Unit 1: Renaissance Europe – Vocabulary/Terms
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Silk Road
Urban
Rural
Middle Ages /Medieval
Sumptuary Laws
Expansionism
Vernacular
Catholicism
Niccolo Machiavelli
Bubonic Plague
Black Death
Renaissance
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Hierarchy
Muslims
Feudal System
Spanish Inquisition
Heresy
Ethnocentrism
Nicolaus Copernicus
Leonardo da Vinci
Artistic Perspective
Indigenous
Christopher Columbus
Martin Luther
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Humanism
Classical Learning
Indulgences
Crusades
Holy Land
City-State
Protestant Reformation
Point of View
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Philosopher
Medici Family
Need to Know Concepts:
1. What is Worldview, list and explain the Worldview Elements.
2. Why did the Renaissance Worldview have such a lasting influence on other
countries?
3. How did city-states begin? What were the most important city-states? Where
were they located and what was the geography like?
4. What was the importance of the Silk Road during the time of the Renaissance?
5. How did medieval country and town life change as a result of the
Bubonic Plague. What happened to the manors when they
didn’t have any people to do the work on them?
6. How did the Bubonic Plague or Black Death affect the
religious beliefs of the people and why did
the people question their faith in God?
7. What were the Crusades and what resulted
from them?
8. What is a feudal hierarchy and what were
the key parts of a Renaissance hierarchy?
Draw a diagram using terms such as crown,
merchant, artisan and peasant.
9. Which ideas from classical times helped to
form the Renaissance humanist worldview?
10. How did art and artists’ works change during the later period of the
Renaissance?
11. What is a guild, an apprentice and a Journeyman? What do we have today that
is similar?
12. What is a Psalter Map?
13. Why was the development of the printing press significant in the spread of
knowledge and what effect did it have on the literacy of the people?
14. Why were people beginning to question the church? Who was getting all of the
benefits? Who was paying all of the taxes? Explain Usury?
15. Explain about the Crusades, what happened, what influences did they have on
the Renaissance and what role did the Muslims play?
16. Explain the four main points that Humanists believe in.
17. What does the term “Educating the Whole Child” mean?
18. How was the literature of the Renaissance different from earlier times?
19. Explain how these factors affected the Renaissance Worldview.
 Increased Trade
 Competition for Power
 Focus on Wealth
20. Why was Galileo charged with heresy, and what happened?
21. What is the Scientific method and what impact did it have on Renaissance
thinking?
22. What were the new theories that emerged during the Renaissance
23. What things were Leonardo famous for, anatomy, inventions etc.?
24. What other technological advances (inventions) made exploration easier?
25. What is a Manor?
26. Europeans had an Imperialistic Worldview. How did this play a part in the Age
of Exploration?
27. How did the geography of Europe play a part in establishing trade routes? What
role did the Mediterranean Sea play?
Unit 2: Aztec/Spanish Conflict – Vocabulary/Terms
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Tenochtitlan
Dona Marina
Cortes
Lake Texcoco
Reconquista
Imperialism
Conquistador
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Mestizo
Aqueduct
Allies
Spanish Inquisition
Monarch
Calendar Stone
Missionary
Chinampa
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18. Codex
19. Creole
20. Metis
21. Omen
22. Moctezuma
Need to Know Concepts:
1. Where was the Aztec civilization and why did they choose that location?
2. How did the Muslim civilization contribute to Spanish society?
3. An unequal fight - What factors contributed to Cortes defeating the Aztecs
(What advantages did the Spanish have over the Aztecs)?
4. Why did Moctezuma welcome Cortes to his city? What impressed Cortes the
most about the Aztecs? What was the result of Moctezuma’s behaviour?
5. What is the Conquistador’s Formula?
6. Why were the calendar stones and Aztec temples destroyed by the
conquistadors?
7. What happened to the Aztec indigenous people after they were conquered by
the Spaniards?
8. Why did the Spanish want to explore the New
World? What does the term ethnocentrism mean?
9. What were the changes that the Aztecs made to the
geography of Tenochtitlan? What did they build to
overcome these geographical challenges?
10. What things controlled every aspect of the Aztec
way of life?
11. How do we know that the
Aztecs traded with
neighbouring groups? What
did they trade?
12. What was more important to the Aztecs, the individual or the group as a whole?
13. Explain the structure of the Aztec hierarchy, who was at the top and below?
14. Explain the Spanish Worldview, what were the 4 G’s
15. Explain what the Encomienda System is.
16. Why did the Aztecs believe in human sacrifice? How could the Aztec belief in
Gods & Omens have led to their downfall?
17. Why did neighbouring tribes join forces with Cortes to defeat the Aztecs?
18. What was the final straw for the Aztecs with the Spanish?
19. Who were King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and what did they want?
20. How does the Mexican culture of today reflect Aztec and Spanish Worldviews?
Unit 3: Japan - Vocabulary/Terms
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Edo Period
Shogun
Confucianism
Meiji Period
Exclusion Laws
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Commodore Perry
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Daimyo
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Westernization
Archipelago
Compulsory
Corruption
Stoic
Shinto Religion
Need to Know Concepts:
1. How would you describe Japan during the Edo period? How was it different
from the Meiji Period (also called the Tokugawa Period)?
2. Who had the real power in Edo Japan?
3. What occurred during the Meiji era?
4. Describe how geography affected Japanese culture.
5. What was the Meiji Restoration?
6. How was the feudal system used to maintain control
during the Edo period?
7. What were exclusion/isolation laws? Why did the shogun pass these laws?
8. Why was Japan able to industrialize so rapidly and adapt to change? What
effects did it have on the country?
9. What were the social, political and economic systems of Japan at this time?
10. What effects did being an island nation have on Japan?
11. What does the term Alternate Attendance mean?
12. What is the Charter Oath and why was it required?
13. Who is Commodore Perry and why is he a significant
character in Japanese history? What three strategies
did he use to get into Japan?
14. In Japan there were treaties signed with many western
countries. Why did Japan feel that these treaties were
unequal?
15. How was the social status of the people changed
during the Meiji period? Who lost power, why and when?
16. Draw and label Japan’s social hierarchy.
17. What kind of religion did the Japanese practice? Why did the Shogun feel
threatened by the western religious practices?
18. Japan was a self-sufficient country; explain what this means and what effects it
may have had on its culture, peace and harmony?
19. Where were Japan’s main cities located and why were they located there?
20. What were the geographical challenges experienced by the Japanese?
21. What natural disasters did the people of Japan experience? What effect did they
have on them?
22. Explain why the Japanese were fascinated by the beauty of nature.
23. What was significant about rice and what was its relationship to money?
24. How important was honour, duty, respect for authority and loyalty to the
Japanese people and how did they express (show) it?
25. Who was Ranald MacDonald and what is his role in Japanese history?
26. Explain who the Dutch Scholars were and what they did.
27. What was culture in Edo Japan like?
28. When did the Shogun step down? Why did he and who replaced him?
29. What were the two main goals of the new government after the last Shogun?
30. Why were some people resistant to the quick changes that were being
experienced by the Japanese during the Meiji period?
31. What does the motto “Western Science, Japanese Essence” mean?