World History & Geography II
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Middle Ages | Medival period 500-1500 AD followed the fall of the Roman Empire. |
| Crusades | War that increased trade between Asian and Europe |
| Bubonic PLague | Disease that killed 1/3 of the population in Europe |
| Renaissance | Movement that stareted in Italy. Explosion of art, writing, and thought. |
| Humanism | The study of human potential. |
| Martin Luther | Wrote the 95 theses |
| Henry VIII | Headed Church of England |
| Elizabeth I | Daughter of Henry & restored Protestant Church |
| John Calvin | Predestination / Creator of Calvinism |
| Jan Hus | Taught that the authority of the Bible was higher than that of the Pope |
| Sultan | means overlord or the one with power. |
| Istanbul | Former constantinople city. Now capital of Ottoman Empire |
| Mughals | Nomads who invaded the INdian Subcontinent in the 16th century and established a powerful empire there. |
| Ming Dynasty | Dynasty in China, dominant power in Asia. |
| Isolation | Avoiding political or military involvement with other countries. |
| Parliament | Law-making body of England |
| Glorious Revolution | Removed James II from power. |
| Palace of Versailles | Louis XIV's palace that represented his absolute power. |
| Peter the Great | Russia's greatest reformer. |
| English Civil War | War between supporters of the king and supporters of Parliament. |
| Scientific Revolution | Scholars published works that challenged the beliefs of ancient thinkers and the church. |
| Nicolaus Copernicus | Polish astronomer who pushed the heliocentric theory. |
| Heliocentric Theory | The theory that the sun is the center of the universe. |
| Johannes Kepler | Planets traveled in elliptical orbits. |
| Galileo Galilei | Studied Planets with a telescope. |
| Enlightenment | Time of illumination, made everyone think rationally. |
| Thomas Hobbes | Wrote "Leviathon" believed in a social contract |
| Social contract | Belief that in order to not have a bleek life, one will have to give up rights. |
| John Locke | "Life, liberty, and property" rebel against bad government |
| Voltair | Philosopher that believed in tolerance, reason, freedom of religon, and freedom of speach. |
| Estate | 3 large social classes. |
| Louis XVI | King of France during the French Revolution. |
| Bastille | French fort turned into prison. Stormed by the peasants that began the Franch Revolution. |
| Guillotine | Device used to behead people. |
| Reign of Terror | Time of great confusion, disorder, fear, and mass executions in France. |
| Peninsulares | Colonists who were born in Spain. |
| Creoles | A colonist who was born in Latin America to Spanish parents. |
| Mestizo | A person mixed European and African ancestry. |
| Toussaint L'Ouverture | Former slave who liberated Haiti from France. |
| Miguel Hidalgo | Creole who liberated Mexico from Spain. |
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