Warm UpDefine the following vocabulary words in the back of your Social Studies notebook:• Democracy• Knights• Joint-stock companies• Black-Death

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1 U.S. Map 2 U.S. Map Labelled3 Western Hemisphere 4 Eastern Hemisphere5 Comparing Early Civilizations 6 Journal Entry 17 Cultures of North America 8 Journal Entry 29 The Influence of Trade 10 The Map of Riches!11 Europeans on the Rise 12 DBQ Analysis: World’s Collide13

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Quarter 1 : Table of Contents

Europeans on the Rise Key TermsCharacteristicsJudaism Christianity

The Athenians

The Romans

The Middle AgesThe CrusadesThe RenaissanceMartin Luther

Henry the NavigatorEQ : What major influences shaped European civilization?

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Judaism• Judaism and Christianity shaped European

religious and moral beliefs. • Judaism arose among the Israelites around 1700

BCE and was the first major religion to teach monotheism. Unlike other early religions, Judaism taught that all people,

even powerful rulers, had to obey God’s laws.

Christianity• Christianity arose about 2000 years ago when

people saw Jesus as the Messiah, the Savior chosen by God. Others saw him as a political threat and had him crucified.

According to Christian doctrine,

all people have a chance for salvation.

The Athenians• Ancient Greek and Roman traditions shaped

European political systems, and later influenced the founders of the U.S.

• In the 400’s BCE, the Greek city-state of Athens was a direct democracy, a form of government in which an assembly of ordinary citizens made decisions.

– Any adult male citizen could participate

The Romans• In 509 BCE, the Romans set up a republic, a form

of government in which people choose representatives to govern them. An elected senate and assembly would make laws.– Everyone was equal under the law, and if you were

accused of a crime, you were innocent until proven guilty.

The Middle Ages & Crusades• Rome fell to invaders in 476 CE and fragmented

Europe into small kingdoms. For 1,000 years, Europe was living in the Middle Ages.

• By the 800’s, kings and nobles relied on feudalism.

• Daily life revolved around the Catholic Church, and in 1095, Pope Urban II declared a Crusade to win the Holy Land from the Muslims.

The Renaissance• In the 1300’s, the Renaissance revived interest in

ancient Greece and Rome. Art, science, and inventions flourished.

• Powerful countries arose which resulted in Spain, Portugal, France

and England shifting their

trade routes to the Atlantic Ocean.

Martin Luther• In 1517, the German monk Martin Luther

demanded that the Catholic Church reform itself. Those who joined him in protesting certain practices of the Church were called Protestants.

• This caused the creation of new churches and religious sects within Christianity that also pushed Europe into religious wars.

Henry the Navigator• Prince Henry the Navigator

hoped to expand Portuguese power and spread Christianity to new lands. In the 1400’s, he set up a navigation center at Sagres, where sailors learned to use maps, the magnetic compass, and the astrolabe. With these skills, Portuguese sailors opened the way for exploration!!!

DBQ Analysis : World’s Collide!You will be reading a brief biography about Marco Polo’s travels. Answer the questions below in your notebook based on the reading provided.

1. Why do you think Marco Polo and his family travelled to the east?

2. Describe Kublai Khan’s personality.3. What do you think dictate means?4. What advantages do you think the Europeans

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Warm UpAnswer the following questions in the back of your Social Studies notebook based on the document on the next page:

• Why did the Spanish cut the hands off of the Natives?

• What is the relationship between the Spaniards and the Natives at the time of this image?

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Spaniards are cutting off the hands of Natives for not meeting their gold quota.