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World History

Globalization

9th

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What is the Renaissance?
A period of European cultural, artistic, political, and economic “rebirth”
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Why was the Renaissance important?
It cultivated a new change in art, knowledge, and culture
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Who were the patrons during the Renaissance?
Kings, Popes, Princes, Cardinals, Poets, and humanists
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What is the Columbian Exchange?
Worldwide trading of plants, animals, metals, commodities, culture, slaves, technology, diseases, and ideas.
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What is the encomienda?
A Spanish labour system that rewarded conquerors with the labour of non-Christian peoples.
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What is a social contract?
An agreement governing the behavior of individuals and organizations
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Who were the bourgeoisie?
The Middle Class
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Where did the Renaissance begin?
Florence, Italy
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What is one of the lasting effects from the Crusades which influenced the start of the Renaissance?
Intellectual Development
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Who was the most powerful family in Europe during the Renissance?
The Medici Family
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What was the major impact of the Renaissance on the Global World?
Global Exploration opened up new land and cultures
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What problems faced the Catholic Church before the Protestant Reformation?
Worldliness and Corruption
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How would you define the Protestant Reformation?
A religious reform that swept through Europe in the 1500s
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What document helped launch the Protestant Reformation?
95 Theses
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What was the important effect of the invention of the Printing Press?
It enabled people to share knowledge more quickly and widely
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Why was the caravel an important development to European exploration?
Its capacity for sailing to windward
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How did the Columbian exchange impact both Europe and the Americas?
Population growth in Europe caused by bringing new crops of the Americas
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What were the major impacts of the Columbian Exchange?
New diseases were introduced, New crops, the beginning of the slave trade
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Nationalism
Ideology that emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation
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Who led the independence movements in Latin America?
Simón Bolivar
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What happened on July 14th, Bastille day?
The prison Bastille was raided and burned to the ground
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What were the main reasons for European Maritime exploration in the 15th century?
Looking for new trade routes