This site is 100% ad supported. Please add an exception to adblock for this site.

world history final 2

Terms

undefined, object
copy deck
Magna Carta
declared that the king and government were bound by the same laws as other citizens of England
committee of public safety
Established and led by Robespierre, fixed bread prices and nationalized some businesses. Basically secret police and also controlled the war effort. Instigated the Reign of Terror.
john locke
said people have natural rights to life, liberty,property, and have the right to overthrow bad governments
Sui Dynasty
overthrown quickly, mass building, grand canal
prince metternich
Austrian ruler and leader of the Congress of Vienna
Block Printing
Printing invented in China in which a printer carved words or letters on a wooden block, inked and then stamped on paper.
estates general
an assembly of representatives from all three of the estates, or social classes, in France.
Prehistoric art forms
Painted animals they hunted on the walls of limestone caves. they made bronze weapons and jewelery.
Song Dynasty
technology, indust rev, iron/steel, footbinding
bourgeoisie
urban middle class in europe
Confucianism
Valued the importance of respect to one's elders. Was golden rule based:What you do not wish for yourself, do not wish on others. books & teachings called " the analects"
shinto
Japanese religious tradition based on respect for nature and ancestors
Tang Dynasty
cosmopolitan, melting pot, dominated w/trade of porcelain, buddhism but crackdown, imp maritime achievements (compass)
Black Death
a form of bubonic plague that spread over Europe in the 14th century and killed a quarter of the population.
copernicus
The universe was sun-centered, heliocentric theory
congress of vienna
Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon I.
Hernan Cortes
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico
tennis court oath
an oath made in the tennis court by the third estate that they would not rest until a written constittution was formed
footbinding
Process of wrapping young girls feet to stop growth, led to crppiling women for life
henry the navigator
Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and explored the western coast of Africa.
cultural diffusion
the spread of apects and ideas of one culture to another area of the world.
zen buddhism
school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith
galileo galilei
Scientist who built the first telescope and proved that planets and moons move. Persecuted for supporting Copernicus' ideas
dias
sailed around the tip of Africa.
Renaissance
a period of rebirth in europe where art and literature were expressed
sans culottes
patriotic working class of europe who disliked the monarchy
bodhisattvas
enlightened persons who have postponed nirvana to help others attain enlightenment
michelangelo
Florentine sculptor and painter and architect
Treaty of Tordesillas
agreement between spain and portugal to explore different lands (Spain gets west hem)
Humanism
a system of thought that focuses on the nature, ideals, and achievments of human beings, rather than on the devine
Pizarro
Spanish explorer who conqured the Incan Empire.
mahayana buddhism
Great Vehicle branch of Buddhism, the focus is on reverence for Buddha
women in china
submissive
Egyptian art forms
Great Sphinx 4,500 yrs. old, pyramids made of limestone. decorated/ painted scenes of everyday life, showed head and feet in porfile
Da vinci
Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect
isaac newton
discovered gravity and the three laws of motion
Three field system
part of the agricultural revolution; farming technique that left one field out of three sallow for a year to replenish the soil
Christian humanism
the belief that human freedom and individualism are compatible with Christianity
second estate
Nobility.
serfdom
feudal system, the use of serfs to work the land in return for protection against barbarian invasions
kepler
A german astrologer who formulated the three laws of how planets revolve around the sun ( Planets did not rotate in perfect circles, The closer the planet is to the sun the faster it move, The larger the planet the slower it moves)
Buddhism
A religion began by "the enlightened one." Believed in 4 noble truths, & nirvana. Belived in monism
Printing Press
invented by Gutenburg. made producing books cheaper and faster (first book was the bible)
declaration of the rights of man
the document adopted by the national assembly, that stated and defined the principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity.
magellan
First explorer to circumnavigate the globe
third estate
peasants and bourgeoisie
Scientific revolution
the era of scientific thought in europe during which careful observation of the natural world was made, and accepted beliefs were questioned
enlightenment
The intellectual revolution of the eighteenth century in which the philosophes stressed reason, natural law, and progress in their criticism of prevailing social injustices.
Columbus
Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to china
Vasco de gama
sailed from portugal to india
Hinduism
Major religion in india. Developed from Vedic interpretations. Brahma and Atman are seen as one in the same god. believe in reincarnation, and Darmha and Karma
Scholasticism
method of using reason to support christian beliefs.
maximilien robespierre
the leader of the bloodiest portion of the French Revolution. He set out to build a republic of virtue.
Caravel
Ship that allows boat to sail into wind
louis xvi
King of France (1774-1792). In 1789 he summoned the Estates-General, but he did not grant the reforms that were demanded and revolution followed. Louis and his queen, Marie Antoinette, were executed in 1793.
first estate
clergy
national convention
FRENCH FORMED GOVERNING BODY THAT ABOLISHED THE CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY, DECLARED FRANCE A REPUBLIC & EXECUTED LOUIS XVI

Deck Info

57

permalink