A non-religious work would also be referred to as a ___________________ work?
What is "secular?"
The process by which questions are formed, hypotheses made, experiments conducted and observations made and analyzed.
What is the Scientific Method?
“The king is from God, and law is from the king,” reflects this justification for absolutism.
What is Divine Right?
Define Turning Point.
What is "an event that leads to substantial and long lasting change?"
Information of the Renaissance was more easily diffused because the invention of the _____________________________ (bonus points for the inventor and/or the specific name for the invention).
What is the "Gutenberg Moveable Type Printing Press?"
Ideas that contradicted/went against church teachings were often labelled as...
What is "Heresy?"
The reformation movement was started by _____________________ after he wrote the ____________________.
Martin Luther & 95 Theses
Define Absolutism.
What is "a government controlled by one person with absolute power/authority?"
List the three Abrahamic Religions.
-Judaism
-Christianity
-Islam
Renaissance literally translates to _____________________.
What is "Rebirth?"
King Louis XIV's palace, which he converted from his family's hunting lodge.
What is Versailles?
Warriors/Advisers in the Ottoman Empire who were enslaved prisoners of conquest in the Balkans, and converted to Islam.
What is a Janissary?
______________________ wrote _____________________, a guide book about how to rule during the Renaissance.
What are "Machiavelli" and "The Prince?"
I discovered the theory of gravity and developed the 3 Laws of Motion.
Who is "Isaac Newton?"
One of Peter the Great's initiatives to improve Russia was an attempt to Westernize/Europeanize Culture. What was one specific movement to accomplish this?
What is "banning long beards and forcibly shaving dudes?"
What are the four requirements for a Golden Age?
-Prosperity & Stability
-Arts & Architecture
-Literature and Religion/Philosophy
-Science, Tech., Math, Engineering
Intellectual movement that led to the study of worldly subjects such as math, sciences, history, philosophy and arts.
What is Humanism?
How did Greek and Roman achievements, specifically the sciences and philosophy, return to Europe?
-Trade with the Ottoman Empire and Islamic Caliphates
-Fall of Constantinople
List 3 of the 5 ways in which an Absolute Monarch gains/maintains/consolidates power.
-Control Religious Authorities
-Use Armies to Expand Power
-Circumvent Assemblies/Rubber Stamping
-Control Nobility
-Make Laws, Dispense Justice
List and describe the 3 major belief systems that originated in China.
-Confucianism = Proper Relationships and Roles
-Legalism = Strict Laws & Harsh Punishments
-Taoism = Balance with Nature/Universe