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Highly orginized society
Civilization
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Record of events since people first started writing
history
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large, slow moving masses of snow and ice
glacier
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Skilled craft worker
artisan
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what a human group acquires through living together
culture
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Five Characteristics of a civilization
- advanced technical skills
- form of goverment
- division of labour
- calendar
- form of writing
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the spread of culture from one area to another
cultural diffusion
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old stone age
paleolithic
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Middle stone age
Mesolithic
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key to founding a civilization because it provides transportation, irrigation, and fertile soil to name a few
water
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different people perform different tasks
work distribution
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theories about who, what, when before writing
pre-history
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individuals who travel in search of food
nomads
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four periods of extreme cold weather, most of earth was engulfed in ice
ice age
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evolutionary masterpieces, first human species well-adapted to survive in cold climates
neanderthals
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Shift from food gathering to food production
Neolithic Revolution
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produce food, demesticate animals, irrigation
agriculture
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Four Great River Valley Civilizations
- Nile River
- Tigrus and Euphrates River
- Indus River
- Yellow River
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scientist who sudies skeletal remains in order to determine prehistory
anthroplogist
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scientits who study manmade objects to determin pre history
archeologists
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manmade objects like art, weapons, and tools
artifacts
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System of writing developed by the Egyptians
Heiroglyphs
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Form of goverment headed by a king or queen
monarchy
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professional soldier paid to serve in a foreign army
mercenary
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belief in one god
monotheism
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belief in more than one god
polytheism
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sumerain writing-stylus-clay tablets
cuneiform
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a military unit of riders on horses developed by the Assyrians
Calvary
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Best sea traders; alphabet; purple dye
phoenicians
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large gropus of people traveling together for safety
caravan
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important artifact where heiroglyhics were translated
Rosetta Stone
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Hebrew most important contribution to Western Civilizations
ethnicmonotheism
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other name for the ten commandments
mosaic law
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city or town and its surrounding land
city-state
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first five books of the old testament
torah
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the process of preserving a body; Egyptians
Mummification
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sumerian temple built in layers
ziggurat
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the line of rule passed throught family; founded by the Egyptians, Menes
Dynasty
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Tombs of Egyptians
pyrimads
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form of goverment that unites different peoples and territories under one rule
empire
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this group developed a $$ economy
lydians
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"great house" "gods" to their people; high preist; general of army; judge; absoulte power
pharoh
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reed plant used as paper
papyrus
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1st recorded female pharoah
Hatshepsut
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Pharoah that died at the age of 16
Tut
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led the hebrews out of slavery in Egypt
Moses
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282 laws
hammurabi's code
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first five books of the old testament
torah
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cuneiform writing, arch, sewers, ziggurat, numbers
Summarians
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Hammurabi's Code
Babylonians
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iron weapons, less brutal code of law
Hittites
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Cruel warriors, calvary, roads, postal services
Assyrians
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hanging gardens
babylonians
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efficeint system of ruling an empire
persians
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exchange one good for another
barter
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wise leader of the Chaldeans
Nebachannezzer
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Pesia's three great leader
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Summarian structure, strongest form in building
arch
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Inain civilization settled along this river
Indus river
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form of socail caste system organization unique to india
caste system
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"enlightened one"; founder of Buddhism
Gamma
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sacred to hinduism b/c of food, fuel, power
reincarnation
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right views, right speech, & right living are just 3 of the 8 premises for Buddhists
Eightfold Path
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small group like peasants in the overall social stratification of india
caste
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Name, in order, the four officail and fifth unoffical classes of india's socail structure
- Kshatriyas
- Brahmans
- Vaisyas
- Sudras
- Untouchables
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mental and physical discipline body and soul in Hinduism
yoga
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"perfect peace" n hinduism and Buddhism-strive to attain
nirvana
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refers to the self or essence of the individual in Hinduism and Buddhism
atman
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Buddhism; all life contains sorrow and three other premises
four noble truths
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important Chinese method of stabiliizing the economy & lifestyle of their civilization; save surplus for drought years
leveling
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First four chinese dynasty's along the Yellow River
- Zhou Dynasty
- Qin Dynasty
- Han Dyansty
- Shang Dyansty
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"Chinese Peace" a time of peace and prosperity for China
Pax Sinica
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Chinese philosophy; respect elders gov. be honeset; gov. set example for people; people accept and fulfill societal roles
Confuciansism
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cynical chinese philosophy; people were inherently selfish; bring conformity w/ punishment and the threat of punishment
legalism
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Chinese philosophy that was contemplative of the essence of the universe; be quiet, humble, and contemplative
Daoism
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Yin & Yang; dualism in nature; strike a balance within the universe; chinese philosophy
Naturalism
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through distance, desert, mountains led the chinese to develope a unique civilization
isolation
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chinese writing; top to bottom; right to left
cilligraphy
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four stages of the dynamic cycle
- Defeat military Rival
- Internal Peace
- Decline in great power
- Dynasty collapses
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Chinese civilization was founded along this river
Yellow River
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Chinese "right to Rule" appointed by god; loses position with natural disaters-sign of god
Mandate of Heaven
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One of the classic and most important civilization because they had the best ideas and thinkers that shaped Western Civilization
Greece
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Existed theoretically on the island of Crete-Minotaur, know for Frescoes
Minoans
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4 physical features of a Greek City State
- Small Size
- Small population
- polis Fort on acropolis
- Public meeting place
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long peoms describing heroes and adventurtes
epic
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three characteristics of greek reiligion
- Explains mysteries of the physical world
- explains the passions
- how to achieve a good life, future, and abundant harvests
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military ideal; developed culture around militaristic attitude; didn't contriute to lit., art, etc.
