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What current Country modeled their republic after the Roman Republic?

USA

What did the Romans call their written law?

The 12 Tables

What are the two groups of English Men that Colonized the New world?

The Conquerors and the Religious Pilgrims

What is the time period after the fall of the Western Roman Empire Called?

The Dark Ages

What is a Fief?

A Piece of Land

What city-state governed there people with a Oligarchy?

Sparta

What Enlightened thinker inspired the American Colonist to revolt?

John Locke

What Greek Philosopher questioned people to point out there ignorance and hypocrisy?

Socrates

What are the 3 G’s

God, Glory, and Gold

When one man gives another a Fief in return for services they establish what kind of Relationship

Lord-Vassal Relationship

Why did knights go crusading?

To Get to Heaven, To Kill and still go to Heaven, To Get Rich, etc…

What did Bartolomeu Dias find?

The Southern Tip of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope

What was the name of the war, at the end of the Middle Ages, between England and France?

The One Hundred Years War

Name one of the five Core Concepts of the Age of Reason?

Reason, Happiness, Nature, Progress, Liberty

What Ancient civilizations influenced the Renaissance?

Greece and Rome

Which two Absolute Monarchs both had violent revolts against their rule at a Young Age?

Peter the Great and Louis XIV

What is a cause of the Protestant Reformation?

Corruption the Clergy, Political Corruption, the Pope is seen as a foreign leader, Indulgences, etc…

What Century is considered the “breaking point” for European Civilization at the end of the Middle

Ages?

1300s

Who started the Protestant Revolution?

Martin Luther

Name one piece of technology that helped to spark the age of exploration

Astrolabe, Compass, Carvel, Triangle Sail

What is the Name of the English king who started the English Reformation?

Henry VIII

What is missing from this list: Courtesy, Prowess, Largesse, Glory…?

Loyalty

What is it called when a King is chosen by God to Rule?

Divine Right

What document from the US is similar to the French Declaration of The Rights of Man and of

the Citizen?

Declaration of INdependence

What Greek Polis is famous for inventing democracy?

Athens