European History

Who controlled the Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria, Romania,and Hungary after the Roman Empire split

a political system in which powerful lords owned most of the land

*natural rights theory; social contract theory

caused the Black Death that spread over Europe in the 14th century

period when many Christians broke away from the Catholic Church and started Protestant churches

*separation of powers (3 branches of gov.)

discrimination against Jewish people

Who controlled the Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria, Romania, and parts of Hungary by 100 A.D.?

refers to the process of a region breaking up into small, mutually hostile units

This Eastern European nation split peacefully

*religious toleration; freedom of speech and press

*perfected telescope and proved what Copernicus theorized

theorized that planets, including the Earth, revolved around the sun 

Who controlled the Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria, Romania,and Hungary by the 1300-1400’s?

Occurred as a result of the advances of the Renaissance

*human equality; majority rule

all of the following are Benelux nations except: 

*developed calculus to show how the sun’s gravity kept the planets in their orbits.

often causes groups to want their own countries

industries make the goods consumers want to buy

step-by-step approach to experimentation and observation.

Europeans were reintroduced to the rest of the world at the end of the Middle Ages

nations dominated by another country

military expedition by European Christians to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims.

Romance languages evolved from what language?