Midterm Review- World

Who was the Renaissance artist who created La Pieta, the David, and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?

The idea that members of a society agree to be governed by its general will, which represents what is best for society.

What is the Quran?

To proceed from the particular to the general by making systematic observations and carefully organized experiments

By the end of the 1600s, which country had established control over most of the eastern seaboard of North America?

The transfer of animals, culture, humans, technology, diseases, and ideas between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

What is the Eightfold Path?

During the French Revolution, The Committe of Public Safety began executing enemies of the state in a year-long _______.

Name three means for European exploration starting in the late 1400s (the how).

What was invented by Johannes Gutenberg, which contributed to a rise in literacy during the Renaissance?

What is a monarchy?

Monotheistic religion started by Guru Nanak in the 1400s, men wear turbans, everyone is encouraged not to cut their hair

Name two reasons why there was a need for reform in the Catholic Church.

What did Adam Smith argue with the doctrine of "laizzez-faire"?

Monotheistic religion started by Muhammad, believing in the Quran, and the Five Pillars

Name three motives for European exploration starting in the late 1400s (the why).

What were two new art techniques used during the Renaissance?

What are the 3 legitimate functions of government acccording to Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations in 1776?

Who came to power and took over the French government as a result of the French Revolution?

The Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen during the French Revolution proclaimed...

What eventually happened to King Louis XVI during the French Revolution?

The major Indian religious system believing in oneness with Brahman, karma, and reincarnation

Which time period brought in a new age of humanism based on the ideas that originated in ancient Greece and Rome?

Religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama believing in nirvana, the Four Noble Truths, and the Eightfold Path

German monk who believed the Bible was only source of religious truth & one can only be saved through faith in God

Religion started by Jesus and his followers, believing he was the Son of God who came to save humanity

Religion believing in one God, the covenant, law, prophets, and following the Torah

In his book __________, Machiavelli expressed views that political activity should be independent of moral principles.

What did Martin Luther write in 1517, attacking the abuses of the Church?

John Locke influenced the American founding fathers with the idea of ________________.

Napoleon created a system in public and military officials were appointed based on __________, not rank or birth.

A revolution in philosophy, science & math that dramatically changed arts and culture in Europe

The image below depicts this trade route.

Which time period did this piece of art (The Last Supper) come from?

What eventually happened to Napoleon?

Push for reform in the Catholic Church during the 16th century led to _____, which divided Christianity & reshaped power

The financial crisis brought on by debt and governmental over-spending is a cause of the...

Francis Bacon developed the __________, which was a systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence.

Galileo Galilei's ideas were revolutionary and brought him into conflict with the __________.

During the French Revolution, a radicial dictatorship, the Committee of Public Safety, was led by __________.

What is the Torah?

Which empires were subdued by the Spanish conquistadors allowing the Spanish to set up colonies?

Newton's idea, says that every object in the universe attracts every other object in precise mathematical relationships.

The deadly journey made by slave ships to the Americas from Africa was called the __________.

Frenchman Montesquieu's most lasting contribution to political thought was his...

The __________ was an 18th century philosophical movement built off the achievements of the Scientific Revolution.

Name three reasons that Martin Luther's ideas spread.

What is the Christian holy book called?

_______ was the 17th century idea that the prosperity(riches) of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver.

Copernicus offered this theory, in which the sun is believed to be at the center of our universe