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why did the renaissance begin in the Italian cities?

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Because there was much art, and trade manufacturing, the black death ended first.

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define humanism.

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Idea that god is not the center of the universe, but man is.

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who proposed the idea of a utopian society?

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Thomas More

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why did the renaissance occur later in northern Europe?

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Because the black death hadn’t ended.

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What work of art can be attributed to Raphael?

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School of athens

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What work can be attributed to Michelangelo?

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Sistine Chapel,

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What 2 works can be attributed to da Vinci?

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Mona Lisa, and the last supper.

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What work can be attributed to Donatello?

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Statue of David

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What was Martin Luther’s 95 thesis?

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95 wrongs of the church.

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What impact did Gutenberg’s printing press have on the rest of Europe?

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More availability to educate, and spread new ideas.

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What effects did the Spanish explorers have on Indigenous people?

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the indigenous people were enslaved, and their land was taken.

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What were the effects of the Colombian exchange?

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what were some of the new technology that expanded exploring?

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what were the motives to explore during the age of exploration?

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god, glory, gold.

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what contribution did Prince Henry make to the history of Portugal?

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What area of the new world did Portugal, Spain, and France claim?

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Define mercantilism

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contribution of Hernan Cortez and Francisco Pizarro?

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Absolute ruler of France who set the style, culture, manners, and customs for Europe.

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Who did peter the great model his reforms after?

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How did the British monarchs change?

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define absolute monarchy

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who build Versailles.

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What effect did the English bill of rights have on the British monarchy?

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what effect did the Spanish armada lead tp?

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Define the theory of Divine right.

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27
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Where was the 30 year war faught

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Germany.

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what were the contributions of peter the great?

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who is responisble for freeing the Russian Serfs?

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What is the primary goal of an absolute ruler?

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who was the philosopher that added freedom of speech as a natural right?

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what was the emphasis of the age of reason?

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who wrote the Wealth of nations?

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John Locke believed that power should be derived from the_____.

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John locke believed the role of the government was to protect_______.

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36
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what was Montesquieu’s idea that the US adopted forming a government?

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why would enlightenment writers face censorship?

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what were the goals of the enlightenment?

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What did the enlightenment thinkers challenge toward absolute monarchy?

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what revolutions were sparked by the age of enlightenment?

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Which estate paid all the taxes before the French Revolution?

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Which Estate formed the National assembly?

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what was asked for by the Tennis Court Oat in France?

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what was the goal of the women the marched on Versailles during the French Revolution

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what was the model of the Declaration of the Rights of man?

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Declaration of Independence.

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what group controlled the Reign of Terror?

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47
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Who led the French Revolution

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Maximillien Robespier.

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what happened to Louis XVI during the French Revolution?

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He was Beheaded Via Guillotine.

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what was the name of the legislative body of France before the revolution?

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50
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Explain the concept of natural law expressed in the french declaration of the rights of man and the USA’s declaration of independence.

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51
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what was the national razor of the french revolution?

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what were some reasons that one would be killed in the FR?

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Why did the french dislike Mary Antonette so much?

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who led the french army against foreign attackers?

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