Independent study: World History Unit 7 – Flashcards
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Mona Lisa The Last Supper Vitruvian Man
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Leonardo da Vinci is best known for
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in it's early history, the netherlands relied on these two coperations for money and protection
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Dutch East India Company & Dutch West India Company
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Two events that helped bring about the Renaissance
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The Crusades and the Inventing of the Printing Press.
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The german theologian _____ is credited w/ beginning the Protestant Reformation
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John Hus
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The Copernican Revolution changed Europe's _____
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Scientific world view?
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The Glorious Revolution saw which monarch flee the country and his crown?
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James II
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The theologian ___ was the first to translate the Bible into his native English.
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John Wycliffe
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The God-given right to rule is called ___.
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divine right
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Four distinct characteristics of any society are:
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The distinct characteristics of any society are: culture, economics, religion, politics
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___ is credited with starting the Church of Scotland during the reformation.
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John Knox
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Three enlightened monarchs during the 18th century were:
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Joseph II,Catherine the Great,Frederick II
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What three major catastrophes struck Europe prior to the Protestant Reformation?
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the Great Famine the Hundred Years' War the Black Plague
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The idea of the sun in the middle of the solar system, with planets orbiting around it originated with whom?
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Newton
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first mughal emperor
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Babur
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1622 janissary revolt against ottoman empire
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Sultan realized expanded empire beyond ruling ability
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Two main islamic factions have been at war with one another for hundreds of years are the
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Sunnis and shiites
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The economic system that is based on private ownership and competition motivated by profit is called
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Capitalism
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What are three characteristics of the Great Wall of China?
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It was the world's longest humanmade structure at more than four thousand miles actually constructed from a series of smaller walls that were connected together built to guard against Mongol invaders.
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Which of the following was not part of the agricultural revolution that took place during the Ming Dynasty?
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Grand canal was first built.
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Ottoman Empire has its roots in
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Anatolia
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Desecrate
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Destroy
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Tolerance
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Accepting
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Domestic
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Part of that country
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Envoy
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Representative
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How many great emperors were there during the Mughal Empire
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6
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the Great became emperor of the Mughal Empire when his father died after falling down stairs
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Humayun
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The Ming Dynasty was famous for
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The Great Wall of China Creating the Grand Canal Planting Millions of Trees
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The nation of India became an ___ colony after the fall of the Mughal Empire
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English
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The year 1857 marks the date of the last Mughal emperor being exiled to Burma by the English, but what followed?
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British colonialism began
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Muhammed II is credited with finally defeating the great Byzantine capital of ___
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Constantinople
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The last two major Chinese dynasties in its history were the ___
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Ming & Qing
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The Safavid Dynasty had its beginnings in this present-day country
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Iran
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The nation of India became an ___ colony after the fall of the Mughal Empire
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English
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The year 1857 marks the date of the last Mughal emperor being exiled to Burma by the English, but what followed?
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British colonialism began
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Muhammed II is credited with finally defeating the great Byzantine capital of ___
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Constantinople
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The last two major Chinese dynasties in its history were the ___
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Ming & Qing
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The Safavid Dynasty had its beginnings in this present-day country
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Iran
