World History Final

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Who first developed the balance of power concept?: Richelieu
during the age of exploration, what was a major killer?: disease.
The triple Antante power of WWI included what 3 countries?: England, France, Russia
What happened near the end of the French Revolution?: Reign of Terror
Who were the 5 men that headed France from 1795 to 1799?: Directory
Who was the Italian unification leader from Sardinia?: Cavour
What was Adam Smith's theory of "laisseaz-faire"?: keep business and government seperate
After 30 years war who was the leading power?: France
Henry IV ruled England from 1589-1610, true or false?: false, France
Strong Feelings against Jewish people are called, what?: Anti-semitism
What did the Congress of Vienna meet to discuss?: Napoleonic Wars
Who first colonized parts of South America?: Portugal
What was Louis the 14th's family name?: Bourbon
The Industrial Revolution began in Germany, T or F?: F, Great Britain.
Who was the person who wrote about revolutionary action in his paper?: Robespierre
MAP: What were 3 cities in the Ottoman Empire?: Constantinope, Pest, Buda
Who signed the English Bill of Rights?: William & Mary
Who had the highest power before WWI?: Germany, Austria and Italy
Napoleons attempt to take over England was known as___?: Waterloo
what did the Edict of Nantes do?: gave Protestants religious equality
MAP: what indian group lived both on the Atlantic and Pacific?: Eskimos
VIDEOS: Who was Karl Marx?: father of communism
What was the Estates General?: the weak representative in France
What was the war of Spanish Succesion?: Spanish ruler wanted to be ruler of France too, upseting the balance of power.
What was the result of the French Revolution?: middle class gained influence
VIDEOS: Is Machu Picchu an Inca or Aztec city?: Inca
What leader conqured the Incas?: Pizzaro
Who made up the first estate?: clergy
Who was the Spanish Renaisannce writer who wrote Don Qixote?: Cervantes
What German started the Reformation?: Martin Luther
Who wrote the handbook on politics?: Maciavelli -called The Prince
Who was the 1st to circumnavigate the earth?: Magellen
This ended Germany's religious warfare in 1555?: Peace of Augsburg
The reign of Terror was led by the___?: counter-revolutionaries
MAP: What two empires did not ally with Napoleon?: Ottoman, Russia
What was the purpose of Congress of Vienna?: restore Balance of Power
Under the Old Regime, taxes fell heavy on the _____?: peasants.
VIDEOS: who was Cordet?: "friend of the people" died in a bathtub
MAP: How did the Aztecs travel around Tenochtitlan?: causways
Who led the unification movement of Germany?: Bismarck
VIDEO: Who built the first castles?: Normans
What does Renaissance mean?: "re-birth"
VIDEOS: who was known as the admiral of the ocean sea?: Columbus
Who is an example of a Northern Renaissance artist?: Rembrant
Famous cubist painter?: Picasso
What started WWI?: assasination of Archduke Ferdinand
VIDEOS: what were 2 way to attack castles?: catapults, tunnels
What explorer traveled the greatest on land?: Cartier OR Coronado
Who was King of France during the French Revolution?: Louis 16th
What group was located in Mexico?: Aztecs
VIDEO: How was the Inca's land shared?: priests (1/3) state (1/3) FAMILY (1/3)
Who is known for painting madonnas?: Raphael
What was the main inspiration for writers?: nature
Who was an example of an Italian poet?: Dante
VIDEO: What did the Spanish bring to Peru?: olives, bullfights, horses, chapels, music
MAP: What best descirbes Tenochtitlan?: island
What pope called for the 1st crusade?: Pope Urban
Who was the most famous French "emperor"?: Napoleon
Who invented the cotton gin?: Eli Whitney
MAP: Was Rome part of the Holy Roman Empire in 1648?: nope
Who was king during the war of Spanish Succesion?: Louis XIV
What was a painting movement in France called?: Impressionism
Who was the first sponsor of explaination?: Henry the Navigator
If France had not declared war on Austria, it is likely that_____?: Prussia would never have attacked France
What was the Babylonian Captivity?: When the pope resided in France
What was the cause for the quarrel between Pope Gregory VII and the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV in the 11th century?: the issue of who appointed bishops.
What was a compromise between Henry V and Pope Greg. VII in 1122 was?: the Concordat of Worms.
What group formed in the late 12th century served the Church by providing teachers and missionaries?: the Franciscans.
What 2 groups lost power and prestige as a result of the Crusades?: the papacy and the feudal lords.
What role did Joan of Arc play in French history?: she convinced the French to fight the English.
Heresy was the crime of:: holding beliefs that the Church considered wrong.
The Reconquest was the:: Christian effort to retake Spain from the Muslims.
Which of the Crusades had the most success?: the First Crusade.
What was one result of German expansion eastward in the Middle Ages?: increase of trade in northern Europe.
What were the two main centers of classical learning in medieval Europe?: Spain and Sicily.
What was the universal language of European scholars?: Latin.
Who taught that reason and faith go hand in hand?: Thomas Aquinas.
Why was medieval science limited?: scientists' investigations were mixed with ideas based on superstition.
What was the oldest great literary work in a vernacular language?: Beowulf.
Compared with Gothic architecture, the Romanesque style was...: more massive and less colorful.
Who was the author of the divine comedy?: Dante
What was the attitude about women reflected in the songs of the troubadors best described as?: worshipful
What did the Canterbury Tales have a strong influence on?: the development of modern English.
In the late Middle Ages, famines and the Black Death were the main causes of what?: the decrease in population.
When did the peasant rebellions of the late 1300's end?: the uprisings were put down by force.
The longbow changed medieval warfare in what ways?: archers could shoot farther and faster.
The power of the French monarchy increased because of what?: the Hundred Years' War.
The Wars of the Roses were fought to determine what?: which branch of the royal family would rule England.
The existance of strong, unified states is associated with:: the end of the Middle Ages.
Why did Europeans begin to make voyages of exploration in the fifteenth century?: the merchants' desire for new markets
Which European nation was first to sponsor boyages of exploration?: Portugal.
Which European was first to sail around the southern tip of Africa?: Bartholomeu Dias.
The Portuguese opened trade with India as a result of the voyage of whom?: Vasco da Gama.
Which country financed the voyages of Columbus?: Spain.
The Treaty of Tordesillas did what?: divided the non-Christian world between Spain and Portugal.
Cortes is remembered for what?: the conquest of the Aztecs.
Why were the Spanish able to conquer the Aztecs and Incas?: they had better weapons.
What happened more quickly? conquest of aztecs or incas?: Incas.
Which explorer claimed Brazil for Portugal?: Pedro Cabral.
Encomiendas granted Spanish colonists what?: the right to demand labor and taxes from the Indians.
The Northwest Passage was thought to be a waterway through: North America to Asia.
Where did Henry Hudson pave the way for a Dutch colony?: New York.
If religious persecution had not existed in Europe, North America might have had what?: fewer English colonists.
In England's southern colonies, most colonists earned a living how?: in agriculture
The main source of wealth for French colonists in the Americas was what?: fur trading.
Who was the Admiral of the High Seas?: Columbus.
Antonio Pigafetta kept a journal which has told historians a lot about whose voyages?: Magellan.
What were some problems for Columbus during his fourth voyage to the Americas?: disease, mutiny, and Indians.
Who did not explore parts of North America?: Pizzaro.

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