Sparta
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Three reasons for Greek unity
- Non-greeks=barbarians
- same religion
- common language
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Three reasons for Greek disunity
- mountain ranges
- city-state had strong sense of identity
- developed own laws, money, calendar
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author of the Iliad & Odyssey
Homer
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Paintings on wet plaster walls
frescoes
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stories about the deeds and misdeeds of greek gods
myths
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Homers epic about the 10th year of the Trojan War
Iliad
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Direct Democracy; magnificent temples and buildings; emphisized sound body and mind
athens
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long series of wars between Greek city-states and Persia
Persian wars
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All citizens particiapte in decision making directly; Athens
Direct Democracy
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Concept of governing that the people can and should rule themselves
popular goverment
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citizens elect people to make decisions for themselves; United States
Representative Democracy
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a goverment in which all citizens participate
democracy
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war between Sparta and Athens, cultural Rivaly, athens surrendered to Sparta
Peloponnesian war
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greatest leader of Athens for 30 years-Age named after him; democary reached its height;Delian League
Percile
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Homer's Epic of A journey
Odyssey
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Athletic contests held in honor of the gods every four years.
Olympics
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a midpoing between two extremes; nothing in excess, and everything in proportion
golden mean
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study of the most fundamentalquestions of reality and human existance
Philiosphy
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student of Plato; accomplished scientist and philosopher; Ethics, Poetics, logic
Aristotle
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1st regularly paid army- foot soldiers; 16 rows of soldiers with 21 foot spears
Macedonains
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three schools of Philiosphy Post-Alex Era
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goal-helleninistic Empire; connect East and West; blending best of both cultures; a man of men, educated by aristotle
Alexander the Great
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father of modern medicine; disease comes from natural causes, not punishments for the gods.
Hippocrates
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peak of cultural activiy in athens during the 400 bc
Golden Age
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Republic; aristocracy of intellects; dialogues
Plato
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Father of History
Herodotus
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culture founded on Greek ideas blended with features from other culutres of the Mediterranean
Hellenistic Culture
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One of histories greates thinkers and teachers; hemlock; "know thyself"; ____ Method
Socrates
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everything could be explained or expressed through numbers
Pythagras
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seek pleasure and avoid pain; pleasure-intellectual
Epicurean
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world is directed by divine reason; accept fate; indifferent to fear, pain, grief, etc.
