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what did the artist of the renaissance focus on?
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humanism
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in which city did the renaissance begin?
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Florence italy
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A patron was a person who?
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Supported the arts and artist
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A person who produces work in the vernacular is one who
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writes in everyday language
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what does the word renaissance mean?
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Rebirth
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who made the sistine chapel?
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michelangelo
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who wrote the prince?
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niccolo machiavelli
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who wrote or made the last supper?
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Leonardo da vinci
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Luther believed that people could only be saved through?
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Faith
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predestination was one of the main beliefs of what?
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Calvinism
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The roman catholic church reacted to luthers idea by?
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excommunicating him
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Who was the catholic reformer who founded the jesuits order?
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Ignatius of Loyola
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Lutheranism did not say what?
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the bible is the only true way to salvation
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Henry VIII called the reformation parliament in order to?
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become head of the newly formed church of England
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The counter reformation saw all of the following except?
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Religious tolerance
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a wealthy person who gives money to the arts is known as?
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a patron
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John calvin did what?
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introduced predestination to protestanism
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martin luther did what?
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wrote the 95 theses
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Pope leo X did what?
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Excommunicated Martin luther
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Queen elizabeth
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created the anglican church of england
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What did the Edict of nantes do?
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it allowed for religous tolerance
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The trade of goods from america to europe
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columbian exchange
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who built the palace of versille?
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Louis the 14th
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this document was inspired by john locke
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declaration of independence
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the cirrculation of blood
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william harvey
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believed in free speech and speration of church and state
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voltaire
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who inveted the compass
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china
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led a bloody time period
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robespierre
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who created the steam engine
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watts
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who created the cottin gin
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eli whitney
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who is adam smith?
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made the book called wealth of nations
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utilitarianism
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john stewart mill
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take the pilgrim to mecca
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islam
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which war weaked the hasburg and strenghthen the burgans?
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30 years wat
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the one who bulit the best ships
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danish, netherlands
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who had to sign a petrion to limit the power of dew process
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charles the 1st
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who was the leader of the roundheads
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oliver cronwell
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who wrote utopia?
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thomas moore
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when they conquered the ming dynasty they tunred it into the?
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qing dynasty
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this religion is characterized by noble truths
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Buddhism
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Who said the universe is heliocentric?
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Copernicus
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the Orbit of planets is elliptical
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Kepler
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developed the theory of gravity
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Isaac newton
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The trade of corn to Europe and livestock to the new Americas was the?
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Columbia exchange
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True or False Thomas Hobbes believed that all people were born evil
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True
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True or false the novel and the almanac emerge from the scientific revolution
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True
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Salons were meeting placed for intellectuals and artist in the homes of wealthy women in paris France True or False?
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True
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During the scientific Revolution there is less of an emphasis put on reason and observation of nature True or False
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False
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Who were the members of the congress of Vienna?
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Austria France Britain
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Napoleon's navy faced a defeat at where?
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Trafalgar
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These people were a radical group who called for the trial and execution of the king
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Jacobin's
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They wanted to return to a monarchy in France
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Emigres
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they wanted a complete end to the monarchy
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Sans-culottes
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This resulted from the congress of Vienna leading to future revolutions
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Decreased Nationalism
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They decreased in power as a result of congress of Vienna
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France
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They increased in power as a result of the Congress of Vienna
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Prussia
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what were the goals of Congress of Vienna?
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Balance of power, Legitimacy, compensation
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Both ottoman empires and mughal empires hared what common feature
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both were Islamic empires
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What does Liberal mean?
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they wanted change
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what does conservative mean?
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they did not want change
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This philosopher supported absolute monarchy as an appropriate form of government
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Hobbes
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who lead the revolution in Haiti?
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Toussaint L'Ouverture
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Mestizos were what?
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a mix of European and Native people
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Creoles were what?
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Spaniards born in Latin America, can not hold high-level political office but can become an officer of the Spanish armies
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Viceroys were what?
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office who were appointed by Spanish to govern the different colonies in Latin America
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The removal of King Ferdinand VII was replaced by who?
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Napoleons brother Joseph
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Who lead the revolution in Venezuela?
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Simon Bolivar
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Declares Venezuelan independence when?
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1811
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*Simon bolivar wins independence from where?
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Spain
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Independence in Mexico was started by who?
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Miguel hidalgo
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Who takes over the politics in Spain?
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Liberals
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Central America breaks away from Mexico when?
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1823
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When did Mexico get its independence?
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1821
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The Monroe Doctrine was issued by who?
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Monroe Doctrine in 1823
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Toussaint was connected to what place in central America?
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Brazil
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Simon Bolivar was connected to what place in Central America?
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Argentina
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who were the italian nationalist leaders?
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Count Cavour and Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Cavour sides with who?
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France
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Austria looses control of where?
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Venetian Venetia is annexed to Italy
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Who were the 2 major players for Germany in its unification?
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Otto Von Bismark Kaiser Wilhelm
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Seven weeks war took during what time
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1886
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what 3 major conflicts lead to the unification of Germany?
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Danish war, austro-prussian war and Franco-Prussian war
