Exam 3 Hist

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Anne Boleyn
the second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I
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Huitzilopochtli
Aztec protector god
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Tenochtitlan
Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco
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Chinampas
floating farming islands made by the Aztec
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Quetzalcoatl
Aztec main god, Born at Sunrise Dies at sunset
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Tonatuih
Aztec Sun god
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Tlaloc
Aztec rain god
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Shaman
Spiritual Guide, make shift doctors
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Nahuatl
Aztec language, Pictoral writing
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Hernan Cortes
Spanish explorer/conquistador who led conquest of Aztec
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Montezuma
Powerful Aztec monarch who fell to Spanish conquerors
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Columbian Exchange
exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world
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Mitma
forced migration, losing identity or culture over generations
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Tahuantinsuyu
Inca empire – means the land of four quarters, Cuzco Capital
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Chasqui
a runner in the Incan empire who carried messages
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Quechua
Incan language, oral
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Quipu
Incan counting system
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Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered Incan Empire
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Atahualpa
Incan ruler who hoped to use Spanish resources to defeat brother in civil war
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Battle of Cajamarca
Battle where Atahualpa was captured and killed by Spaniards
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Marco Polo
Venetian merchant and traveler
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Book on the Marvels of the World
Based on Marco Polo's travels; motivated later explorers
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Motives to explore
God, Gold, Glory
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Reconquista
reconquering of Iberian Peninsula from Muslim powers
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Edict of Expulsion
Jews and Muslims must convert, leave, or be tortured
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Prince Henry the Navigator
Portuguese navigator who explored west Africa
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Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer who rounded tip of Africa
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Vasco da Gama
first European to reach India by sea
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Alfonso de Albuquerque
Set up Goa and seized control of spice trade
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Pedro Cabral
Claimed Brazil for Portugal; set up sugarcane plantations
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Ferdinand and Isabella
King and Queen of Spain who unified Spain and spread Christianity
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Christopher Columbus
Spanish explorer who found Bahamas and Cuba
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Amerigo Vespucci
Spanish explorer who gave the New World its name
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Waldseemuller Map
First world map to use modern names
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
First European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas
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Ferdinand Magellan
Set out to circumnavigate the globe; died in Philippines
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El cano
Finished the circumnavigation of the globe after Magellan
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Viceroys
Royal governors in the Spanish colonies
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New Spain
Spanish colony from California to Panama, capital Mexico City
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Peru
Spanish colony from Panama through South America, capital Cuzco
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Encomienda
Early form of slavery
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Bartolome De le Casas
Critic of Encomienda system; promoted African labor
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Repartimiento
How locals were to join the Spanish empire
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Treaty of Tordesillas
Divided the world between Spain and Portugal
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Netherlands
Aimed to build an economic empire through trade colonies
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New Amsterdam
Dutch economic settlement in North America
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John Cabot
English explorer who claimed Newfoundland
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Jamestown
First successful English colony; grew tobacco
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Indulgences
Tickets to heaven sold by the Church
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Martin Luther
German monk who led the Protestant Reformation
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Ninety-Five Theses
Martin Luther's list of Church abuses
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Catholic Beliefs
Faith and works, tradition, Latin mass, indulgences, pope
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Lutheran Beliefs
Faith alone, Bible alone, vernacular worship, no pope
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Address to the Christian Nobility
Luther’s call to break from Rome
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Pope Leo X
Excommunicated Martin Luther
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Diet of Worms
Trial of Martin Luther
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Frederick the Wise
Protected Martin Luther
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Ulrich Zwingli
Opposed anything not in the Bible
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Ana Baptists
Believed in adult baptism and church-state separation
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Henry VIII
Formed Church of England after annulment conflict
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Cathorine of Aragon
Henry VIII’s first wife; only Mary survived
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Thomas Cranmer
Granted Henry VIII’s annulment
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Act of Supremacy
Made Henry VIII head of Church of England
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Jane Seymour
Gave birth to Edward VI, died in childbirth
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Edward VI
Protestant son of Henry VIII, named Jane Grey heir
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Mary I
“Bloody Mary,” persecuted Protestants
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Elizabeth I
Restored Protestantism in England
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John Calvin
Reformer who promoted predestination
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John Knox
Founder of Presbyterianism in Scotland
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Hugenots
French Protestants
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Council of Trent
Reaffirmed Catholic beliefs, ended sale of indulgences
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Jesuits
Founded by Ignatius of Loyola, promoted sacrifice and obedience
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Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Mass killing of Huguenots in France
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Edict of Nantes
Granted religious freedom in France
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Spanish Armada
Failed Catholic invasion of England
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Peace of Westphalia
Ended Thirty Years' War, ruler sets religion
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Malleus Maleficarum
Guide on identifying and executing witches
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Geocentric Theory
Earth is center of the universe
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Nicholas Copernicus
Proposed heliocentric model
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Heliocentric Theory
Sun is center, planets orbit around it
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Johannes Kepler
Proved elliptical planetary orbits
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Galileo Galilei
Proved heliocentrism with telescope
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Isaac Newton
Laws of motion and gravity; Principia Mathematica
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Francis Bacon
Empiricism and scientific method
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Empiricism
Knowledge through observation and experimentation
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Rene Descartes
Separated science and religion
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Thomas Hobbes
Believed in authoritarian rule due to human nature
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John Locke
Natural rights and limited government
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Charles Montesquieu
Promoted checks and balances
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Deism
Belief in a non-mysterious rational god
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Denis Diderot
Edited the first encyclopedia
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Voltaire
Advocated freedom of speech and religion
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Adam Smith
Father of capitalism, wrote Wealth of Nations
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Mercantilism
Government-controlled trade
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French Indian War
Conflict over land; led to global war
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Treaty of Paris
Ended French and Indian War; gave land to Britain
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French Revolution
Caused by debt and rising middle class
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Louis XVI
Called Estates-General to reform tax code
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Estates
Three social classes in pre-revolution France
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Cashier de doleances
Lists of grievances from each estate
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National Assembly
Revolutionary third estate assembly
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Tennis Court Oath
Pledge to draft a constitution
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Bastille
Prison stormed at start of French Revolution
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
Outlined rights of citizens
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March of the Women
Protest to Versailles demanding bread
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Assignats
Failed currency bonds
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National Convention
Abolished monarchy, new constitution
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Maximelien Robespierre
Led Reign of Terror
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Directory
Five-man government after Robespierre
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Napolean Bonaparte
Rose during Revolution, became emperor
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Concordat
Recognized Catholicism, but under state control
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Toussaint L'Ouverture
Led Haitian Revolution
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Continental Sytem
Napoleon's trade blockade of Britain
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Battle of Trafalgar
British naval victory over Napoleon
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Peninsular War
Napoleon's war in Spain and Portugal
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Battle of Leipzig
Napoleon defeated and exiled to Elba
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Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon's final defeat, exiled to St. Helena
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