stoic
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seek virtue; scroned pleasure, wealth and social position
Cynic
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Romes and ours; a form of goverment where entitled voters elect representation
Republic
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most important military unit of Roman army consisting of 4500-6000 men
legion
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River along which Rome was built
Tiber River
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Rome vs. Carthage; three phases; Carthage destroyed and Rome victorious
Punic wars
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powerful aristocratic class of Rome; gained control of the goverment
patricians
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legendary founder of Rome
Romulus
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Three reasons why Christianity flourished in Rome in the face of persecution
- Constantine supported it
- civil wars
- grew too big
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famous leader of a large slave revolt in Rome
Spartacus
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a large and powerful commercial city on the north coast of Africa; Rome Defeated
Carthage
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Christian Roman Emepror; Deathbed conversion
Constantine
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Last of the good emperors; philosopher king; Meditations
Marcus Aurelis
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Cruel and unpredictable Roman emperor; stared the fire?; commited suicide
Nero
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Period from the reign of Augustus through the death of marcus Aurelius in Rome
Pax Romana
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Roman tenant farmer
colonus
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small elite military force stationed in Rome to protect the emperor
Pratorian Guard
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Scholars learned in the scriptures and religious law; Judaism; replace priests
Rabbis
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title given to patriarch of Rome; Supreme head of Catholic church
Pope
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jew; crusified; mission was to connect God to man
Jesus
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the absence of goverment
anarchy
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three reasons why Rome Fell
- slavery
- poor leaders
- barbarian invaders
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popular with people; wanted to be supreme ruler; restriced senate; murdereed by conspiritors; Rome
Ceaser
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crazy Roman Ruler who appointed his horse as counsel
Caligula
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Smarter that Julius; Supreme ruler of Rome; Manipulated the senate and the masses
Octavian Augustus
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terrible Roman Ruler rumored to have murdered his father; killed by an athlete- a hired hit
Commodus
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New capital created by Constantine, today called istanbul
Constantipole
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created sevret police for Russia; ruled with murder and terror
Ivan the Terrible
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Christian missonary brothers; Cyrillic alphabet; conversion of the Slavs
Cyril & Methodius
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Kieven Ruler who rejected Islam, Western Christianity, and Judaism-liked Byzantine Christianity
Vladimir I
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Great Byzantine emperor who established Constantinople as the capital of the Byzantine Empire; paved & lighted streets, libraries, churches, homes museums, best medieval city
Justantine
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Cyril and Methodus develpoed this for the illiterate Slavs in order to convert them to Christianity
Cryillic Alphabet
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Russain "ceaser" or emperor
czar
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opinion that conflicts with the church doctrine
heresey
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Byzantine picrute or design fromed by inlaid pieces of glass, stone, or enamel
mosaic
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person who believed that the presence of icons constutied idol worship
iconoclast
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offical act the bars a person from church membership or ceremony
excommunication
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byantine picture of Jesus, Mary or the saints
icons
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money or goods a wife brings to a marrage
dowry
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flammable liquid used by Byzantine catherdral built by Justinians
Greek Fire
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Beautiful Byzantine cathedral built by Justantin
Hagia Sophia
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Scandinavians who were traders and Raiders that swept throught Europe
Vikings
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LEader of the MOngols; fierce; Successful
Ghagus Khan
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the word Russia derived from this word
Rus
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Capital of Russia; also known as the third Rome
Moscow
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person learned in the Islamic law and Faith
mullahs
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Holy war to defend or spread Islam
Jihad
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Groom's marriage gift to bride
dower
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foudner of Islam
Muhammad
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the one Islamic God
Allah
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peninsula b/t the persian Gulf and the Red Sea, & home to Islam
Arabia
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Holy city of Muhammad in Arabia
Mecca
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city in Arabia that was Muhammad's refuge and where he first established
Median
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battle in France where Franks defeated the Moors
Tours
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Muslim Pillars of Faith
- Recite words of Wisdom
- Pray 5 times a day facing Mecca
- pilgramage to Mecca
- give alms
- fast during ramadam
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Muslims who believed that only intercessor b/t belivers and Allah was the Koran
Sunnis
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Muslims who belived that a person-imam, spiritual and secular authority-rather that the Koran was the intermediary b/t Allah and believers
Shittes
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Holy book of Islam that presents Muhammad's most important teachings; includes teachings from Bible & Torah
Koran
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archbishop of Canterbury; took on Henry II regarding transfer of clergy from chruch to royal courts
Thomas Beckett
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imported feudalsim from France to England; created a strong central goverment and the doomsday Book
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warrior King of Wessex; paid the Danes to leave at firsts, then crushed them militaryily once he had the strength; educated man who established great schools and libraries; claimed absolute supremeacy; all secular or spritual were servants to the church
Alfred the Great
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brought the papal power to its greatees height dominating almost all of Europe; skilled diplomat; best in Church history
Innocent III
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crowned "Emperor of the Romans" by Pope Leo III in St. Peter's Rome; united most all of Europe for the first time in almost 400 years
Charlemange
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defeated the Moors which halted Muslim advance into Europe
Chalres Mortals Calvary
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Identify, in order, the four stages of knighthood
