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Rise of the Modern World Exam 1

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Prince Henry "The Navigator"
From Portugal; main roll: helped on the behalf of Vasco De Gama
Vasco De Gama
Rounded Cape of Good Hope; Made contact to East Africa and India
Christopher Columbus
Spanish; Made way around globe; Made it to the Philippians (was killed here) and crew made it back; Penetration into North America
Hernando Cortez and Francisco Pizarro
Bother were conquistadors for Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
organised the expedition that resulted in the first circumnavigation of the Earth before Christopher Columbus
Colombian Exchange
Named for Christopher Columbus;Global diffusion (spread of plants and crops, animals, human population, diseases); links of independent biological zones; permanently alter human geography, natural enviroment
Nicolaus Copernicus
brought up the Heliocentric Universe -Earth around sun
Tycho Brahe
Observed the heavens; celestial data
Jahannes Kepler
Had a math background; worked with Tycho Brahe; came up with 3 laws of planetary motion; used skills to explain what we saw
Galileo Galilei
came up with experimental scientific method; know something was holding us down; noticed moon was raised in some parts;noticed sun had black spots; noticed Jupiter had moons (discovered seven moons); Venus goes through phases; put down idea of inertia
Religious Redormation
Launched Council of Trent to put a stop to the spread of Protestantism
Martin Luther
Catholic theologist; saw problems with catholic church; stood ground against the catholic church; made 95 proposal to catholic church
King Henry VIII
Pope doesn't grant him divorce and kills his wife; not everyone moved to the new church
Charles V (Hapsburg family)
Stepped down from power
Ferdinand Hapsburg
Brother; got half of ruled land
Phillip II Hapsburg
Got second half of ruled land, the people didn't like it
Politiques
Catholic moderates (promote tolerance)
Edict of Nates
Henry the IV
Hugonots
French Protestants
Netherlands Revolt
Netherlands revolts against Phillip II
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
The strategic aim was to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I of England and the Tudor establishment of protestantism in England
Thirty Years War
Four Phases
1) Bohemian- easily defeated
2) Danish- invaded German territory
3) Swedish- Fear turn back on religion; more success then the Danish and the Bohemian; King was killed (Demoralized troops)
4) French- Felt pinched by Hausberg family -was not fighting over religion
Cardinal Richelieu
An adviser and sent troops in devastating was
Peace of Westphalia
1) Decentralization of church
2) Saw independence of the Netherlands
3) Saw Calvinism as a religion
4) Pope told that he can't be in German politics
750,000 died
Mining of metals
The mountain if Silver
The Hacienda
Large estates produce products of European origin
Encomieda
System of utilizing native labor force
Treaty of Tordesilla
Divided Spain and Portugal; Portugal claimed Brazil
Sugarmills
Complex land, labor, to get sugar; large scale importing slaves
Mesitzo
a person of racially mixed ancestry, especially, in Latin America, of mixed American Indian and European, usually Spanish or Portuguese, ancestry, or, in the Philippines, of mixed native and foreign ancestry.
Mulattoes
Descendant of Spanish and Slaves
Zambos
African and native slave decendent
Peninsuluaras
Migrant from Iberian Pennisula
Crillo
Children of migrant
Bilad Al-Sudan
"Land/Country of the blacks"
Senegambia
West Africa
age-grade system
Form of social organization based on age, within a series of such categories, through which individuals pass over the course of their lives.
Forest Kingdom of Benin (Nigeria)
Pre-colonial Edo state in what is now modern Nigeria. It should not be confused with the modern-day country called Benin, formerly called Dahomey.
Kingdom of Sudan
African region surrounded by the Sahara, the Gulf of Guinea, the Atlantic Ocean, and mountains of Ethiopia. Rich soil provided for production of cereals, basic social unit was extended family, kingship came from priesthood, strong sense of community based on blood relation and on religion
Muhammad Toure
Songhay
Idris Alooma
Kanem-Bornu
Ethiopia
East African Christian
Swahili City-State
East African coast -14th century
Great Zimbabwe
Inland City; Late 1400s
Louis XIV
Sought to eliminate the remnants of feudlism
Peter I
Expanded Tsardom into a huge empire; major European Power
Catherine II
Reign of power in Russia called Golden Age; continued to modernism Russia alongside European lines
John Calvin
Influenced French theologian during Protestant Reformation
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Desires to serve god
Verified questions
literature
In the sentence below, underline any predicate nominative(s) once and any predicate adjective(s) twice. Are you excited about something?
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question
On the lines provided, rewrite each sentence to correct all inexact or unclear pronoun references. Example: Nell waved to her sister when she got off the plane. $\underline{\textit{When her sister got off the plane, Nell waved to her}}$. I am always running late, which is why I never go anywhere without my watch. ___________________________
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history of the americas
(a) Recall List the three stages a territory had to go through to become a state under the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. (b} Draw Conclusions How did this process help a territory prepare for statehood?
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vocabulary
Write the sentence below, and underline the compound subjects once and the compound verbs twice. Skiers and newcomers to the region can be taken by surprise.
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