World history people Review list

founder of judaism

led Jews out of Egypt in the exodus

founder of buddhism

founder of christainity- according to christians he's the messiah

Islamic name for god

founder of islam

Renaissance artist- painted Sistien chapel and sculpted la Pieta and David

most famous christian humanist

renaissance playwright and writer of sonnets

Muslims from Asia Minot-defeated constantinople- renamed it istanbul- traded coffe and ceramics-spread islam to middle east, north Africa, and balkan peninsula

Renaissance artist- painted Mona Lisa and the Last Supper

head of the roman catholic church

invented the printing press, helped Renaissance ideas spread

first to ever brake away from the catholic church

God predestines certain people go to heaven

catholic order that proselytized for all over the world for catholic church

combined catholic and protestant to come up with anglican church

broke away from the catholic church because of divorce

Portugal- brought people together to study naviation

wanted to sail west around the world to get to asia

his crew was first to circumnavigate the globe

first englishman to sail around the globe

spanish conquistador- conquered Aztecs

spanish conquistador- conquered Incas

French explorer-claimed Canada for France

Portuguese-first to find water route to Asia

Muslims-ruled India-built Taj Mahal

Muslims-Asia Minor-coffee and ceramics

Africans-traded salt and gold

kicked out foreigners and become isolationists

set up trading enclaves for foreigner and became isolationists

Native American civilization- Yucatan-famous for pyramids

Native American civilization-peru-Andes Mts.-roads & bridges

Native American civilization-mexico-corn

Absolute ruler of France-brought a great culture to france- also caused problems by doing away with the edict of nantes-built Versailles-SUN KING

absolute ruler of Prussia

an absolute ruler of Russia- he wanted to westernize Russia

Polish- heliocentric theory- feared the church

German-used math to prove that earth goes around the sun in an ellipse

Italian-telescope to prove copernicus

English- blood circulates through the body

English-Developed calculus and the laws of gravity

French-wrote "spirit of the Laws"- believed in separation of power

Austrian- great composer- began composing at age 5

French-believed in freedom of speech- separation of church and state

French-"Social Contract-gov't is only is only a contract and not that necessary

used natural law to say that people need an absolute monarch because they are naturally bad-wrote Leviathan

English-used natural law- "Two Treatises on Gov't"- man has rights and is generally good-gov't is protect our rights- influenced Jefferson

American-wrote Declaration of independence

second great composer of enlightenment

Spanish-novelist-wrote Don Quixote

French-painted Liberty Leading the People and nature scenes

Rulers of England after Glorious Revolution- had less power than Patliament

dictator of France- conquers Europe- spreads code of laws

Austrian Prince-Congress of Vienna-Balance of power-kings in power

king of England-wants to be absolute-executed after civil war

Puritan-led english Civil war-then became dictator

french poor and middle class-begin revolution at bastile

French absolute rule- executed in reign of terror

led slave revolt in haiti-inspired by the french Rev.

led revolutions all over Latin America

advisor to king of Sardinia-united N. Italy

Guerrilla warfare-united S. Italy with N.Italy

realpolitik-"blood and iron"- Prussian who created Germany

cotton gin- clean cotton faster-need for slaves grows

steam engine- work now done by machines instead of human power

invented steel. now machines could be made stronger and resistant to fire

capitalism and laissez-farie-wealth of nations-profits make people work

made world's first vaccination-small pox

discovered germs/bacteria

used US navy to get japan to open up to trade

Socialism- Communist Manifesto-proletariat to rise up and revolt

prince of Austria-Hungary-assassinated-spark for WWl

Ruler of Russia in early 1900's-incompetent-overthrown

radical socialists led by Lenin

US president WWl

totalitarian leader of germany

totalitarian leader of Italy

totalitarian leader of the soviet union

totalitarian leader of Japan

US president during WWll and at Yalta

Dropped atomic bomb on japan-said US will lead fight against communism

US General-Pacific troops-rebuilt japan-fought Korean war

had plan to rebuild Western europe after WWll-13 billion

US general- in charge of D-day - became US president

British prime minister-hated appeasement - at Yalta

Helped end the cold war by building up US military

helped end cold war by letting his people see the west

communist dictator of Cuba- allowed USSR to put missiles there

led communists in china

led communists in Vietnam

led nationalists in china-fled to Taiwan after to Taiwan after losing

led passive resistance against British in india

led fight against British for independence of his country

Russian socialist . wanted to spread socialism all over the world.led the Bolsheviks. took over Russian gov't in a coup d'etat.