Chapter 28 – The Age of Anxiety 1) Uncertainty in modern thought a) The effects of World War I on modern thought i) Western society began to question values and beliefs that had guided it since the Enlightenment. ii) Many people rejected the longaccepted beliefs in progress and the power of the rational mind to understand a logical universe and an orderly society. (1) Valéry wrote about the crisis of the cruelly injured mind; to him the war ("storm")
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0Chapter 25 Outline: The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution I. The Road to World War I Notes A Nationalism and Internal Dissent B Nation-States caused conflict instead of companionship i. Intended to unite nations ii. Rivalries over colonial and commercial interests C Crooked Actions i. Governments avoiding war being punished‚ instigators seen as heroes ii. Allies/Enemies were formed iii. Each nation-state thought of themselves as individuals D Self-Segregation
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communication sources had been cut off and liberal Parliament trying to decide whether to support or abandon him (documents 6 and 7). Conservative members of Parliament felt that military action should be taken against the Sudanese by grounds that Mahdi’s revolt would damage the reputation of Britain and threaten political and economic aspects. On the other hand‚ liberal members of Parliament (including Gladstone) felt that military force should be used to rescue Gordon and his troops‚ but did not want to
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Chapter 16 SECTION ONE: -Who were three major Greek scientists that inspired 16th century Europeans? What/ fields were great scientific advancements made that these scientists represented? Aristotle in physics‚ Ptolemy in astronomy‚ and Galen in medicine. -Why did European scientists have to make adjustment to ancient theories? Scientists did not want to abandon theories. Rather‚ they adjusted them. They were forced to do this because they began to notice things that contradicted ancient theories
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body and blood of Jesus. e. at the mass or communion‚ the bread and wine merely symbolize the Last Supper. ____ 18. Among the other religious innovations championed by Luther were all of the following except a. a new worship service conducted in German. b. denunciations of clerical celibacy and encouragement that all clerics should marry. c. assertions that the authority of scripture must be supplemented by church decrees. d. dissolution of all single-sex monastic orders. e. the use of two rather
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Garrett Eugair AP European History Chapter 14: New Directions in Thought and Culture in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Notes Nicolaus Copernicus Rejects an Earth-Centered Universe Biographical information Polish priest and scientist educated at the University of Krakow wrote On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres in 1543 Commissioned to find astronomical justification so that the papacy could change the calendar so that it could correctly calculate the date of Easter‚ Copernicus’s
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personal recognition and less glory for God ▪ Printing press allowed the movement to spread ▪ At the time‚ italy was under the control of the HRE ▪ Urban underclass: popolo minuto "the people" ▪ Wealthy class: popolo grosso ▪ Ciompi Revolt: Florentine revolt of the popolo minuto. They gained control for a short period of time. ▪ Caused a rise of tyranny in other city-states ▪ Medicis: Florentine banking family‚ very wealthy‚ held power from behind the scenes ▪ Main city-states: Florence
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AP Euro Chapter 12: Terms and Review Questions Terms Great Famine- Almost all of Northern Europe suffered from this in the years of 1315-1322. Many crisis struck early in the fourteenth century. This all started with bad weather‚ which caused universal crop failures. Black Death- Another name for the Bubonic Plague. Buba- A boil that is caused by the Bubonic Plague‚ usually on the neck‚ armpit‚ or groin and causes excruciating pain. Flagellants- Group of people that whipped
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Chapter 22: The Revolution in Energy and Industry I. The Industrial Revolution in Britain A. Eighteenth-Century Origins 1. Social and economic factors influenced England’s takeoff. a. Colonial markets for manufactured goods contributed. b. The canal network constructed in Britain after 1770 contributed. c. Productive English agriculture meant capital available for investment and spending money for ordinary people to purchase industrial goods. 2. A stable government and an effective central bank also
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earning to Live With Change Results Reporter Out of 21 questions‚ you answered 8 correctly‚ for a final grade of 38%. 8 correct (38%) | | 13 incorrect (62%) | | 0 unanswered (0%) | | | | | Your Results: | The correct answer for each question is indicated by a . | | | | 1 | CORRECT | | The romantic movement involved all of the following EXCEPT | | | | | A) | a conviction that emotion and experience are the sources of the most profound truths. |
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