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Midterm SOL Review
World History Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Location of Songhai Empire | West Africa |
| Empire with capital at Istanbul | Ottoman |
| Empire of Northern India | Mughal |
| Empire of central Mexico | Aztec |
| Empire of Peru, Chile | Inca |
| Rennaissance means... | REBIRTH |
| Renaissance spread to.. | Northern Europe |
| Renaissance began here | Italy |
| Painted "Mona Lisa" | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Painted "Sistine Chapel" | Michelangelo |
| Painted "Last Supper" | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Sculpted "David" | Michelangelo |
| English playright | Shakespeare |
| Intellectual movement | humanism |
| Religion of Israel | Judaism |
| Religion of Europe and North America | Christianity |
| Religion of North Africa, Middle East | Islam |
| Religion of India | Hindusim |
| Religion of East and Southeast Asia | Buddhism |
| Importance of trade routes | exchange of ideas, products |
| Trade route across China | Silk Road |
| Trade routes in North Africa | Trans-Sahara |
| Paper, compass, silk, from... | China |
| Textiles, number system from... | India, Middle East |
| Problems of Catholic Church by 1500 | wealth,power,usury,Italian control |
| Church forgave sins for $ | indulgence |
| Christian humanist | Erasmus |
| Posted "Ninety-Five Theses" | Martin Luther |
| Luther's view | faith not authority |
| John Calvin view | predestination |
| English king | Henry VIII |
| Henry VIII issue | divorce |
| New name of Church of England | Anglican |
| What did Henry VIII do with land and wealth of the Catholic Church? | claimed it himself |
| What Luther starts | Reformation |
| War between Catholics and Protestants | Thirty Years' War |
| French Protestants | Huguenots |
| Granted Huguenots religious freedom | Edict of Nantes |
| Catholic Church reform movement | Counter Reformation |
| Founded to spread Catholic doctrine | Jesuits |
| Established to reinforce Catholic doctrine | Inquisition |
| belief in one God | monotheism |
| belief in many Gods | polytheism |
| Religion of Ten Commandments | Judaism |
| Muhammad is prophet in this religion | Islam |
| Jesus is Son of God in this religion | Christianity |
| Torah is holy book in this religion | Judaism |
| Caste system, reincarnation | Hinduism |
| Holy cities of Mecca and Medina | Islam |
| Five Pillars | Islam |
| Religion of Hebrews | Judaism |
| Founder is Siddharta Gautama | Buddhism |
| Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path | Buddhism |
| Asoka's missionaries spread this religion | Buddhism |
| Invention that spread ideas of Reformation and Renaissance | printing press |
| inventor of Printing Press | Johann Gutenberg |
| Reasons for European exploration | Gold, spices,spread Christianity |
| Started school of navigation | Prince Henry (Portugal) |
| Portuguese explorer-sailed around Africa to India | Vasco da Gama |
| Nation which financed and sponsored the expedition of Columbus in1492 | Spain |
| Spanish conquistador who conquered Aztecs | Hernan Cortez |
| Spaish conquistador who conquered Inca | Francisco Pizarro |
| Spanish explorer -crew sailed around the world | Ferdinand Magellan |
| English explorer who sailed around the world | Francis Drake |
| French explorer who claimed Canada | Jacques Cartier |
| Two religious groups that brought faith, language, cultures to new lands | Catholics, Protestants |
| Another name for "indigenous peoples" | Natives (Native Americans) |
| European nation that claimed most of South America | Spain |
| European nation that claimed the East Coast of North America | England (Great Britain) |
| European trading posts along the coast of Africa traded what | gold, slaves |
| Transfer of plants, animals, and ideas from one hemisphere to another after 1492 | Columbian Exchange |
| Corn, tobacco, potatoes went to... | Europe |
| Horses, disease went to | Americas |
| Diseases like this killed many American Indians | smallpox |
| Most slaves from Africa were brought here | Caribbean Islands (sugar plantations) |
| System of trade involving Europe, Africa, and Americas | Triangular Trade |
| Main items traded as part of Triangular Trade | slaves, rum, sugar |
| So much of this was exported to Spain from America, it caused inflation | Gold, silver |
