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Valhalla High School Bentley AP World Ch. 24

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show Rapid population growth, leading to a process of equally rapid building of houses and cities.   This lead to a major growth of inhabitants in Europe which in-turn lead to commercial and industrial centers.   1500 C.E- 1700 C.E   Chapter 24   Eastern Europe  
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Joint-Stock Companies   Individuals who invest in a trading or exploring venture, which potentially could make them huge profits with little risk.   Took advantage of extensive communications and transportation networks.   1500 C.E- 1800 C.E   show East Europe  
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Nature of Capitalism   An economic system in which private parties make their goods and services available on a free market and seek to take advantage of market conditions to profit from their activities.   This style of economics led to an expansion and prosperity of jobs and businesses in Eastern Europe   show Chapter 24   East Europe  
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show Method of getting around guild control by delivering unfinished materials to rural households for completion.   This system allowed for entrepreneurs to make money by sidestepping guilds and moved production to the countryside. Enabling them make to make products without factories and only paying the workers for their services.   1500 C.E- 1800 C.E   Chapter 24   East Europe  
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Serfdom in Russia   The Romanov tsars restricted the freedoms of most Russian peasants and tied them to land as serfs. The institution of serfdom emerged as a labor system and required semifree peasants to provide labor services for landowners.   show 1500 C.E- 1800 C.E   Chapter 24   Eastern Europe/Western Europe  
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The Nuclear Family   Capitalism favored the nuclear family as a principal unit of society. Most European couples married late-mid-twenties- and set up independent households. They became more socially and emotionally independent.   This is significant because it made daily lives change to become more of a family life and capitalism offered opportunities for these independent families to increase their wealth by cultivating agricultural crops or producing goods on the market.   show Chapter 24   Europe  
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Profits and Ethics   Medieval theologians had regarded profit making activity as morally dangerous, since profiteers looked to their own advantage rather than the welfare of the larger community.   show 1500 C.E- 1800 C.E   Chapter 24   Europe  
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Supply and Demand   The capitalist economic order developed as businessmen learned to take advantage of market conditions by building efficient networks of transportation and communication.   This development led to businessmen and company owners to wait for the market to be good and wait for a demand of a certain product(that they had)and then sell your product at a higher price value to make more money.   show Chapter 24   Europe  
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American Food Crops   Europe was a rapidly expanding population which reflected improved nutrition and decreasing mortality. The Columbian exchange enriched European diets by introducing new foods from America such as the potato, maize, tomatoes, and peppers.   The import of American Food Crops to Europe was essential and necessary so that the European population could live a more sustained lifestyle and have a longer life. They could stay well nourished and resist diseases.   1500 C.E- 1800 C.E   show Europe  
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The Ptolemaic Universe   The theory of Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria stressing the universe being composed of a static Earth surrounded vy nine concentric hollow spheres containing the celestial bodies.   The concept of an Earth centered universe appealed to the Church's continued efforts to control the scientific community.   150 CE to 1600 CE   24   show
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Planetary Movement   The scientific attempt to explain sporatic planetary behavior when the accepted belief of planets was perfect celestial orbs.   Provided controversy within church accepted knowledge of the universe, which spurred the separation of many astronomers from church beliefs.   1300 CE to 1600 CE   24   show
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show Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus theorized that the Sun was the center of the universe with the planets orbiting, including Earth.   Copernicus's views were a solid threat on current accepted scientific explainations of the universe, also a complete implication that the church was wrong, and that human kind ws not the center of the universe.   16th Century CE   24   Western Europe  
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Galileo Galilei   Italian Astronomer who further supported Copernicus's views, but was able to prove them with his observtions from his telescope.   Solid proof was provided against church teachings and many other institutions.   1564 CE to 1642 CE   show Italy  
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Isaac Newton   English mathematician who was able to revolutionize the scientific world with steadfast evidense based experminents explaining physics and seemingly unrelated phenomena.   Newton made one of the first solid steps in the scientific revolution, also providing an unshakeable base from which to fight the church and its hegemony of scientific thought.   1642 CE to 1727 CE   show Great Britain  
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Science and Society   Enlightenment thinkers of the day were collaborating and competing to discover and uncover natural laws that governed Earth and the universe.   The spur in the sides of all of the scientific thinkers greatly diversified the scientific community.   17th Century CE to 19th Century CE   show Western Europe  
