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The Earth and its Peoples: 5th Edition - Chapter 16 Notes

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Chapter 16 Notes Transformations in Europe, 1500 ? 1750 Culture and Ideas Early Reformation Renaissance (European) ? A period of intense artistic and intellectual activity, said to be a ?rebirth? of Greco-Roman culture Usually divided into an Italian Renaissance, from the mid fourteenth to mid fifteenth century, and a North (trans-Alpine) Renaissance, from roughly the early fifteenth to early seventeenth century. papacy ? the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, which is the pope indulgence ? forgiveness of a sin by the authority of the Church in exchange for a holy act Indulgences could be paid for and was looked down on. Martin Luther ? 1483-1546 started the Protestant Reformation in 1519 Protestants rejected the medieval traditions of celibate priests and nuns

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Chapter?23: The Transformation of Europe Chapter Outline The fragmentation of western Christendom The Protestant Reformation Martin Luther (1483-1546) attacked the sale of indulgences, 1517 Attacked corruption in the Roman Catholic Church; called for reform Argument reproduced with printing presses and widely read Enthusiastic popular response from lay Christians, princes, and many cities By mid-sixteenth century, half the German people adopted Lutheran Christianity Reform spread outside Germany Protestant movements popular in Swiss cities, Low Countries English Reformation sparked by King Henry VIII's desire for divorce John Calvin, French convert to Protestantism Organized model Protestant community in Geneva in the 1530s

Chapter 17 APWH

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Chapter 17 The Transformation of the West I. Introduction A. 1450-1750 dramatic changes 1. Still agricultural 2. Commercially active 3. Manufacturing base 4. Science at center of society 5. Shifting ideas of family/nature 6. Increased bureaucratization ? sound familiar? B. Reasons for change 1. Dominance of international trade 2. Overseas expansion 3. Combination of commerce, state, culture, and technology 4. 1450-1650 ? series of cultural shifts 5. 1650-1750 ? Scientific Revolution > Enlightenment II. The First Big Changes: Culture and Commerce A. The Italian Renaissance 1. Artistic movement 2. Challenged medieval values/styles a. Examine old truths 3. Why in Italy? a. Urban, commercial economy

DBQ Middle Ages

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. (' Nrune_________________________________________ Date____________ DBQ 3: The Middle Ages: Dark Ages, Age of Faith, Age of Feudalism, or a Golden Age? Historical Context The Middle Ages in Europe, a period of time from approximately A.D. 500 to 1400, have been referred to by a variety of terms-the Age of Faith, the Dark Ages, the Age of Feudalism, and even a Golden Age. The medieval era began with the destruction of the Roman Empire and the disorder that followed, which led to the rise of feudalism. During this period of darkness, the Roman Catholic Church provided spiritual direc? tion as well as many nonreligious functions for the people of the times. Many literary, artistic, and architec? tural advances occurred .

World history overview 4

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Big Era Six The Great Global Convergence 1400 ? 1800 C.E. The Great Global Convergence Welcome to Big Era Six! Big Era Six lasted from 1400 to 1800 CE. 9 7 Era 6 Era 3 Era 5 Era 4 8 Today The Great Global Convergence What was global convergence? Converge means to come together. Change accelerated when people, resources, and ideas from the whole world came together. That made the world more like we know it today?more modern! Accelerate means to speed up. Exchanges that began in Afroeurasia during Big Era Five continued to bring about change. Scholars translated books, taught others, and worked to gain knowledge. Trade introduced people to new products, increasing the demand for luxuries. Money moved across countryside and continents in exchange for goods.

world history review 2

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AP World History Questions 1450-1750 ?Sir, many of our people, keenly desirous of the wares and things of your Kingdom, which are brought here by your people, and in order to satisfy their voracious appetite, seize many of our people, freed and exempt men, and they kidnap even nobles and the sons of nobles, and our relatives, and take them to be sold to the Whites who are in our Kingdoms.? The quotation above comes from a 1526 letter to a European monarch from a king located: a) on the eastern coast of Africa b) on the western coast of Africa c) on the Pacific coast of Central America d) on the Pacific coast of South America e) in the Pacific Islands Answer: B The economies of the southern colonies of colonial British America developed most like colonial economies in:

Industrial Rev

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Unit 2a Review: Forces of Change ? Industrialization (HONORS) What are the four ?forces of change? identified in class? Industrialization c. Communications Nationalism d. Democracy Define: Industrial Economy Change in technology to help expand resources. Shift to manufacturing factories What are several characteristics of an industrial economy? (at least 5) Competition, Change in environment, communications, more resources, cities, machines, labor Examples of an industrial economy? China, Great Britain, India Non-examples? Iraq, Mexico, Parts of Africa The 7 ingredients needed for a country to industrialize (can you name the 8th?): ? 1. Capital (money) 2. Raw materials 3. Markets 4. Power source 5. Transportation 6. Labor 7. Technology 8. Stable gov?t ?

Ch 14 The latin west study sheet

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APWorld ? Chapter 14: ?The Latin West, 1200-1500? Key Learning Goals Terms to know: three-field system, water wheels, Hanseatic League, guild, Gothic cathedrals, Renaissance, universities, scholasticism, humanities, Great Western Schism, Hundred Years? War, new monarchies, and reconquest. 1. Evaluate how well the inhabitants of the Latin West, rich and poor, urban and rural, dealt with their natural environment. 2. What social and economic factors led to the growth of cities in late medieval Europe? 3. Analyze how warfare helped rulers in the Latin West acquire the skills, weapons, and determination that enabled them to challenge other parts of the world. 4. What factors were responsible for the promotion of learning and the arts in the Latin West?

AP World History CHAPTER 34-36

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? Chapter 34-36 Rebirth and Revolution: Nation-Building in East Asia and the Pacific Rim, End of Cold War, Globalization I.Introduction i. Japan the anomaly in non-Western societies a. Fought imperialism & high level of industrialization b. Imitation of Western rivals - imperialist tendencies ii. Korea has also emerged as leading industrial center iii. China and Vietnam resemble other emerging nations a. Suffered from exploitive terms of exchange w/ West b. Had to deal with underdevelopment, overpopulation c. And..poverty and environmental degradation d. Sound familiar? e. But...they also saw collapse of 1000 year civilization iv. Confucian system destroyed in Vietnam and China a. External aggression + internal upheaval

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