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World History Mid- Term Exam
Mr. Riegart
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Social Studies
9th Grade
11/03/2015

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Renaissance
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: means rebirth, in this case a rebirth of art and learning; Explosion of light, literature
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Humanists
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Focused on human potentials and achievements. Also, mansions, banquets, clothing
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Vernacular
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the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region. Dantes native language; In my native language
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Perspective
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indicates three dimensions; how you see things. “opportunity is nowhere”
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Secular
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: Concern is centered more on the “here and now’, and less so on an after- life
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Johan Gutenber
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Very famous man, made the 95 thesis’s public by using the printing press.
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Impact of printing press
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Allowed the whole world to see by printing out tons of copys
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Indulgences
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Something people paid for to help their loved ones get less time wherever it was.
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Diet of Worms
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The Diet of Worms of 1521 was an imperial council that was convened to decide the fate of Martin Luther. It was held in Worms, Germany. The Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, presided over the diet.
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Ottoman Empire
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Ottoman Empire:a former Turkish empire that was founded about 1300 by Osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under Suleiman in the 16th century; collapsed after World War I.
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Janissary
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a member of the Turkish infantry forming the Sultan's guard between the 14th and 19th centuries
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Devshirme
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was a system that took place under the Ottoman Empire. The system of devshirme was introduced under Sultan Murad 2 in the 1420's. The sultan would collect Christian boys from the Balkans and turn them into his slaves.
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Bartholomew Dias
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a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer. He sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, reaching the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic, the first European known to have done so.
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Vasco de Gama
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Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira, was a Portuguese explorer. He was the first European to reach India by sea
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Treaty of Tortillas
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Splits up Brazil, Portugal got east and Spain got west
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Scientific Rev.
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The scientific revolution was the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed views of society and nature.
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Helio-centric theory
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Meaning the earth was not the middle in the solar system. The sun is.
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Galileo Galilei
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Invented the telescope, discovered lots about the planets
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Galileo's conflict with church
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The conflict is that he proved the bible wrong and this created “sacrilegious” beliefs
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Issacc Newton's discovery
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Gravity
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Age of reason
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time of life when people began distinguishing right between wrong
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What is a estate
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Classes in france
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Frances 3 estates? How was voting setup?
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3 Estates are 1st, 2nd, 3A, 3B and 3C. Only men were allowed to vote and the first and 2nd estate always agreed on their votes so they always outruled the 3rd Estate.
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Marie Antoinette
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Married at age 14 to a 15 year old. Married king louis.
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Storming of the Bustile
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a state prison on the east side of Paris, that was attacked and mobbed by peasants
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The Great Fear
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a period of great riot and great panic of the peasants trying to gain freedom/power
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
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man's right, assembled by National Convention
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Legislative Assembly
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Another name for the 3rd estate-after they decided to make laws and rules
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National Convention
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The National Convention was elected to provide a new constitution for the country after the overthrow of the monarchy (August 10, 1792). The Convention numbered 749 deputies, including businessmen, tradesmen, and many professional men.
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Guillotine
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apparatus designed for carrying out executions by beheading.
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Reign of Terror
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The radical phase of the French Revolution , ended when Maximilien Robes lost his head on July 28, 1794
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Maximilian Robespierre
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French lawyer and politician, and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror
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