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Units 12-15

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Role of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages   unity, stability  
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Feudalism in Europe   decentralized system (no strong central gov't), developed after fall of Rome, land exchanged for services, no social mobility/rigid class structure  
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knights and chivalry   knights - warriors of feudal Europe chivalry - code of honor for knights  
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manorialism   manor=self-sufficient  
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Magna Carta   limits power of monarch  
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motives for the Crusades   regain control of Holy Land (Jerusalem)  
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effects of the Crusades   decrease power of church, increased power of kings, increased trade between Europe and Middle East, cultural diffusion  
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causes of the Black Death   increase trade  
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effects of Black Death   decline of feudalism  
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Key achievements of the Maya, Inca, Aztec   adapt to environment with creative farming (terraces, chinampas), Roads in Andes (Inca)  
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Chinampas   floating gardens of Aztec - adapting to their environment  
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terrace farming   carving "steps" into mountains for farming  
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Road system of the Inca   infrastructure, trade, adapting to environments  
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conquistadors   Cortez=Aztec, Pizarro=Inca, Why? Disease and advanced technology  
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Renaissance   rebirth of Greek and Roman culture (Golden Age), humanism, secular (worldly) ideas  
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Why does it begin in Italy?   strategic location for trade  
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humanism   each person/individual has dignity and worth and should excel at many things  
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Venice   trade  
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Key people of the Renaissance   Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Gutenberg, Leonardo da Vinci  
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Machiavelli   "ends justify the means", absolute rulers should do whatever is needed to keep power  
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Leonardo da Vinci (Renaissance Man)   sculptor, painter, inventor, etc. "Renaissance Man"  
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Gutenberg and the printing press   Result: increase literacy rates, spread of ideas, Protestant Reformation, Scientific Revolution, Age of Exploration, Age of Enlightenment  
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Effects of the Renaissance   Decrease in power of Catholic Church, Age of Exploration, Protestant Reformation, Scientific Revolution, Age of Enlightenment  
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Causes of the Protestant Reformation   indulgences, Martin Luther, 95 theses, abuses of the Catholic Church  
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Effects of the Protestant Reformation   End of religious unity, decrease power of Catholic Church, Henry VIII, John Calvin, Counter Reformation, increase power of kings  
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