WHI: SOL: Regional Interactions

Identify the significance of these historic documents

• England 1215: Limited power of kings

• Magna Carta

• Rome: Gave Freedom of Religion

• Edict of Milan

• 800s CE: Divided Charlemagne's Empire

• Treaty of Verdun

Answer explanation

1. 1. Magna Carta - King John was forced to sign by rebellious nobles. The nobles were tired of John's constant need for more money (taxes.) LIMITED his power and gave MORE rights to the nobles.

2. 2. Treaty of Verdun. - after Charlemagne's death, his grandsons eventually went to war over the kingdom. The Treaty of Verdun split the empire into 3 parts - setting up modern Europe.

3. 3. Edict of Milan - ordered by Emperor Constantine - gave Freedom of Religion in Rome - allowing Christianity to be practiced freely - thereby leading to its rapid expansion

Identify the 2 modern European countries that made up MOST of Charlemagne's Empire?

Answer explanation

Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne, created the largest empire in Western Europe since Rome. The Frankish ruler is often called the "Father" of modern Europe because the countries of France & Germany were part of his empire.

Choose the three trade types of goods that were traded in the Eastern Hemisphere around 1500 CE

Answer explanation

The Trade Routes of the Middle Ages began to connect Europe with the Asian regions. Chinese Porcelain, Indian Spices and textiles were wildly popular in Western Europe. We also begin to see technology and ideas traded such as windmills, waterwheels, and the lateen sail.

Drag the American civilization to its correct location on the map.

a

b

c

Maya

Inca

Aztec

Answer explanation

Match the following geographic location/challenge to the correct American civilization

• Inca

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• Aztec

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• Maya

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He was the author of The Prince, a story about a ruler who rules by whichever means necessary to get the desired results.

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Sir Thomas More

• Machiavelli

• Boccacio

Answer explanation

Niccolo Machievalli wrote one of the earliest political treatise on how rulers can get and keep power. He supports the idea of "Absolute Power". He believed that the "end justifies the means." - if you have to do harsh things to achieve a peaceful kingdom, that it is worth the harshness.

Famous Quotes:

• "It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot have both"

• "Politics have no relation to morals"

Match the following Northern Renaissance writers to their most famous work.

• In Praise of Folly

• William Shakespeare

• Utopia

• Sir Thomas More

• Romeo and Juliet

• Desiderius Erasmus

Answer explanation

Ways Ms. Carter remembers their names!

1. 1. Sir Thomas More wanted a more perfect world so he wrote about a perfect world in Utopia!

2. 2. Desiderius ERASmus was a RASCAL because he wrote bad things about the Church with his book, In Praise of Folly!

3. 3. William Shakespeare...come on! This dude's famous!

One factor that enabled the Renaissance to flourish in Northern Italy was that the region had

• A wealthy class that invested in the arts
• A socialist form of government
• Limited contact with the Byzantine empire
• A shrinking middle class

How did the Medici family make Florence the birthplace of the Renaissance?

• They built a Roman Catholic Church there
• They made the peasants work over time without extra pay
• They made Florence the capital of Europe
• They hired artists and architects (patrons).

What do we call a man (or woman) who excels in many aspects of life (academic, cultural, artistic, religious)?

• Renaissance Man

• Classical Man

• Jack of all Trades

• The Enlightened Man