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OFL World History A Unit 1
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- 1Patronpeople who financially supported artists
- 2Perspectivean artistic technique showing three dimensions of a flat surface
- 3Vernacularthe everyday language of people in a region or country
- 4Solonpassed a law outlawing slavery based on debt; established four classes of citizenship based on wealth rather than heredity; created the Council of Four Hundred
- 5Cliesthenesregarded as the founder of democracy in Athens; created the Council of Five Hundred that proposed laws and counseled the assembly
- 6AristotleGreek philosopher who examined the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge; wrote Politics
- 7Leonardo da Vincian Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist; considered a true “Renaissance man”
- 8Johann Gutenbergdeveloped a printing press, making it possible to produce books quickly and cheaply
- 9PlatoGreek philosopher who felt that society should be governed by philosopher-kings; wrote The Republic
- 10Albrecht Durerproduced prints that portrayed religious subjects, classical myths, or realistic landscapes
- 11Direct Democracya form of government in which citizens rule and make laws directly rather than through representatives
- 12Diasporawhen Jews were exiled from their homeland to many parts of the world, where they shared their beliefs that all people had the right to be treated with justice and dignity
- 13Republica form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to elect the leaders who make governmental decisions
- 14Twelve Tableswritten law codes of the Romans
- 15Roman Law's Influence on Democracy-gave the world the idea of a republic
-an individual is a citizen in a state rather than the subject of a ruler
-written legal code that should be applied equally and impartially to all citizens - 16The Renaissancethe brilliant cultural movement that arose in Italy in the 1300s
- 17According to Hebrew Tradition the responsibility of the individual and communiy is to...oppose injustice and oppression, and to assist the unfortunate
- 18The Qur'anthe holy book of Islam
- 19MuhammadIslam is based on his teachings
- 20Polytheismthe belief in more than one God
- 21Italy was the birthplace of the Renaissance because...-had thriving cities where people were interested in the exchange of ideas
-had a wealthy merchant class interested in the arts
-had the classical heritage of Greece and Rome - 22"Renaissance man"a person who excels in many fields of study
- 23Merchants thought they deserved power during the Renaissance because of...individual merit
- 24Niccolo Machiavelliwrote "The Prince"
- 25Leonardo da Vincipainted the "Mona Lisa"
- 26Secularconcerned with the here and now and not with spiritual matters
- 27The northern Renaissance different from the Italian Renaissance because...northern Renaissance artists were more focused on realism in their art
- 28Christian humanism is based on...the belief that human beings will know right from wrong if they lived according to the Bible
- 29Jan van Eycknorthern Renaissance artist who used oil-based paints to develop a new technique that created subtle colors in clothing and jewelry, and whose paintings displayed unusually realistic details and revealed the personality of the subjects
- 30Shakespeare's work showed Renaissance influences by...-being inspired by classic works
-displaying a deep understanding of human beings - 31Movable print didn't work in China because...China’s writing system had thousands of different characters, which made movable type impractical
- 32The major effect of the printing press was...The process made it possible to produce books quickly and cheap enough that many could buy them, not just the rich
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