Study sets matching "honors world studies"
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Vasco de Gama
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Treaty of Tordesillas
Portugese sailor. first European to sail around southern Afric…
discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster r…
First to circumnavigate the globe. Portuguese
agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflic…
Vasco de Gama
Portugese sailor. first European to sail around southern Afric…
Christopher Columbus
discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster r…
1400-320 bc
1000 years
they regressed
negative(if rome hadnt fallen, how adva…
what years did roman civilization occur
since rome was so advanced, how long did it take for the rest…
what happened to the rest of the world after the fall of rome
did the fall of rome have a positive or negative effect on the…
1400-320 bc
what years did roman civilization occur
1000 years
since rome was so advanced, how long did it take for the rest…
Francis Ferdinand
Self Determination
World War I
15 million
Spark for World War I was provided when Gavrilo Princip was as…
Allowing people with the same ethnic origins to form their own…
First total war in world history
Amount of combatants that died during WWI
Francis Ferdinand
Spark for World War I was provided when Gavrilo Princip was as…
Self Determination
Allowing people with the same ethnic origins to form their own…
Francesco Petrarch
Niccolo Machiavelli
Francois Rabelais
Desiderius Erasmus
Song Book... about love of life, love for a woman, named Lara, ro…
The Price... Diplomatic role in government. talked about issues i…
The Life of Gargantua and Pantagruel... cruel and vulgar story, c…
The Praise of Folly... Attack on european society, attacked super…
Francesco Petrarch
Song Book... about love of life, love for a woman, named Lara, ro…
Niccolo Machiavelli
The Price... Diplomatic role in government. talked about issues i…
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rosseau
Cesare Bonesana Beccaria
Philosophies. 70+ books written. Never stopped fighting for to…
Believed Britain was the best-governed country. His ideas abou…
Committed to individual freedom. Believed the only good govern…
Believed laws existed to preserve social order. The degree of…
Voltaire
Philosophies. 70+ books written. Never stopped fighting for to…
Montesquieu
Believed Britain was the best-governed country. His ideas abou…
5 themes of geography
Latitude
Longitude
Formal Region
Movement, Region, Location, Interactions, Place
Imaginary lines that go the same direction as the equator (wes…
Imaginary lines that go the same direction as the Prime Meridi…
Group of places that share similarities
5 themes of geography
Movement, Region, Location, Interactions, Place
Latitude
Imaginary lines that go the same direction as the equator (wes…
Enlightened Despot
Catherine the Great
Francis Bacon
Leviathan
an absolute ruler that considers enlightened ideas and views
A Russian ruler that exchanged letters with Voltaire and striv…
a scientist that worked with Decartes and built the scientific…
a written work explaining the ideas of a man who thought peopl…
Enlightened Despot
an absolute ruler that considers enlightened ideas and views
Catherine the Great
A Russian ruler that exchanged letters with Voltaire and striv…
censorship
salon
baroque
natural rights
restriction on access to ideas and information
an informal social gathering at which writers, artists, philos…
ornate style of art and architecture popular in the 1600s and…
rights that belongs to all humans from birth, such as life, li…
censorship
restriction on access to ideas and information
salon
an informal social gathering at which writers, artists, philos…
What are the five basic characteristics…
Which city state from Sumer understood…
What was the writing of Sumer called?
What is the Sumerian religion?
