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World History mz
China, Egypt, Reniassance, Reformation, Aztecs, Incas, Mayans
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 5 themes of geography | location, place, human environment interaction, movement, region. |
| archeology | looking at what people left behind to discover things about people long ago |
| rosetta stone | a stone with the same story written in a bunch of different languages used to decode heiroglyphics |
| time period before writing | prehistory |
| discovered king tut | howard carter |
| where did humans start? | africa |
| trade route that connects china to india and europe (main trade is silk and spices) | the silk road |
| who was emporor of china when the great wall of china was built? | emporor shi huandi |
| nomad | moves from location to location. no permanant civilization |
| fossil | remains of something that was once alive |
| stressed order that brought china together (founded by confucious) | confucionism |
| tigris and euphrates flood to make what | silt (fertile soil) |
| what organ were mummys left with after mummified? | the heart so that anubis could measure it and decide what would happen to you |
| what plant was used to make paper | papyrus |
| many gods | polytheistic |
| one god | monotheistic |
| who was the "first emporor of china"? | shi huandi (emporor qin) |
| what 2 main rivers run through china? | the yangtze and yellow river |
| what was the first writing system? | cuneiform (made by the sumarians) |
| what was the first set of laws that also helped unite mesopotamia? (made by hammurabi) | hammurabis code |
| what was the Aztecs capital city? | Tenochtitlan |
| what did the aztecs use to record/write things? | quipui (a series of knots) |
| who conquered the aztecs? | cortes |
| what was the incans capital city? | maccu piccu |
| what does reniassance mean? | rebirth |
| who was the reniassance man? | leonardo da vinci (Mona lisa and the last supper) |
| how many wives did king henry the 8th have? | 6. divorce, beheaded, died, divorce, beheaded, survived. |
| who invented the printing press? | guttenberg |
| what is a fresca | paining on plaster (sistine chapel) |
| who wrote "the prince" | machiavelli |
| vernacular | language that is native to an area |
| scribes | the only people allowed to write during ancient times |
| 100 years war was between who/ | england and france |
| the set of rules for knights | chivalry |
| what is a pyramid shaped place of worsip | ziggurat |
| what was a pyramid used for | a tomb |
| where was the birth place of the reniassance? | florence |
| florence was known for what occupation? | banking |
| what family was in charge of florence for most of the 15th century? | the medici family |
| indulgence | a certificate that the churches sold to make money. they claimed that buying this certificate would get you out of pergatory and into heaven faster |
| pergatory | the place inbetween heaven and hell |
| supporters of art | patrons |
| machiavelli | wrote "the prince"- how to be the best king possible. 'if your a ruler, it is better to be feared and respected then loved and walked all over. |
| castiglione | wrote "the courtier"- how to behave when in a kings courte. describes ideal behavior |
| humanism | the idea that individuals are important |
| 95 thesis | 95 things that Martin Luther thought was wrong about the catholic church |
| john calvin | calvinism- people are born naturally bad.. (TULIP) |
| Henry the 8th | wanted a divorce because his current wife couldn't give him a baby boy. the priest wouldn't do it so he secretly got married to anne bolyn. had 6 wives |
| elizabeth 1st | henry and anne's kidd. she was known as the best queen. and was protastant, but wouldn't be too mean to the catholics. "virgin queen" |
| mary the first | henry and katherine of erigon's kidd. known as bloody mary becuase she killed so many people.. |
| who inspired the artists of the reniassance | greeks and romans |
| donatello | first free form bronze statue (david) |
| michelangelo | david, the sistine chapel, la pieta |
| Da vinci | mona lisa, last supper, human anatomy, inventions. "the reniassance man" |
| raphael | the school of athens, linear perspective |
| dante | the divine comedy |
| divine comedy | people that descibes him traveling through hell |
| utopia | written by sir thomas more.. book about the perfect society |
| shakespeare | 37 plays and 154 sonnets.. started as famous actor.. comedies, tragedies, and histories |
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