- Page
- Squire
- Accompany Knight into battle
- Ceremony to become Knight
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code of conduct for knights; civilize the crude, uncouth medieval Nobilities
chivalry
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Name in decending order the the heirarchy of the medieval Church
- Pope and his Curia
- the archbishop
- the Bishop
- Parish priest
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govermental and militaristic medieval system whereby nobels rule themselves in the absence of a king or centralized gov.;lord; vassal; relationships; justice by ordeal
feudlism
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medieval economic system emadnating from the management of a large estate; domain; serfs and nobles
the Manorial System
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four problems that plagued the medieval church
- lay investure
- simony
- world lives of the Clergy
- heresy
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mediecal chruch problem involving the buying of a postion
Simony
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Medieval church problem that describes the extreme wealth of the church
Lay investure
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episode in church history where heretics were pruged through torturous confessions and burning at the stake
inquisition
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Church's punishment of an entire region; it involved withholding sacraments
intridict
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deudal document intended to limit the power and the king and protect nobles rights; U.S. Constitution
Magna Carta
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Two terms for the period of history between ancient and modern history
-
church code of law
Cannon Law
-
system of monestaries & convents in which christians withdrew from the world to lead a life of prayer fasting and self-denial
monasticism
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Christian expeditions to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims; Pope Urban II; successful Failures
Crusades
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Three reasons why people would join the crusades
- adventure
- promise of reward
- escape debts or punishment
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three results of the crusades for the people of Europe
- Status of women imporved
- monarchs had less power of feudal lords
- military technologies-crossbow
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the plague; fleas on rats; killed 1/3 of Europe's population; 75 million worldwide; disrupted every aspect of life
Black Death
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policy of charging intrest on loans
usury
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method of production in which work is done at home instead of the factory
domestic system
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an economy in which land, labor and capital are controlled by individuals
market economy
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workers formed organizations for regulatory purposes
guilds
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author of the Divine Comedies
Dante Alighieri
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Author of the Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
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French peasant girl who rallied the French as a nation against the english; burned at the stake by English as heretic
Joan of Arc
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"they who believe in the ingallibility of the pope and openly say so are blasphemers."
John Husk
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The bible is for the goverment of the people, by the people and for the people.
Johy Wycliffe
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York & Lancaster struggle for the throne; White & Red flowers as the symbols; Lancaster won & married a York; nobles die
War of the Roses
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The removal of the papacy from Rome, Italy to Avigon, France
Babylonian Captivity
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a division of the medieval chruch over rivaling political groups
the Great Schism
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France and English battled over English oppresion of the French; French Rallied and drove the English out
Hundred Years war
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Four Great empires or cultures of the America's-Mexico Peru
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Children of the Sun; anesthietics and brain surgery; Americas
Incas
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Wandering Warriors; dominating Mexico; pyramids, temples, marketplaces, palaces
Aztecs
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one of the most advanced cultures; human sacrifice; accurate calendar; immediated disaster-demise
Mayans
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First real Japanese emperor who reigned in the 300s; successors reigned until end of 1945-WWII conclusion
Sujin
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Grandson fierce and most infamous Mongol leaders; lavish summer place-Coolridge
Kublai Khan
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powerful officail who controlled Japanese emperor; major office; controled $$, laws, courts, appointments
shoguns
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warrior landlords in Japan; Bushido-code of honor
Sammuri
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every type of climate and terrrain can be found in this region; two of the world's largest river systems here
Americas
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code of honor for Japanese samurai; similar to chivalry
bushido
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legendary first emperor of Japan
Jimmu
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religious revolt against the authority and certain doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church
Reformation
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a revival or rebirth; 15th century; France, Germany, Holland, & England; renewed interest in learning & classics; artistic & philosophical movement
Renaissanse
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heart of the Renaissance
Flourence
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ideal renaissance Man
Leonardo da Vinci
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French converts to Calvinism
Huguenots
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the principle of doubt; do not belive unless can be proven by experiment or math
scientific revolution
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Bohemian (Czech) religouis leader who advocated the ideas of Wycliffe; burned at the stae as a heretic
John Huss
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generally, a christian who is not of the roman catholic or eastern orthodox faiths
protestants
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english philosopher; scientific method
Francis Bacon
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encouraged European peoples to seek material comfort
renaissance spirit
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paved the way for new inventions and set roots for the industrial revolution
material comfort
-
material comfort paved the way for this
industrial revolution
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painter, sculptor, engineer-loading cannon & scaling wall; Last Supper; Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
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"the end justifies the means"; ethics of goverment
Machevelli
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concets of the planets and earth; heliocentirc theory; Polish astronomer
Copernicus
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literary movement that typified the renaissance spirit; every day human problems; Petrarch, Erasmus, Moore
Humanism
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French protestant; founded Protestant church in Geneva; predstinatino; theocracy
John Calvin
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founder of the Jesuits in 1534
