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World civ test #3
For World Civ final
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History
Undergraduate 1
12/08/2013

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Olmec Civilization
Definition
Yucatan Pen. Guatemala
Agriculture, religious movement, writing
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Mayan Civilization
Definition
Maize principle crop, also cotton
Hereditary elite
Hieroglyphic writing
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Teotihuacán Society
Definition
City of 200,000
Major trade center
elite lived in splendor
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Toltecs
Definition
controlled Mexico
fell to drought, poor rulers
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Toliptzin
Definition
Ruler of Toltecs
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Aztecs
Definition
militeristic, conquerors
great wealth and power
quasi feudal
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Huitzilopochtli
Definition
Aztec sun God
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Incas
Definition
W. South America
Quechua language
society of Nobles and Warrios
Term
Bantu Migration
Definition
migration for Sudan to Sub-Sahara
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Trans-Sahara Trade
Definition
Controlled by Berbers
Stimulated trade (gold, slave, ect.)
*introduced Islam to into western Africa
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Mansa Musa
Definition
Muslim, successful general, pilgrim to Mecca
Improved scholarship, knowledge in Mali
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Timbuktu
Definition
Major Islamic intellectual center
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Technology traded west
Definition
Horizontal loom
Paper (from china)
Clocks
Gunpowder (china>arabia>mongol>europe)
Term
Gerard of Cremona
Definition
Translated scholarly texts to Latin
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Factors for European innovation
Definition
Religious Ideals, need for labor (shortage from black death)
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Pippin III
Definition
established/gave Papal States to papacy
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Charlemagne
Definition
Extended Carolingian Kingdom to France, Germany, Italy
Appointed emperor of Rome
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Venerable Bede
Definition
English Monk
initiated dating using AD
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Vikings
Definition
Invaded British Isles, W. Europe
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Muslims
Definition
Invaded N. Africa, Italy, S. France
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Lateran Council
Definition
Group of Cardinals
Elected Pope
Reorganized church administration
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Crusades
Definition
(1096-1204) 4 crusades
Response to Constantinople's appeal from help against Turks
Expansion trade, ^ in art, science
Motivated by religious zeal, greed
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Monasteries
Definition
Served as hotel, hospital
place for noble children
Term
William the Conqueror
Definition
United England
Term
Henry I
Definition
Created Royal Treasury (exchequer)
Term
Henry II
Definition
Created Common Law, Royal Courts
Ended trial by ordeal (religious trials)
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King John
Definition
Incompetent rule, war with France lead to financial difficulties
Led to Magna Carta
Term
Magna Carta
Definition
Provisions extended to all freeman
Term
Magna Carta Provisions
Definition
Created common counsel to approved taxes
set rules for courts
prevented unlawful imprisonment
Gov't must pay for land taken
safeguarded inheritances
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Philip Augustus
Definition
Unified France
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Holy Roman Empire
Definition
Warring states tied together by loose allegiance to emperors
tried to take Italy, war with papacy
Term
Henseatic League
Definition
Treaty between Hamburg and Lubeck
extended trade in N. Europe
Term
Black Plague
Definition
China>W. Asia>Euopre
Major Pop. losses (some areas 50%)
Term
Hundred Years war
Definition
England vs. France
dispute over Aquitaine & succession to French Crown
major economic disruption
Helped create English Parliment
Term
Great Schism
Definition
Two people claiming papacy
resolved by Council of Constance
Term
Trading Centers in Italy
Definition
Genoa, Venice
gained quasi independence
Term
Renaissance
Definition
Rebirth of learning
emphasis on individualism
interest in recovering old art and learning
Term
Renaissance Artists
Definition
Da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo
Term
Niccolo Machiavelli
Definition
Wrote The Prince
brought political unification of Italy
Term
Gutenberg
Definition
Created movable type
translated bible to German
Term
Louis XI
Definition
Extended French Kingdom
Improved law and order, silk industry
Term
War of Roses
Definition
Battle for succession to English throne after Edward III
Henry VII gained crown
Term
Henry VII
Definition
Est. royal council, devolped merchant marine, created Court of the Star Chamber
Term
Marriage of Ferdinand & Elizabeth
Definition
United Spain, revived inquisition
Term
D. Erasmus
Definition
Published edition of Greek new testament
Term
Martin Luther
Definition
Theology professor at U. of Wittenberg
advanced Augustinian theology
started reformation w/ 95 theses
Term
John Calvin
Definition
Second major reformer
devolved reformed church in Geneva
his theology source of Presbyterian traditions
Term
Protestant ethic
Definition
hard work, austere moral life, good works required of faithful
Term
Church of England
Definition
Est. by Henry VIII
crowned as head of Church of England
Term
Anglican Church
Definition
Conservative Protestant, no formal theology
Term
Roman Catholic counter Reformation
Definition
Council of Trent
passed decrees subject to papal approval
decrees include bishops must live in city
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