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History of Canada
Chapter Three Europe In the 1500's - 1338 - 1529
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Undergraduate 2
10/28/2013

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When the black death occur?
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1348-49
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Where did the black death probably begin?
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Constaninople
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What fraction of the population died due to the black deat?
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1/3rd
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Since the Europeans experienced many diseases, what would be the result for the Europeans?
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Developed an immunity of sort.
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What was one of the issues with the Europeans travelling to other places where different people groups existed?
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The Europeans would bring the diseases with them and since these people had not developed an immunity, loss of life was expedential.
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When was the hundred years war?
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1337 -1453
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Which people were in the hundred years war?
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French and English
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What was the result of the hundreds year war for the ______ and ________?
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French and English, and a great deal of animosity between Britain and France and thus the tension between these two nations are brought to Canada
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Where was the hundreds year war mostly fought?
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In France
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How did the English fight in the hundreds years' war?
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The english were far more superior and would raid many french towns. This caused much hatred and brought about Nationalism
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Joan of Arc
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A young, french maid that inspired the French to eventually be able to defeat the english. The english arrested her on trumped up charges and persecuted her.
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Why is the hundred years war important for Canadian History?
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Tells us about the strong dislike between the english and french...that still exists today.
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When did Constantinople fall?
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1453
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Who began a muslim dynasty that is known as the ottoman empire?
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Osman 1280 -1324
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What is the Ottoman Empire?
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A muslim dynasty that expands into the byzantine empire
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Why are the ottoman turks important and how did they succeed?
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They took down constantinople in 1453 because they developed weapons like Canons.
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Why was the rise of the ottoman turks and the fall of constantinople important to Canada?
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Because the rivers to Chind and India were now difficult to take, so it was financially lucrative to find other ways to the East (find the Northwest Passage because Europe couldn't get through that way)
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Who is Vasco Da Game??
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A portugese (who did a lot of exploration) man that began exploring. He went down the west coast of Africa down to China. 1460-1524
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Who is Christopher Columbus?
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He is a man who sailed to the Caribbean in 1492, west, in which he was laughed at by the portugese because they were sailing east. He also took indigenous people from the Caribeean's to Spain, then sugar cane was planted in the Caribbeans and Brazil. The big picture of him is that the Europeans 'discover' that these lands exist and begin to think about going to these lands.
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Who is Thomas More and what did he do?
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He published utopia, a text that helps to encourage the idea that a good world is possible in 1516. This fired up the imagination of the European people because this world looked nothing like theirs...thus when they come to knew unknown land they started to see world that could be a Utopia; a city on a hill if you will would be New France. He was also a mayor in London and was in a close relationship with Henry the Eighth - his head got caught off eventually because they disagreed.
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Who is Martin Luther and what did he do?
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He posts the 95 These in 1517 which was a post against the indulgences (get out of free hell cards) that were a money making venture that Pope Leo the tenth wanted to use to finance the rebuilding of St Pauls Cathedral. Luther eventaully called the Pope the anti-christ and was the beginning point of the division between Catholicism and Protestant. The result was those that remained catholic were especially keen on keeping Catholicism dominant and this created a world characterized b violence.
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Explain the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.
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In 1572, at the end of the summer, French Gaurds who had been posted outside of a Protestant home gave a signal and went out to slaughter French Protestants. Henry IV (4) directed this.
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What is the Edict of Nantes?
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In 1598, someone (a henry) put this in place to protect Protestants...people should be tolerant of them is what it meant. However, France was a catholic nation and Henry 4 assasinated him because they suspected he had never been sincere in his conversion.
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Who is Ignatius Loyolla?
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He began the Jesuits (also known as the society of Jesus), lived 1491-1556, he devoted his life exclusively to the Virgin Mary and was spanish.
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Explain the Jesuits.
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A highly educated monastic movement, they were dedicated to educating people of Catholicism and were very successful and were the most important aspect of the Catholic Revolution. They were very engaged in missionary work as with teaching and sent out missionaries to far lunged parts of the world like Japan, India, etc. They were a very influential missionary movement to the development of Canada and worked with the Huron in Southern Ontario. The pope didn't like them because they wanted to get rid of what was cultural about Christianity.
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When did the pope officially recognized the Society of Jesus as a catholic order?
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1540
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When did Henry the eighth (VIII) ask British Parliament to pass the Act of Supremacy?
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1529
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What did Henry the Eight do and what was he supposed to become?
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A priest. He was given defender of the Faith by the Pope for defending the Pope, he had a daughter and wanted to ask for a divorce from the Pope because he needed a son but he was denied. Then he decided to leave the Catholic Church and declared himself head of the church. He got married six times, his third wife had a son but died before the age of 20. He also divorced and killed all the girls mothers.
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Why is Henry the eight important to the history of Canada and his passing of the Act of Supremacy?
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Because England becomes Protestant. No one that was Catholic could hold high position. So when the English comes to Canada they brought their anti-catholicism with them and the French and English fight in Canada.
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What is the bigger picture of the passing of the Act of Supremacy ?
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France and England (Catholic and Protestant) will be the two most important European Nations in Canada and the religious tension of Catholic and Protestant will be carried on in Canada.
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