Ignatious Loyola
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German; Roman Catholic; 95 theses; translated Bible to German; excommunicated; established a new religion
Martin Luther
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Dutch Humanist scholar who attacked church abuses but remained loyal
Erasmus
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English priest who condemned the wealth and worldliness of the Catholic Church; denied papal supremacy
John Wycliffe
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Established many protestant sects; shattered Catholic religious unity
reformation
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English Protestant Reformation; Henry VIII; divorced Kate of Aragon-no male heir
Anglican Church
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Three reasons for renaissance in Italy
- Artifacts
- location
- wealthy patrons
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Italian astronomer and physicist; telescope
Galileo
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English chemist; Laws of gases
Boyle
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English mathmatician, astronomer, and physicist-calculus, law of light and color, laws of motion and gravity
Newton
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Author of Eutopia; the ideal country
More
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Gods plan for who is saved and who is damned
predestination
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fusion of church and state; clergy control goverment
theocracy
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Calvanism laid the foundation for this religious group
Puritans
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Catholic reform to counteract the spread of Protestantism
counter-reformation
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Society of Jesus; stressed education-best universites in Euro & US; opposed killing-convert through conversation
Jesuits
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mathematical calculations to verify results of experiments
scientific method
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most effective in slowing the spread of Protestantism
Jesuits
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French Scientist; mathematician & philosopher-"I think therefore i am"
Descartes
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a new way of thinking; relied on questioning & experimentation
Scientific Revolution
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earth at the center of the universe; disputed during Renaissance
geocentric thoery
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theory that the sun was the center of the universe; accepted in Renaissance
heliocentric theory
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caused by Protestant & Catholic conflict, German ruling rivalries, & desire for France, Denmark, & Sweden to weaken the Hapsburgs & the Holy Roman Empire; resulted in the territorial changes for Europe, Dutch & Sweden independence
30 years war
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technological advances amde long explortaions possible
- Cannon
- Map Making
- Astrolobe
- compass
- new ships
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Theory that suggested the world contained a fixed amount of wealth; to increase a share one had to take from another
merchantalism
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factors that lead to Europeans to colonize
- overcrowding
- reap quick profits
- escape religious or political persecution
- expand trade
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Second stage of the triangle trade involving the shipment of slaves across the atlantic
Middle passage
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believed he could reach Asia quickly by sailing across the Atlantic; discovered islands in the Caribbean that later becameknown as the West Indies; controversail
Christopher Columbus
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member of the Poruguese Royal family who founded a school for navigators; wanted to start a crusade in Africa to access Muslim slave trade
Prince Henery the Navigator
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led expiditions that completed the circumnavigation of the world-did not make it home because he was killed in the Phillipines
Magellan
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Russian Ruler who wanted to Westernize Russia; made men shave beards & wear Euro. clothes; encouraged women to participate in community; adopted Louis XIV highly centralized governing system
Peter the Great
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were exploited by the mother country for raw materials and a market for European products
colonies
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Portugese explorer who sailed around Africa and across the Indian Ocean to India
Vasco da Gama
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Portugese explorer who became convineved that the land across the Atlantic was not Asia by a new land; named after it
Amerigo Vespucci
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Spanish explorer who crossed the isthmus of Pnama and claiemd the Pacific for Spain
Balboa
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German Princess who married a Russain; conspiriring with nobles to mruder husband??; her expansion of Russia inot Pland and control of the Black Sea made Russia a force in European power balance
Catherine the Great
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Poetry, flute, philosophy; encouraged industry & ag.; public education; made Prussia a force
Fredrick the Great
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became more important than goods because it provided laborers for the colonies to operate large plantations more efficently
slaves
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System throught which European merchants shipped weapons and liquor to Africa, exchanging them for slaves; were then transported to the americas and sold to plantation owners for produce from the plantations; these products were then shipped to European markets
triangular Trade
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financed and supported the journey of Christopher Columbus; king and queen of Castile
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Venentian taveler; famous for journy from Euro. to China; 17 year stay in the court of Kublai Khan; his writings influenced Clomubus
Marco Polo
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3 sea dogs that were traders and raiders for England and Elizabeth I
- Francis Drake
- Walter Raliegh
- John Hawkins
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Known as the Seven Year's War in Europe; settled French & British rivalry in North America; British came out on top
French-Indian War
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Tudor; eldest daughter of Henry VIII; 1st reigning queen of England; Catholica & determined to make England a Catholic nation again; persecuted the Protestants-burned 300@ the stake; unhappy and & unpopular marriage to Phillip II of Spain; childless
Mary I
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Tudor; Daughter of Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn-2nd wife; beheaded; came to the throne-England was a mess; left the throne-England was one of the richest and most powerful in Europe-Golden Age; organized a navy that defeated the Spanish Armada; Never married Childless
Elizabeth
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while searching fo the Northwest passage, he explored the river in eastern North America and the bay in northern Canada that now bears his name
Henry Hudson
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colonists supported, opposed, and didn't care about the Revolutionary War
1/3, 1/3, 1/3
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The Virgin Queen
Queen Elizabeth I
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Closest heir to Ellie the 1st throne; Catholic; plotted with phillip II men to kill Ellied 1st and seize the throne; Ellie found out and beheaded
Mary Queen of Scotts
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King of Spain; husband to Mary I; leader of Counter Reformation; his Spanish Armada was destroyed by Ellie 1st
Phillip II
