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Chapter 15: Changing World Balance

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Section 2

Working together using this wiki

Think of this wiki as a shared online whiteboard. The entire class can share information using this wiki, making your research accessible to everyone. You will not  have to complete the IDs all by yourself! Play around with this wiki: Notice how you can add comments to a page, see what people have changed, and edit all the text.

 

How to add your information to this wiki...

  1. Click on the Edit tab at the top.
  2. Scroll down to your term and copy and paste your information. (Be sure to add your name after the term)
  3. Use the right toolbar to insert images and files (be sure to keep your images small - we are all sharing this page)

    Use this checklist to check your work: (I use this list to grade your wiki)

    • Add your name next to the term/concept you are responsible for (5 pts)
    • Underline the term/concept - make it bold or heading 2 size (5 pts)
    • Brief summary of term/concept - use bullets or highlight key points (55 pts)
    • Picture/map - must include caption (keep image small in size) (image = 15 pts; caption =10 pts)
    • Please provide a FULL citation for the source(s) used - www.citationmachine.net can help. (5 pts)
    • Post your info in the right location - instead insert your image with caption right under your content. (5 pts)
    You are responsible for TWO terms this week.
  1. When you are done, hit Save at the bottom and view your work (make changes (Edit) as necessary).
  2. TIP: only one person can edit this wiki at a time, so I suggest you create your entry in a word program first. Then you can simply copy and paste it right in when the wiki is available for edit.

 

 

 

Chapter 15 - Changing World Balance (transition chapter to next unit)

 

Portugal and Henry the Navigator

 

Castille and Aragon- Jenny Borowski

  • Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragon
  • Isabella disobeyed her father, King Enrique IV
  • Married Ferdinand, causing her father to disinherit her
  • When King died, was recognized as Queen
  • Defeated Portuguese armies-Battle of Toro
  • People crowned Ferdinand as King of Aragon and Sicily
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"History of Spain." World History as KMLA. 17 Nov 2008 <http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/spain/union.html>.

 

Francesco “Petrarch” Petrarca-Kelly Best

 

1304-1374

14th-century Italian writer that believed literature excited the love of virtue and fought the fear of death

Major advocate of literature

He believed the path of virtue went quicker when one was literate and knowledgeable

Father of Humanism—practical ethics, new codes of behavior

Credited with being one of the first to call the Middle Ages the “Dark Ages”

Also credited with creating the model for the modern Italian language

Sources

"The University Of Michigan Press." Rereading The Renaissance. 22 Nov 2008 <http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=15299>.

"Petrarch.jpeg." Wikimedia. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Francesco-Petrarca.jpg/150px-Francesco-Petrarca.jpg. 22 Nov 2008 <http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=15299>.

 

 

Francesco Petrarca, the “Father of Humanism”

 

Vivaldi Brothers

 

Ethnocentrism- Alexandra Bauer

  • Refers to the belief that one’s own culture is superior to all others
  • Through this belief, people look at the world and the customs of the world through the eyes of their own culture
  • Considered a natural result of people who are exposed to new customs that they are not necessarily traditionally accustomed to and comfortable with
  • Ethnocentrism promotes the judging of foreign cultures by the standards of one’s own culture even though they might not necessarily apply in the case of the new culture
  • Cultures other than the birth culture of those who believe in ethnocentrism are not just considered foreign, but also wrong
  • An ethnocentric person strives to uphold a superior culture and has little tolerance for the beliefs of others

 

 

The Europeans practiced ethnocentrism when they discovered the New World. Religious men sought to convert the local populations to Christianity because of their belief that their own religion was superior to the local religions. Politically, the Europeans dominated the local Native Americans because of that same ethnocentric belief system.

 

"Ethnocentrism." Wikipedia . 11 Nov 2008. 13 Nov 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnocentrism>.

 

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