HIEU 202 Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass

HIEU 202 Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Conditions of life in Early Modern Europe - *Unstable Feudal order eroding- nobles, peasants *World of death- "nasty, brutish, short", poverty was the norm, average lifespan of 25-27 years *The killers: WAR, plague (Black Death killed ⅓ of population), childbirth, starvation, hygiene *Marriage/Family- basic unit of society and economy, extended family, unpredictability of life put pressure to marry young, marriages broken by death, sense of community 2 100% Pass Guarantee Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Louis XIV - () Known as the Sun King, he was an absolute monarch that completely controlled France. One of his greatest accomplishments was the building of the palace at Versailles. The Society of Orders - (Estate)- 3 tiers, 1st Clergy (priests), 2nd Aristocracy (knights/law), 3rd (everyone else/workers, 98%, craftsman, peasants, farmers), each group had laws, aristocrats couldn't be involved in business, Jews were hindered, class determined by birth Versailles - A palace built by Louis XIV outside of Paris; it was home to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette The traditional economy - An economy in which production is based on customs and traditions and economic roles are typically passed down from one generation to the next. Siege of Vienna - (1683) Ottoman Empire attemped to invade Vienna but they were stopped by Leopold I The Agricultural Revolution - 1400s, pre-industrial needed 6 people working to feed 10, produced enough to eat, family was prominent 3 100% Pass Guarantee Katelyn Whitman, All Rights production, commerce was trade/barter, no government central economy, church provides welfare, work was seasonal and task-oriented, time was season-oriented, farmers changed from 3 field 1 fallow to 4 field green rotation, potato introduced(easy and nutritious) War of the Spanish Succession - a conflict, lasting from 1701 to 1713, in which a number of European states fought to prevent the Bourbon family from controlling Spain as well as France, This was the war between France and Spain in order to unite the two states under one ruler, Phillip V Guilds - "guilds" oversee trades for standards of production and regulate prices and oversaw promotion Common Law - A legal system based on custom and court rulings The Commercial Revolution - necessities made at home farm, trained craftsman for wood and silk etc., "guilds" oversee trades for standards of production and regulate prices and oversaw promotion, 7 year servant idea came from Bible, change in surplus from productivity, merchants sold 4 100% Pass Guarantee Katelyn Whitman, All Rights surplus, surplus reinvested economy, economic divisions in population of producers and owners, elite, source of wealth wasn't just owning land but turned to production/commerce Parliament - Britain's law-making assembly Marco Polo - 17, Venetian merchant, traveled to China, Silk Route, spices, medicine, published account and gave awareness of China Charles I - King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (). His power struggles with Parliament resulted in the English Civil War (1642- 1648) in which Charles was defeated. He was tried for treason and beheaded in 1649 The Renaissance - "rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome, Italy, Dark Ages, Greek intellectuals flee Turks and