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a fleet of 130 ships sent be Phillip II to England to kick it; were kicked instead
Spanish Armada
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a radical attempt to change the very structure of a country's goverment
Revolution
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parites in conflict for the English Civil War
-
document outlining the fundamental laws and principles that govern a nation
constitution
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Prutian Military dictator; New Model Army; Leader of the revolution in England; extended English commerce
Oliver Cromwell
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1660 Charles II and his rule restored the monarchy in England; end of the English Revolution; end of Cromwell's experiment
restoration
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kind of republic that Cromwell established in England
common wealth
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the union of England and Scotland; Untied Kingdom; island of two countires; one kingdom
Great Britian
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head of goverment established in England; chief minister of the cabinet; real leader of the goverment
Prime Minister
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wanted to "purify" the Protestant English Church; objected to Catholics; b/c a bitter enemy of the Tudor Monarchy-led a revolution against w/ Cromwell
Puritans
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Three reasons England and Ireland were in conflict
- Religion
- Territory
- Irish Revolts
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English Philosopher; "social Contract"; absolute monarchy
Hobbes
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English Philosopher; "natural Rights"; ruler cannot violate rights-overthrow
John Locke
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Irish-Catholic Guerillas; wanted hereditary monarchy; English political party in Parliment
Tories
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Presbyterian guerillas; wanted strong Parliament; English political party in Parliament
Wigs
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William and Mary of Orange take the throne; Parliamnet makes James II abdicated & replaces with his daughter and hubby
Glorious Revolution
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The Protestant Queen
Elizabeth I
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Supporter of the King during English Revolution; also known as a Royalist
Cavaliers
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English Civil War; Cromwell, Puritans, & Parliament vs. Charles I Monarchy & the rest; Charles I executed; Cromwell's commonwealth; ends with the Restoration of Charles II
English Revolution
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King of England; problems w/ scots, Irish, parliament; surrendered & executed w/ ER; martyred
Charles I
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English Legislature consisting of Two houses-Lords and Commons-like our congress-senate & representatives
Parliment
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Rights to life, liberty, and property
Natural Rights
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Protection from illegal arrest & false imprisonment
Habeas Corpus
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Ministers or heads of governmental departments
Cabinet
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Monarchy in which a king or queen occupies the throne but whose powers are limited by a constitution;
English- set examples
Limited Constitutional Monarchy
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Not a single document, but a collection including The Bill of Rights and the Magna Carta; based on tradition
English Constitution
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English sea captains who were both traders and pirates
Sea Dogs
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Italian Captain; commissioned by King Henry VII to explore North America; Voyages gave the English a claim to the new world
John Cabot
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First Englishman to sail around the world; Sea dog
Francis Drake
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Set up trading posts at Calcutta and Madras in India; Used force and bribery to exert English influence in trade; became very powerful and wealthy
English East India Company
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A water route to India around the Americas to the north and west; English goal
Northwest Passage
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First permanent English settlement in America; located on northeastern coast of North America
Jamestown
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Second permanent English settlement in America; located on northeastern coast of North America
Plymouth
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1754-17693; decisive conflict that settled British and French rivalry in North America; Treaty of Paris in 1763 confirmed Great Britian's victory in North America and the entire world; GB dominated NA from Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi River and From the Gulf of Mexico to almost the Artic Ocean; "The sun never sets on the British Empire"
Seven Years War
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coloniest who supported independence; aka Tories
loyalists
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colonists who actively favored independece
patriots
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July 4
Declaration of Independence
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General of the Continental Army; 1st US President
Gerneral George Washington
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cheif American negotiator w/ British During the War
Ben Franklin
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colonies fought and won their independence from GB with the help of France, Spain, and the Neatherlands
American Revolution
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First plan of goverment for the US; one house of Congress; ineffective
Articles of Confederation
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principle author of the Declaration of Indepence
Thomas Jefferson
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Federal System of goverment; three branches of goverment; Bill of Rights
US Constitution
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system in which power is devided between the central, or federal goverment and the goverment of the states
Federal system of Goverment
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branch of goverment that enforces the laws; president
Executive Branch
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branch of goverment that makes the laws; Congress
legislative
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branch of goverment that interprest and applies the laws; federal courts
Judical Branch
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first 10 amendments to the constitution
Bill of Rights
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one of the small towns outside Boston where British first met armed resistance from the colonists
Concord
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scene of decisive American and French Victory over the british, located on Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
Yorktown
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British general of armies against American colonies; forced to yeild at Yorktown; later took position in India
Cornwallis
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Europeans; 1700s; free exchange of ideas was the lifeblood; philosophers believed they could apply the scientific method & rationalism-reason or logical thinking to explain human nature
Enlightenment
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THE SOCIAL CONTRACT; popular sovereignty; history repeats itself in a cycle of decay; kind of outside of Enlightenment b/c thought reason brought corruption; advocated simple pastoral state
Rousseau
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LETTERS ON ENGLAND; popularized English ideas in France; "I do not agree with a word you say, but defend to the death your right to say it."
