MidTerm

The intellectuals of the ____ were especially influenced by the ideas of John Locke and Isaac Newton.

One major economic problem in Europe during the 16th and 17th century was______ .

Napoleon's downfall began in 1812 when he decided to invade ____ .

___ argued that peopleshould be governed in a way to protect their natural rights

During the 30 years after the fall of the Aztec Empire, the ___ expanded their control to all of Mexico.

During the ____ , discoveries in astronomy led to a new conception of the universe.

_____ wrote an account of his travels from Venice to the Chinese Court called "The Travels".

Pompey, Crassus, and Julius Caesar saw opportunities for power unparalleled in ____ history.

Renaissance thinkers believed that ____ was the key to understandingthe nature of the universe.

____ believed he could reach Asia by sailing west around Africa, but instead discovered the Americas in 1492.

Although many individuals contributed to the framing of the Constitution, the master builder was _____ .

However, slavery continued in the United States until the ____ of the 1860's.

During the High Middle Ages, the power of nobles and kings was often overshadowed by the authority of the _____.

Ivan IV was the first ruler to take the title of ___. He is also known as Ivan the Terrible.

The greatest conflict of the Seven Years' War took place in _____ .

Thomas Paine published a persuasive pamphlet called _____ , which urged colonists to fight for independence.

Almost 40,000 people were killed during the French ______ .

In North America, entire communities of ___ died in epidemics of smallpox and disease brought by European settlers.

Enlightenment thought influenced European _____ in the 18th century.

According to __ , "God has predetermined, whom he would admit to salvation, and whom he would condemn to destruction."

Francis Bacon created the ____ , which was crucial to the evolution of science in the modern world.

All major European powers except England were involved of the plundering and destruction of Germany during the ___ .

____ was a child prodigy, and gave his first concert at the age of 6.

A devastating plague known as the ______ wiped out 1/3 of the European population.

____ went along several voyages where he wrote letters that led to the use of the name America for the new lands.

The _____ has often been seen as a major turning point in European history.

As the winter snows began, Napoleon led the _____ west across Russia .

The peoples of ___ and ___ built the first civilizations.

The ____ was fought between king and Parliament to determine what role each should play in governing England.

The __ officially ended Christian unity in Europe.

The Second Continental Congress set up an army, called the Continental Army. ______ served as its commander in chief.

The _____ was created to maintain peace in Europe.

____ is remembered as the first person to sail completely around the globe.

The journey of as many as 10 million enslaved Africans to the Americas became known as the ____ .

The ___ , the first known civilization in Mesoamerica, appeared in 1200 B.C.

On January 21, 1793, _____ was beheaded on the guillotine.

Many see _____ as the founder of modern movements forwomen's rights.

Fighting between the British and the colonists broke out in _____ inApril 1775.

The states' first constitution, the ____ , created a weak central government.

A German priest and professor named ______ began the Protestant Reformation in the early 1500's.

____ theory of gravity created a new picture of the universe.

An _____ was a document sold by the Catholic Church that released the bearer from all or part of the punishment for sin.

On July 4th, 1776, The Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration ofIndependence written by ____ .

____ was known as a "complete man of the theatre."

The __ of 1689 marked a turning point in English history because few citizens would ever be persecuted for religion.

It has been said that ___ were the key motives for European expansion.

The Bill of Rights set forth ____ right to make laws and to levy taxes.

The trade network exchanging plants and animals between Europe and the Americas is known as the _____ .

On October 31, 1517, Luther, angered by the Catholic Church's practices, made his ______ public.

Paleolithic people were primarily _____ who hunted animals and gathered wild plants for survival.

Humanlike creatures first emerged more than _ to _ million years ago.

From 1807 to 1812, _____ was the master of Europe.

Peasant rebellions became part of the vast panic known as the _____ .

Over time, some European leaders began to fear that ____ would spread totheir countries.

Religious authorities primarily saw the _____ as a challenge to Church power.

British North America consisted of __ prosperous colonies on the eastern coast of NorthAmerica.

Between 1500 and 1800, European explorers used improved __ to travel and explore the rest of the world.

The new Congress ratified 10 amendments to the Constitution, which became known as the _____ .