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WYHS AP Euro Word List Test 1

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Al-Qaeda
A global terrorist network led by Osama bin Laden
Nelson Mandela
Created the African National Congress and hated by Mr. C.
Areopagus
a prestigious governing council of ancient Athens
Antigonids
Hellenistic dynasty that ruled in Macedonia from ~300BCE-150BCE
Ahura Mazda
The Zoroastrian beneficial god of light
Arian Christianity
A 4th cent. heresy that taught that jesus wasn't made of the same substance as his father, and had therefore been created
Civic Humanists
Petrarch influenced the ___ ___, who wished to teach their own classical knowledge to the public; studied Greek
Italian
The ____ Renaissance writers were dealt in secular concerns
Leonardo Bruni
He created an educational program for women
Oration on the Dignity of Man
Pico della Mirandola's book that portrays Plato's opinion on the limits of our senses
Rinascita
Means rebirth; the root of the word "Renaissance"
Absolutism
A govt in which all power is vested in the ruler
Archon
A chief magistrate in ancient Athens
Medici
The ___ family used their wealth from banking to rule Florence
Individualism
States that people should receive personal credit for their achievements (instead of it glory going to their god)
Cicero
A politician and philosopher in the Roman Republic; a brilliant Latin stylist
Georgio Vasari
A 16th cent painter, architect, and writer; described his era as "rinascita"
Ancien Regime
The traditional political and social order in Europe before the French Revolution
Allies
The two alliances against Germany and its partners in WW1/2
Abstract Expressionism
A 20th century painting style infusing nonrepresentational are with strong personal feelings
Absolute Monarch
A Euro. monarch claiming complete political authority
Lorenzo Valla
A critic who disproved that Constantine gave the west half of his land to the pope by pointing out an anomaly in the vocabulary used in the document the "Donation of Constantine"
1304-1374
Which years did Francesco Petrarch live through?
Christine de Pisan, The City of Ladies
__ _ __ received a humanist education; wrote ___ which said women weren't inferior to men when making moral choices
Popolo
The urban underclass
Plato
Believed there is truth/beauty that is beyond our perception, and using reason on could get get beyond the limits imposed by his/her sentences
Akkadian
A Semitic language in a region of ancient Meopotamia
Age of Reason
The 18th cent. Enlightenment; sometimes includes 17th cent. science and philosophy
Agricultural Revolution
Neolithic discovery of agriculture; agricultural changes that began in 18th cent western Europe
Aramaic
A northwest Semitic language that spread throughout the region - the language used in the Gemara
African National Congress
An organization that launched a campaign to protest segregation in South Africa
Albigensian Crusade
The atack and slaughter of the Cathars, a religious group in southern France accused of heresy
North European
The __________ Renaissance writers dealt with religious concerns
Ahriman
The Zoroastrian evil god of darkness
Milan, signor, Sforza
In the city of ____, the Ciompi Revolt caused a tyrant, called a ______, to take over, followed by the ____ family
Agora
A marketplace or a place of public assembly in ancient Greece
Anti-Semitism
Prejudice against the Jews
Ciompi Revolt
The popolo in Florence revolted against the gov't, taking control for a brief period of time. This was called the ______
Apartheid
Segregation
The Courtier
Castiglione's book that said a multilingual man who was skilled in classical literature and the arts was the ideal man
Act of Union
Formal unification of England and Scotland in 1707
Appeasement
British and French policy in the 1930s that tried to keep peace in Europe in the face of German aggression by making concessions
Holy Roman
The ____ Empire ruled Italian towns during the Middle Ages
Anarchism
Late 19th/early 20th cent. ideology and movement against all government authority and private property
Albigensians
A medieval French heretical sect that believed in 2 gods - an evil and a good principle. AKA the Cathars
1378
The popolo in Florence revolted against the gov't, taking control for a brief period of time, IN THE YEAR ______
Francesco Petrarch
____ _____ is considered the father of humanism; was a lawyer; coined the phrase "Dark Ages;" familiarized himself w/ Cicero's writings

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