Voltaire
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less than 1% of French population; clergy of Roman Catholic Church; privilaged & wealth
1 Estate
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less than 2% of French population; nobility; thoughless, irresponsible, & wasteful
2 Estate
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97% of French population; bourgeoisie, laborers, peasants, artisans, tithad; no say; worked fro the benefit of above classes
3 Estate
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instituted to sqelch the threat of the counterrevolution in France; "national razor"; 100 days; Roberspierre; fear & ignorance were motivating factors
Regin of Terror
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"Stroke of State"; Napoleon's method of taking control of France
Coup d etat
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5'2"; general at the age of 26; required only 2-3 hours of sleep; military genius; took control of France; "Grand Design" for Europe
Napolean
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French monarch; reigned 1774-92; weak; target of French Revolution for taxes & extrabagance; guillotined
Louis XVI
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Prussia, Great Britian, & the Dutch Netherlands defeated Napolean's Army; Napolean surrendered to British & was exiled & watched under guard until his death
Battle of Waterloo
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ideals of individual rights; fair rule of law; principles of the American & French Revolutions
liberalism
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activities aimed counter to; or against Revolution
counter revolution
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French King who reigned 1643-1715; increased monarchial authority; reign longest in Euro. hostory; France
Louis XIV
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French revolutionary; doctor from Paris; leader of extreme radical sact of the jacobins; assassinated in his bath
Mariat
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Napolean's first wife who humiliated him w/ extramarital affairs
Josephinee
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French King; reigned 1715-74; financial situation worsened; discontent & hatred for monarchy increased; lost Canada & India in Seven Years War
Louis XV
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Wife of Louis XVI of France; disliked for extravagance & resistance to reform; convicted of Treason; guillotined
Marie Antoinette
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zPersian military leader who extended Presia's boundries to their greatest extent since the times of Darius & Xerxes
Nader Sha
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English; governor general of India; surrendered @ Yorktown in the Revolutionary War
Lord Cornwallis
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Polish King who halted the Turks attack @ Vienna
John Sobieski
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military leader for British East India Company- secured India commercialy over French
Robert Clive
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manmade Chinese structure built to secure China from invaders like the Mongols
Great wall of China
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was a chinese symbol of socioeconomic class; women didn't have to work; feet
Golden Lotus
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war b/t the British and Chinese; the British attempted to establish free trade w/ China and began to pay for tea w/ opium
Opium War
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Chinese political Rebellion whose leader claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus; weakened the Qing Dynasty
Taiping Rebellion
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title give to the cheif ministers of the sultans of the ottomans Empire
Grand Vizers
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Controlled Great Britians trade w/ India; solely interested in trade not colonization @ first
British East India Company
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British trained local soldiers in India
Sepoys
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Britsih East India Company used cow and pig fat to grease rifle cartridges; offensive English customs imposed on Indians; execution of leading Sepoys; BEIC dissolved; India trade ruled by british goverment
Indian Revolution
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Empress of India
Queen Victoria
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the factors of production that were basic resources necessary during the Industrial Revolution
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the start of the Industiral Revolution because they had the resources and the demand
Great Britian
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Three inventions that increased the effieciency & spread of industry Communiaction
transportation
production
- Spinning Jenny
- Steam engine
- telegraph
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the use of automatic machinery to increase producition
mechinization
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three pros of the IR
- Middle Class
- Women Education
- New Inventions
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three cons of the IR
- over crowding cities
- end of skilled crafts
- child labour
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improtant class developed w/ IR; bought products if IR; kids educated; moms didn't work
Middle Class
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three elements of mass production
- Assembly Line
- interchangeable parts
- division of Labour
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an economic pattern of alternating periods of prosperity and decline
business cycle
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lowest point in a business cycle
depression
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this law dictates price and wages
Supply and Demand
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the center of the business cycle
competition
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every person should be free to go into a ny buisness & operate at the greatest advantage; Adam Smith
free enterprise
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population poses greatest challenge to human progress; people multipy more rapidly than supply increase despite natural checks like war, famine, & natural disatster
Malthus
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process of negotiation b/t management and union over wages, working conditions, etc.; contact; fixed amount of time
Collective barganing