| Empire of 1500 located in Asia Minor | Ottoman |
| Main products of Ottoman Empire | coffee, ceramics |
| Empire of 1500 located in Northern India | Mughal |
| Mughal tomb | Taj Mahal |
| Created foreign enclaves to control trade | China |
| Main products of China | tea, porcelain |
| Powerless emperor ruled by shoguns here | Japan |
| Isolated itself for 200 years | Japan |
| Economic practice by nations to achieve self-suffiency | Mercantilism |
| Name given to creation of money, banks | Commercial Revolution |
| First to develop heliocentric theory | Copernicus |
| Discovered planetary motion (ellipses) | Kepler |
| Used telescope to support heliocentric theory | Galileo |
| Discovered the laws of gravity | Newton |
| Discovered circulation of the blood | Harvey |
| Use of reason and observation | scientific method |
| Who put Galileo on trial? | Catholic Church |
| King that controls everything | absolute monarch |
| Belief that kings get power from God | divine right |
| King of France, Versailles palace, | Louis XIV (14th) |
| Prussian ruler that built up the military | Frederick the Great |
| Ruler of Russia- "Westernized" Russia | Peter the Great |
| Leader of Roundheads in English Civil War | Oliver Cromwell |
| Followers of the king during English Civil War | Cavaliers |
| English king executed at the end of the English Civil War | Charles I |
| Early political parties in England | Whigs and Tories |
| Term for the reign of William and Mary | Glorious Revolution |
| Return of King Charles II | Restoration |
| Type og government in England by 1700 | Constitutional Monarchy |
| William and Mary forced to sign this in 1689 | English Bill of Rights |
| Wrote "Leviathan"-people must be controlled by strong ruler | Thomas Hobbes |
| Wrote "Two Treatises on Gov't"-people have rights | John Locke |
| Wrote "Spirit of the Laws"-separation of powers into 3 branches | Montesquieu |
| Wrote "Social Contract"-contract between gov't and people | Rousseau |
| Philosopher who believed in free speech, freedom of religion | Voltaire |
| Enlightenment ideas brought on revolutions here | America, France |
| Document writtten by Jefferson that contained Enlightenment ideas | Dec. of Independence |
| Two other American documents that contain Enlightenment ideas | U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights |
| Estates in France that paid no taxes | 1st, 2nd |
| Opening event of the French Revolution | Storming of the Bastille, July 14, 1789 |
| Period of violence during French Revolution-thousands die by guillotine | Reign of Terror |
| Came to power in France in a coup d' etat | Napoleon |
| System of laws organized by Napoleon | Napoleonic Code |
| Led slave rebellion in Haiti | Toussaint L'Ouverture |
| Led independence movements in South America | Simon Bolivar |
| German composer | Bach |
| Austrian composer-1st concert at age 5 | Mozart |
| French painter "Liberty Leading the People" | Eugene Delacroix |
| Spanish novelist-"Don Quixote" | Miguel de Cervantes |
| pride in one's country | nationalism |
| 1815 meeting to reorganize Europe after Napoleon | Congress of Vienna |
| Leader of Congress of Vienna | Metternich |
| Goal of Congress of Vienna | balance of power |
| Another goal of Congress of Vienna | restore monarchies |
| Philosophy of Congress of Vienna | Conservatism |
| Terms of Congress of Vienna led to revolutions in Europe in this year | 1848 |
| Philosophy of 1848 Revolutions | Liberalism |
| Industrial Revolution began here | Great Britain (England) |
| first industry to be affected by factory system | textile (cloth) |
| Factors needed for industrialization | resources (oil,coal) labor force, capital ($) |
| When large British land owners fenced in public lands | Enclosure Movement |
| Improved steam engine | James Watt |
| Invented cotton gin | Eli Whitney |
| Effect of cotton gin | increased slavery |
| Improved process for making steel | Henry Bessemer |
| Word for the growth of cities | urbanization |
| Class that grew during the Industrial Revolution | Middle Class |
| Provided cheap labor in factories | children, women |
| Negative effect of Industrial Revolution | environmental pollution |
| Demand of women | suffrage (right to vote) |
| Workers organized these | Unions |
| What unions do to get demands | strike |
| Negotiations before a strike | collective bargaining |