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show Francois-Marie Arouet, an enlightenment writer who adopted the pen name Voltaire, championed individual freedom and anti church sentiments.   Continual encouragement from his writings urged the people of Europe to stand up to the church and to literally, "Crush the damned thing."   1694 CE to 1778 CE   24   Western Europe  
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Deism   Agnosticism in conventional christians and enlightenment thinkers; belief in a supreme god, but not the supernatural teachings of the Catholic church.   Redefined God as a diety, rather than a direct influence in life, God was seen to be a creator and than observer.   show 24   Western Europe  
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The Theory of Progress   The belief that modern science was to make for a better and more liberal society governed by natural laws and not the church.   Spurred a cultural transition that weakened the influence of organized religion and encouraged individual rights and laws.   1500 CE to 1800 CE   24   show
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Martin Luther   German writer, monk, university professor and theologian who attacked the sale of indulgences   show 1483-1546   24   Germany  
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Reform Outside Germany   German reformers launched Prot. movements and establ. churches in other lands as well; also, after a conflict witht the Pope who did not allow him to divorce his wife, Henry VIII renounced Catholicism and turned England into a Protestant nation   Prots. appeared in Zurich, Basel, Geneva, Italy, Spain, and England   mid-16th century   show Switzerland, Italy, Spain, England  
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John Calvin   French Lawyer, wrote "Institutes of the Christian Religion", developed Calvinism   began reform. in France and Switz., prganized Prot. commun. and local offic. to impose a strict code of morality and discipline on Protestant Geneva   1509-1564   24   show
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show assmbly of bishops, cardinals, etc. who met to address matters of doctrine and reform; specified Catholic doctrines on salvation, the sacraments, and the Biblical Scriptures, answered all Protestant disputes   council acknowledged abuses of church and took steps to reform it, demanded that church authorities observe strict standards of morality   1545-1563   24   Italy  
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St. Ignatius Loyola   Basque nobleman and soldier, actively fought Protestant Reformation, promoted Counter-Reformation, man of profound prayer and a man of God   founded Society of Jesus after resolving to put his energy into religious work   show 24   Spain  
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The Society of Jesus   members were Jesuits, completed rigorous and advanced education in theology, philosophy, classical languages, literature, history, and science   show 1540-   24   Italy, China, Japan, Philipinnes, Americas  
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Witch-Hunting   fear that individuals were making alliances with the devil led to a massive hunt for witches   110,000 individuals underwent trial, 60,000 of them either died by hanging or burned at stake   16th century   show Europe  
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Religious Wars   religious tensions between Protestants and Catholics led to outright war, violence in France for nearly thirty years   show 1562-1598   24   France, Spain, England  
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The Thirty Years' War   Holy Roman emperor attempted to force Bohemians to return to Catholicism, developed into a general war between most European powers, main battleground was Germany   Spain, France, Holland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Bohemia, and Russia had soon entered the battles, escalating the war tremendously; entire regions were devastated by massive foraging armies   1618-1648   show war fought mostly in Germany  
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Charles V   N/A   Charles V inherited authority over much of Europe, he came close to reestablishing the Holy Roman Empire but did not succeed.   1519-1556   24   show
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The Spanish Inquisition   It was a movement started by Fernando and Isabel, which was designed to root out Islamic, Jewish and Protistant heresy in Spain.   The Spanish Inquisition condemned hundreds of people to burn at the stake or hang form the gallows.   show 24   Spain, Iberian Peninsula  
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Constitutional States   A government that has a constitution and recognizes the rights of the individual.   show N/A   24   Europe  
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The Glorious Revolution   The parliament desposed of King James II and replaced him with William of Orange. William of Orange was was made to work with parliament in government affairs.   This was important because it was the first time a king was forced to work with parliament, this limited the power of the King.   1688-1689   show England  
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The Sun King   Louis XIV   show 1643-1715   24   France  
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Peter I   Peter the Great   Peter the Great wanted to transform Russia from an agricultural society into a great military power like those of western Europe. Peter I reformed the army, provided them with modern weapons, and had his aristocrats study math and science.   1682-1725   show Russia  
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Catherine II   Catherine the Great   Catherine I succeeded Peter I. She divided her empire into 50 administrative districts, worked to improve the economy, and sought to eliminate torture of suspected individuals.   show 24   Russia  
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The Peaces of Westaphalia   show the treaty stated that all European states will regard each other a equal, and they had the right to organize their own domestic and religious affairs.   1648   24   Europe  
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