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formed by workers in response to harsh working conditions and poor wages
unions
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Prussian born; Communist Manifesto; founder of communism; stages of class struggle in history
Karl Marx
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objective laws of historical development; people could work together cooperatively w/o being forced to do so
scientific socialism
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discoverd a processof "curing'' rubber to make it more elastic and usable
Goodyear
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devised a method of wieghing atoms
John Dalton
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theory that plants and animals developed from common ancestors
evolution
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founder of genetics
Mendel
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French chemists who investigated radioactivity
Curies
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theory that stated enery can only be released in fixed amounts
quantum Theory
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science that deals in inanimate, or nonliving, aspects of nature-astronomy, geology, physics, and chemistry
physical sciences
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science dealing with living organisms
biological sciences
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process of disintergration in which certain elements can release energy
radioactivity
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German physicist who developed the quantum theory
Max Planck
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German physicist who discoverd x-rays
Roetgen
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English physician who develped the principle of inoculation
Genner
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process of heating liquids to kill bacteria
pasturization
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theory that stated no particles of matter can move faster than the speed of light
special theory of relativity
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Russian chemist who produced the first workabel classification of the elements; Periodic table of elements
Menedelyve
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German scientist; revolutionized physics, stating all events occur in four dimensions of space-4th=time; E=MC2
Albert Einstien
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Found that micro-organisms are not spontaneously created; introduced germ theory of disease; pasturization
Louis Pasture
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study of the ways in which inborn characteristics of plants and animals develope by inheritance
Genetics
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develped the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
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wireless telegraph
Marconi
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Name three technologies that imporved city life
- Iron pipes
- electricty
- toliets
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War and Peace-war portrayed as avast confusion of misery and death; Russian novelist
Leo Tolstoy
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"Father" of American football
Walter Camp
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Its genesis came with the IR and overcrowding cities; residential areas on the ouskirts of the city
suburbs
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first to fly in a powered. sustained, controlled flight
wright brother
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inveneted the electric lightbulb & central powerhouse to trasmit electricity
Thomas Eddison
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people moving to another land
emigration
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principles of Sociology; theory of socail Darwinism
Herbert Spencer
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study of human relationships in society
sociology
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were two improvments that increased overall health and well-being
- Pasturization
- Refrigeration
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study of human mind-how it works and how it affects behavior
pyschology
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people coming to a country to settle`
immigrants
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survival of fittest; humans in the animal kingdom; contentions conflicted w/ creationism & therefor controversial
Charles Darwin
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Dutch painter who expressed intense emotion
Vincent Van Gogh
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expression of the realities of everyday life in art and literature
realism
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movement that appeals to the imagination and sentiment
romanticism
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artistic portrayal of everyday life that is relevant to a specific location
regionalism
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a cicid impression of people and places as they may appear at a glance
impressionism
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Freud's process of revealing and analyzing the unconscious
physicoanalycis
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French sculptor who broke tradition; unfinished quality to statues; show people & scenes as they appear
Rodine
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rivalry among carious sections of a country; plagued the new nation- the United State
Sectionalism
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two issues that led to the US Civil War
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Region extending westward from th Mississippi River to approx. the Rocky Mountains; France sold to US for $15 million
Lousiana
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co-organizers of the 1848 women's rights conference in Seneca Falls, New York
- Elizabeth Stanton
- Lucretta Mott
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person who belives in the abolition of all goverment through force
anarchists
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established professional nurins of the wounded
Florence Nightngale
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statement issued by president Monore opposing European Intervention in American affairs
Monroe Doctrine
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a phrase used by leaders and politicians in the 1840s to explain continental expansion by the US
Manifest Destiny
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