Cities, Complex Institutions, Specialization, Writing, and Tec…
Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
Polytheism (belief in more than one god)
What are the five basic characteristics…
Cities, Complex Institutions, Specialization, Writing, and Tec…
Which city state from Sumer understood…
Mesopotamia
conflict
middle east
north
for warm weather and fertile land
what is one thing that drives innovation
which innovative region is near greece that influences it
where(direction) did the first greek people come from
why did the first people migrate to greece
conflict
what is one thing that drives innovation
middle east
which innovative region is near greece that influences it
non-aggression pact
blitzkrieg
Charles de Gaulle
Winston Churchill
an agreement in which nations promise not to attack one another
"lightning war" - a form or warfare in which surprise attacks…
set up a government in exile after France fell, he put his ene…
British prime minister who declared the nation would never giv…
non-aggression pact
an agreement in which nations promise not to attack one another
blitzkrieg
"lightning war" - a form or warfare in which surprise attacks…
Blaise Pascal
Francis Bacon
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Jansenist... Believed Jesuits' arguments designed to minimize and…
Many professions... Human knowledge should produce useful results…
Translated Thucyclides... Believed humans are selfish and cruel... W…
Believed born sinless... Environment changes us... Against Thomas Ho…
Blaise Pascal
Jansenist... Believed Jesuits' arguments designed to minimize and…
Francis Bacon
Many professions... Human knowledge should produce useful results…
authority
Merchant
Innovations
Conquer
Right to rule in peacetime and to lead soldiers in wartime
People who buy and sell goods to make a living
New ways of doing things
Take over
authority
Right to rule in peacetime and to lead soldiers in wartime
Merchant
People who buy and sell goods to make a living
Geography
Longitude
Latitude
Map Projection
The study of people, their enviroment, and their resources
Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
Distance north or south of the Equator
Way of showing the curved Earth on a flat surface
Geography
The study of people, their enviroment, and their resources
Longitude
Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
John Locke
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
17th century British philosopher, believed government's power…
Invented lightning rod, discovered how to harness electricity,…
Perfect reputation, general, first president, natural leader.
3rd president, wrote the Declaration of Independence, versatil…
John Locke
17th century British philosopher, believed government's power…
Benjamin Franklin
Invented lightning rod, discovered how to harness electricity,…
Wendi
Ghengis Khan
Empress Dowager
Kublai Khan
Emperor of the Sui Dynasty
Great leader of the Mongols. After uniting Nomadic tribes from…
Also known as empress Cixi... Dowager means to take control for s…
Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynast…
Wendi
Emperor of the Sui Dynasty
Ghengis Khan
Great leader of the Mongols. After uniting Nomadic tribes from…
Aside
Allusion
Foil
Iambic pentameter
A character's remark, either to the audience or to a character…
A reference to a particular event or character in works of lit…
A character who provides a strong contrast to another character
A type of meter in poetry that has 5 lines and 10 syllables.
Aside
A character's remark, either to the audience or to a character…
Allusion
A reference to a particular event or character in works of lit…
Antithesis
Diction
Anastrophe
Syntax
Direct contrast; exact opposite; a figure of speech that resul…
Choice or use of words in speech or writing
Inversion of the usual order (syntax) of the parts of a senten…
The way in which words are put together to form phrases and se…
Antithesis
Direct contrast; exact opposite; a figure of speech that resul…
Diction
Choice or use of words in speech or writing
Divine Right
30 Years War
Constitutional Monarchy
Peter the Great
Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god
A Lutheran and a Catholic prince wanted to gain followers (on…
A King or Queen is the official head of state but power is lim…
Westernize Europe and he brought religious churches under him.…
Divine Right
Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god
30 Years War
A Lutheran and a Catholic prince wanted to gain followers (on…
Renaissance
Printing press
Renaissance man
Indulgences
New intrest in science and ancient art and literature in europe
Allowed ideas to spread quickly / increases literacy
Person who has wide interests well rounded many talents
Things church offered to make purgatory shorter
Renaissance
New intrest in science and ancient art and literature in europe
Printing press
Allowed ideas to spread quickly / increases literacy
according to the scientific revolution…
similarities between scientific revolut…
how did enlightenment ideas influence p…
social contract
things that can be proven and reason
beliefs should be based on reason, human rights, rationality
the prospect of human rights started revolutions all over the…
An agreement between the people and their government signifyin…
according to the scientific revolution…
things that can be proven and reason
similarities between scientific revolut…
beliefs should be based on reason, human rights, rationality
Absolute Monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy
Democracy
Totalitarian Government
Complete power, the control of tax dollars, connecting church…
Shared power with parliment
For the people by the people, the people choose the leader
Usually a dictatorship, citizens few rights/freedoms, governme…
Absolute Monarchy
Complete power, the control of tax dollars, connecting church…
Constitutional Monarchy
Shared power with parliment