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world civ final exam

  1. where did the renaissance begin
    northern italy
  2. painting on wet plaster
    fresco
  3. egyptians believed pharaohs were humans &
    so were good
  4. person whose ideas are incorrect according to church
    heretic
  5. greeks lived in city-states called:
    polis
  6. everyday language of people is called
    vernacular
  7. what invention led to rapid spread of ideas
    printing press
  8. who were literate people during this time
    clergy
  9. built to protect china from invasion
    great wall
  10. family that led florence
    medici
  11. crusades fought holy land back from:
    muslims
  12. government where citizens have right to vote for their leaders
    republic
  13. allowed villages to grow
    farming
  14. according to the "courtier" the ideal person was
    educated in many areas
  15. wrote "the prince"
    machiavelli
  16. given depth in paintings by using vanishing points
    perspective
  17. wrote divine comedy
    dante alighieri
  18. wrote love sonnets for his love laura
    petrarch
  19. wrote romeo and juliet
    shakespeare
  20. knights lived by a code of
    chivalry
  21. someone who studies classical text
    humanist
  22. why did people separate from the church
    church became to concerned with money
  23. organized society around 5 basic relationships
    fusionism
  24. yearly event provided fertile soil for egyptian crops
    flooding the nile
  25. separates history from prehistory
    writing
  26. wrote "canterbury tales"
    geoffrey chaucer
  27. according to muslims last and greatest prophet
    muhammad
  28. what did alexander the great do to change the society he conquered
    introduced greek ideas and culture
  29. peasant bound to work on a manner
    surf
  30. what farming technique led to increase crop profuction
    3 field system
  31. land given to a vassal is called
    a fief
  32. what is hellenism
    • the mixture of 3 greek cultures
    • persian
    • greece
    • egyptian
  33. basic social and economic unit during feudalism
    manor
  34. what does the iliad describe
    trojan war
  35. why did china see themselves as the center of the universe
    they were isolated
  36. why are the middle ages called the dark ages
    little advancement in culture
  37. who controlled largest kingdom in europe during the 800's
    charlamegne
  38. said bible not pope was the final authority of the christians
    john whycliff
  39. national assembly of england
    parliament
  40. how many people died form black plague
    1/3
  41. how did the black plague spread
    fleas on rats
  42. what is the new social class during middle ages
    bourgeoise
  43. what architecture emerged in middle ages
    gothic
  44. what is the holy city of islam
    mecca
  45. a follower of islam
    muslim
  46. wandering desert nomads are called
    bedouins
  47. bizityne emperor is in head of the
    church and state
  48. ghagia sophia is a
    cathedral
  49. art objects that represent religious people
    icons
  50. most important city in bizityne emperor
    constantinople
  51. what roman dictator was appointed in 44 bc
    julius caesar
  52. why was pericles democracy limited
    non-citizens, and women didn't have the right to vote
  53. what did the guild system do for its members
    • paid funeral expenses
    • provided protection
  54. head of monastery is called a
    abbot
  55. monk who established rules for living in a monastery
    benedict
  56. a community where men work and devote life to prayer
    monastery
  57. after fall of roman empire, europe was divided into
    kingdoms
  58. 1066 william the conqueror conquered
    england
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