Social Studies Midterm Study Sheet

Página 1

Women did not gain equality with men during the Renaissance

Serfs were obedient to their landlords

Guilds were like unions

Know the social hierarchy for medieval times

In the medieval worldview people tried to survive, today Canadians enjoy a good quality of life

In the hierarchy people were forced to keep their places

he plague was cause by bacteria on fleas and rats

People in Italy lacked food during the plague because of floods and famine

The plague was caused my lack of hygiene and diesease

After the plague, serfs moved to towns, competed for jobs and gained much more freedom

Women who were serfs helped there husbands work in the fields

Merchant Families became wealthy and moved up the hierarchy

The feudal system was weakest in Italy (compared to other European countries

Vancouver is most similar to Venice because they are both port cities

During the crusades Christians were exposed to the ideas of the muslims

Italian seaports provided a good geographical reason for the development of the Renaissance in Italy first

New York was not a Renaissance city scuole were the first social systems

The printing press changed the worldview forever

Before the Renaissance the worldview f most Christians as influenced by the Roman Catholic Church

Renaissance humanism taught that God saw every person as an individual

Humanist writers looked to the ideas of the ancient Greeks and Romans

The human body was reflected during the renaissance especially in the arts

humanist writers wrote in the vernacular (everyday) languages of the people

religious leaders lost most of their power during the Renaissance

people first learned to read the bible and the classics in their everyday language so they could get new ideas

paintings of Jesus and Mary (Madonna) were made to be very accurate and human

Renaissance architecture looked like the buildings from ancient Greece and Rome

Copernicus, da Vinci and Viete were scientists and mathematicians

Shakespeare wrote "all the world's stage and men and women are merely players"

Although humanism taught equality, education was largely saved for the rich

Before the Renaissance, education included grammar, rhetoric and logic

The move to change the church during the renaissance was called the reformation

The kings who supported Martin Luther's ideas to change the church who mostly did it for political and economic reasons

Spain did not experience the Reformation and remained catholic

When explorers went exploring they did not try to learn new languages

The economic worldview during the Renaissance resulted in strong, central governments

When trade slowed on the Silk Road countries began to look to conquer new lands

Sailors liked the idea of finding new spices

Henry the navigator was from Portugal

Martin Luther's followers were called protestants

In Spain the King and Queen said people could only follow christianity

Mercenary (paid) soldiers were hired by monarchs

The Silk Road could no longer meet the demand for goods

Monarchs and the wealthy paid for voyages exploration

humanism encouraged people to explore new ideas about life and the world

Imperialism-to dominate another

imperialists were ethnocentric (thought they were the best)

worldview is a collection of beliefs and values about life and the universe

the astrolabe as used to help sailors navigate at night

Página 2

The Edo years were 1603-1867

The four main islands of Japan are; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu

Japan has; Mountains, rivers, valleys, plateaus

The supreme ruler of Japan was the Emperor

Nobunaga built castles, Hideyoshi taxed people with rice, and leyasu established is government in Edo

Deshima was the fake island made by the Dutch

It was feared thatChristians would teach the Japanese to disobey the shogun

An edict is a command

The seclusion policy said no citizen could come back to Japan

Confucianism does not teach the importance of God

The daimyo were feudal lords who had one castle in their domains

Shogun- Samurai- Farmers-Artisans- Merchants- Outcast- Non-humans

The Samurai followed their code of behaviour (bushido)

Farmers were higher on the social ladder because they grew rice

Non Humans-actors, beggars. Outcasts-slaughtered animals. Banraku-puppet theatre. Kabuki-domestic dramas.

Metropolises-Edo, Kyoto, Osaka

Basho Matsuo-Haiku creator

Korea traded with Japan first

The Dutch taught the Japanese about medicine

Haikus- 3 lines, 5,7,5 syllables, depict one emotion, and are style of poetry

Página 3