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World History unit 1 days 1-5

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Cleisthenes
508 B.C. made Athens a full democracy and increased the power of the assembly. He also created the Council of Five Hundred.
Solomon
Solomon. : Political reform in Greece. He established four classes of citizenship based on wealth rather than heredity.
Twelve Tables
the earliest written collection of Roman laws, drawn up by patricians about 450B.C., that became the foundation of Roman law. These laws held people accountable.
Republic
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Direct Democracy
government in which citizens vote on laws and select officials directly
Renaissance
The great period of rebirth in art, literature, and learning in the 14th-16th centuries, which marked the transition into the modern periods of European history. The renaissance was a secular movement when people moved away from the church.
Why did people want more secular lifestyles?
They wanted more freedom. They did not want the church telling them what to do.
How did it affect the way books were written and how paintings were produced?
Books did not have to have a religious meaning and paintings did not have to have a religious theme.
Reformation
The effort to change or reform the Roman Catholic Church, which led to the establishment of Protestant churches
What was Martin Luther protesting the selling of?
Indulgences; The Catholic church was selling indulgences for sins and Marthin Luther was against this.
Martin Luther
German monk and leader of the Protestant Reformation
What was the eventual protest of these indulgences?
People had the choice to choose their own church.
government
a system for controlling society
monarchy
The Greek city-state adopted many styles of government. In some, a single person called a king or monarch ruled in a government called a monarchy.
aristocracy
a government ruled by a small group of noble, land-owning families.
oligarchy
a government ruled by a few powerful people.
democracy
rule of the people.
republic
A group of Roman aristocrats overthrew a harsh king. The set up a republic. A form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to elect the leaders who make the governmental decisions.
senate
Romans established 2 branches of government. Patricians made up the senate. It controlled foreign and financial policies and advised the consuls.
Plato
ancient Athenian philosopher
Aristotle
A Greek Philosopher, taught Alexander the Great, started a famous school, studied with Plato
Muhammad
Islam was based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad. Muhammad's teachings are found in the holy book called the Qur'an.
Montesquieu
French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)
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