Honors Europe Test Ch. 29

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Honors Europe Test - Ch. 29
Ch. 29 Terms
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• A hilltop fortress in ancient Greece

What is an Acropolis?
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• A small, privileged upper class that administered
  the government in ancient Greece

What is the aristocracy
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• Participation in government by all citizens
  directly, not through representatives

What is direct democracy?
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• A question-and-answer technique developed by a
  Greek philosopher to teach students to examine
  their beliefs and discard any that could not be
  proved through reason

What is the Socratic Method?
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• A wealthy landowner in ancient Rome, member of
  the group that controlled the government

What is a patrician?
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• A member of the group of common people in ancient
  Rome who could vote but not hold office

What is a Plebeian?
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• A very mountainous peninsula with excellent
  harbors on the coastline. Greek traders carried
  goods across the Mediterranean and set up
  colonies there.

What is the geographic setting?
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• Small, separate communities were developed
  because the rugged terrain made transportation
  and communication difficult.

What are city-states??
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• Monarchs or kings ruled each city-state, but
  gradually the aristocracy replaced the
  monarchies. Slowly, ordinary citizens gained
  certain rights laying the foundations for
  democracy.

What are the Greek Ideas about Government?
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• By 450 B.C., this Greek cities government was a
  direct democracy. Through Pericles, this
  democracy reached its height.

What was the growth of the Athenian Democracy?
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• Only free men had the right to participate in
  government. Slaves, resident foreigners, an women
  had no political rights. Still the Athenian
  democracy became a model for other city-states.

What was limited democracy?
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The Greek philosophers believed that the search
for truth was a basic duty. The Greeks search
for truth influenced many fields of study. Using
reason, experimentation, and observation, Greek
thinkers also made advances in mathematics,
astronomy, biology, and other sciences.

• What was the search for truth?

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He was a philosopher who sought a code of conduct
for human behavior. He developed a method of
questioning. He was arrested for failing to honor
the gods and corrupting the Athenian youth.

• Who was Socrates?

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• He was a student of Socrates who had collected
  Socratic ideas in the Dialogues. He had developed
  his own ideas in The Republic. His student
  created a system of reason known as logic.

Who were Plato and Aristotle?
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• The Greek city-states were constantly at war and
  could not even unite against a common enemy.
  Philip of Macedonia brought the city-states under
  his control.

What was the importance of the Hellenistic World?
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He completed the work of uniting Greece. Through
his conquests. He created a rich new culture
known as Hellenistic civilization.

• Who was Alexander the Great?

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The city became the center of the Hellenistic
civilization. Scholars from Greece, Persia, and
Egypt gathered here and made important advances
in medicine, mathematics, and the sciences.

• What was Alexandria?

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culture known as Hellenistic civilization. Rome
was a small city-state on the Tiber River in
Italy, but during the Hellenistic period, it grew
into a powerful empire.

• What was the Growth of Rome?

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In 509 B.C., a new type of government was made.
Citizenship in Rome was limited. Women were
considered citizens, but could not vote or hold
public office. The Plebeians could vote but not
hold office. Gradually, the Plebeians gained more
rights.

• What was the Roman Republic?

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The Romans developed a strong army and conquered
all of Italy. They then won lands in North
Africa, Spain, and Greece.

• What was the Roman Expansion?

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This empire lasted almost 500 years and at its
height, it stretched from Spain in the west to
the Euphrates River in the east. For the first
200 years, the empire enjoyed relative peace and
prosperity.

• What was the Roman Empire?

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• This civilization developed a system of justice
  where all were equal under the law and the idea
  of innocent until proven guilty. They also
  allowed the use of evidence in the courtroom and
  set up procedures to ensure a fair trial

• What was the Roman Civilization?

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Over time, the Romans blended Greek and
Hellenistic traditions with their own to create a
new Greco-Roman civilization.

• What is diffusion and diversity?

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The Unity of the Roman Empire, its system of
roads, and extensive commerce helped a new
religion to spread. The message of hope converted
many people.

• What is the Spread of Christianity?

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Because powerful leaders constantly competed for
the throne, and many frequent civil wars, this
empire had declined.
What is the decline of Rome?
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This was granted to powerful lords by the king.

• What are fiefs?

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The lords divided their fiefs among these people.

• What are vassals?

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Vassals further subdivided their fiefs among
these people.

• What are knights?

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These people were tied to the land of a lord, to
whom he or she owed service in exchange for
protection.
What are serfs?
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This included a village and the surrounding lands
administered by a lord.
What is a manor?
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The path to salvation included this, that were
administered by the church.

• What are Sacraments?

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Merchants negotiated with kings to obtain certain
rights to town dwellers.

• What are charters?

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This period lasted from the decline of Rome to
the emergence of the modern European world in
about 1450.

• What are the early middle ages?

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Because of the constant attacks, in response to
these dangers, a system was developed. This
system developed into a way of life that governed
the political, social, and the economic order.

• What is feudalism?

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In this society, everyone had a fixed place. At
the head there was the king who granted fiefs to
powerful lords. The powerful lords divided their
fiefs among vassals. The vassals divided their
fiefs among knights. Serfs were tied to the
lords land.

• What is the structure of a feudal society?

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In the feudal society, this group was subordinate
to men. When they inherited land, they were
valued for their property.

• What is the status of women?

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This system supported feudalism.

• What is the manor economy?

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Their lives centered around the farming seasons.
They spent 4 days a week farming their lords
land and 2 days farming for themselves.

• What is a peasants life?

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By about 1000, these were developed. These tools
helped the peasants produce the additional food
needed to support Europes growing population.

• What are new technologies?

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People found hope in these teachings. They turned
to this for guidance and comfort. It also offered
a chance of salvation and eternal life.

• What is the role of the church?

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These played an important role in spreading
Christianity in northern Europe.

• What are monasteries and convents?

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These were set up to train young men for service
in the church.

• What are schools and universities?

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These helped to teach Bible stories ad Christian
beliefs to people who could not read or write.

• What are religion and the arts?

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Questions to Ask Yourself

• Have I studied all of Western Europes history?
• Have I studied Eastern Europes history?
• Do I know I am a great test taker?

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Bonus Question!!!

• What it takes to do well on this test.

What is studying?
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