 
new impoved weapons
36
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Discuss how the Treaty of Versailles lead to ww2?

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Left much of Europe devastated and in debt. The victors looking for revenge.

37
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Describe the Crusades in as much detail as possible. (Who, what, when, where, why)

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Who: Christians + Muslims
What: holy war launched by christians to win back Jerusalem
When: 1000-1300
Where: Europe> Holy land
Why: Byzantine Empire (christian) needed help against muslims

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