The Americas
The Renaissance
The Protestant Reformation
Age of Exploration
Rise of Absolutism
100
Early humans crossed the ____________ to get to the Americas.
The Bering Strait
100
In which city is this located?
Florence
100
Who was this and what is he doing?
Martin Luther posting 95 Theses.
100
___________________ landed in the Caribbean in 1492, thinking it was Asia.
Christopher Columbus
100
He wrote that life in a state of nature (anarchy) was "short, nasty and brutish" and therefore all power should be given to a single ruler to ensure order and peace.
Thomas Hobbes
200
Name this indigenous group.
Inuit
200
_____________ studied the classics, the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome. They also studied grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history.
Humanists
200
Luther criticized __________ - the Church's practice of accepting payment for promising release from all or part of the punishment for sin.
indulgences
200
Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
Ferdinand Magellan
200
"The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth; for kings are not only God’s lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God’s throne, but even by God himself they are called gods." James I of England was articulating a view known as ________________.
the divine right of kings
300
Which indigenous people built and lived in these?
The Iroquois
300
He often has been called the father of Italian Renaissance humanism, because he did more than any other individual in the fourteenth century to foster the development of humanism. He looked for forgotten Latin manuscripts and set in motion a search for similar manuscripts in monastic libraries throughout Europe. He also began the humanist emphasis on using pure classical Latin (Latin as used by the ancient Romans, as opposed to medieval Latin).
Petrarch
300
"...the eternal decree of God, by which he determined with himself whatever he wished to happen with regard to every man. All are not created on equal terms, but some are preordained to eternal life, others to eternal damnation." Which belief is John Calvin describing here?
predestination
300
__________ conquered the Inca Empire in Peru.
Francisco Pizarro
300
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Louis XIV; Palace of Versailles
400
Which indigenous people built these?
Pueblo / Anasazi
400
Who painted this mural called "The Last Supper"?
Leonardo da Vinci
400
Which group believed in adult baptism, equality among believers, and complete separation of church and state?
Anabaptists
400
__________ conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico.
Hernan Cortes
400
___________ laid the foundation for the Prussian state. Realizing that Prussia was a small, open territory with no natural frontiers for defense, he built a large and efficient standing army. He had a force of forty thousand men, which made the Prussian army the fourth-largest in Europe.
Frederick William the Great Elector
500
Which indigenous people created these burial mounds?
Hopewell
500
'The Prince' was and still is an important book offering advice on politics. Who wrote it?
Niccolo Machiavelli
500
What was the name of the religious organization created by King Henry VIII when he separated from the Catholic Church? And what was the name of its followers?
Church of England; Anglicans
500
Explored the New England coastline for England.
John Cabot
500
In 1688, the Protestant ruler ______________ was secretly invited by English noblemen to invade England and overthrow the Catholic King James II—an event known as the Glorious Revolution. Before he and his wife could be officially crowned as joint monarchs, Parliament required them to accept the English Bill of Rights in 1689.
William of Orange