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Mrs. Hunter's Global Studies 2 midterm

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Renaissance   Peroid of European history lasting from about 1300 to 1600 during which renewed intrest in classical culture led to far reaching changes in art and learning  
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secular   concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters  
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Patron   Supports the arts financially  
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Perspective   An artistic techniquie that creates the appearance of 3 dimensions on a flat surface  
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Vernacular   Everyday language  
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Humanism   A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements  
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Printing Press   Revolutionary method of printing papers - faster  
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John Knox   Scottish preacher who followed Calvin's ideas (enjoy God's gifts) and started Presbyterian movement  
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Jesuits   Members of society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola  
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Council of Trent   Meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrince criticized by Protestant Reformers  
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Anglican   Church of England  
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Renaissance Man   A Man during the Renaissance who had many talents - could do it all!  
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Indulgences   Pardons releasing a person from punishments of sin  
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Martin Luther   Made the 95 Thesis which began the reformation & Lutheranism  
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Henry VIII   Didn't like Luther's ideas/wanted son/changed religion and became head of church/killed his wives  
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Devshirme   In the Ottoman Empire, a policy of taking boys from conquered Christina people to be trained as Muslim soldiers  
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Safavid Empire   Member of Shi'a Muslim dynasty that built an empire in Persia int he 16th -18th centuries  
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Suleyman   Great leader who made changes in law and set up devshirme system/Ottoman  
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Jahangir   Welcome foreigners/emperor of India/Nicknamed "Grasper of the World" his wife is the real ruler  
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Aurangzeb   Shah Jahan's 3rd son/Killed his brother  
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Shah Jahan   Killed rivals competing for throne/loved his wife and buildings /built the Taj Mahal  
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Caravel   Ship that can sail against the wind  
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Hongwu   Commanded rebel army and drove out mongols/restored China/then became tyrant and died  
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Prince HEnry   Supported exploration/made exploration sailing school  
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Vasco Da Gama   Explorer- Portugese/East African coast to south west India/brought home riches  
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Bartholomew Diaz   Portugese Explorer whose motives were to serve God and His majesty/to give light to those in darkness and to grow rich as all men desire  
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Christopher Columbus   Spaniard found the Americas searching for India  
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Closed Country Policy   In Japan/ basically they didn't have or want contact with the europeans  
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Zhenghe   HE went to other countries and distributed gifts/sailor  
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Fire arms introduced to Japan   Destroyed shoguns power and samurias  
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Aztec Empire Declies   Cortes killed with the help of other tribes and disease  
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Slavery   ownage of a human  
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New France   Canada to mississippi/ know for fur trade/ low population/ owned by france  
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Joint Stock company   a buisness in which the investors pool their wealth for a common purpose then share their profits  
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Encomienda   Slaves for spanish conquerors they were the natives  
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Absolutism   rule that is unrestrained  
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Glorious Revolution   bloodless overthrow of king james II/ replaced by william and mary  
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Englands govt. Change   idk  
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Edict of Nantes   Henry IV said protestants could live peacefully in france (huguenots)  
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serf   midieval peasant bound to stay on lords land  
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boyars   landowning nobles of russia  
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heleocentric, geocentric theory   the earth and other planets revolve around the sun  
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Scientific Method   n. a logical procedure for gathering information about the natural world, in which experimentationand observation are used to test hypotheses.  
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Philosophes   one of a group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment  
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Declaration of Independance   a statement of the reasons for the American colonies’ break with Britian,approved by the Second Continental Congress in 1776.  
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Ivan the terrible   Russain leader who had good and then bad period killled lots of people including his own son  
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Louis XIV   made france super power and #1 in art and literature, good military leader, but..., was in constant war plus versailles, high taxes, you name it  
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Peter the Great   westerized russia and named St. Petersburg after himself (Swamp city)  
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Karl Marx   inventor of communism  
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Communism   an economic system in which all means of production—land, mines, factories, railroads, and businesses—are owned by the people, private property doesnot exist, and all goods and services are shared equally.  
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Laissez Faire   the idea that government should not interfere with or regulate industries and businesses  
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Bill of rights   first ten ammendmants of contstitution protects the basic rights for france #1 no suspending for parliment, #2 no taxes without parliments consent #3 no penalty for petioning the king about grievances  
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neoclassical Style   utopia, realisic, bright, secular  
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Scientific Revolution   a major change in European thought, starting in the mid-1500s, in which the studyof the natural world began to be characterized by carefulobservation and the questioning of accepted beliefs.  
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Scientific Revlution inventors   Bacon-scientific method Galileo- heliocentric theoryKepler- laws of planetary motionJanssen-microscopeCopernicus- heliocentric theoryNewton-gravityleewonhok, boyle, fareheit..  
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nationalism   loyalty to country  
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liberals, conservatives, radicals   middleclass men wanted to give power to elected parlaments/ weathly wanted to preserve the monarchy/ those who favored democracy  
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Romantisism   19th century idea valued emotion over reason  
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impressionism   non-realistic veiw in art (impression based)  
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industrial revolution   18th century england started using machines rather than humans  
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Urbanization   growth of cities with people migrating to them  
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stock   buying and sharing part of a company  
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Capitalism   business based on private ownership and investment of money on buisness ventures to make money  
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socailism   an economic system in which the factors ofproduction are owned by the public and operate for thewelfare of all  
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Restoration   the period ofCharles II’s rule over England, after the collapse of OliverCromwell’s government.  
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Adam Smith   three laws:law of self intrest, law of supply and demand, law of compitition  
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Louis XVI   horrible ruler of France bastile, ran away, hung  
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Napoleon   crowned himself emperor, sold lousiana purchase, improved france, spread land but eventually lost  
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reign of terror   the period, from mid-1793 tomid-1794, when Maximilien Robespierre ruled Francenearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures andordinary citizens were executed.  
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French revolution   time in which french government underwent much change  
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french estates   1st clergy, 2nd nobles, 98% in common third (everyone else)  
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Latin independence movement   latin american countries gained independance  
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Agricultural revolution   time of agricultural growth, crop rotation and new ways to grow things/ plow (I believe this is right im not sure sry.)  
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catherine the great   russain, wanted religous freedoms, no torture, however didnt help serfs/ she also expanded the country  
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Phillip II of Spain   shy and religious, disliked protestants and attacked elizebeth I but lost  
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