Renaissance & Early History
True or False: the Renaissance was the rebirth of classical Greek and Roman cultures.
What is: True
Who started the Protestant Reformation?
Who is: Martin Luther
The theory that the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun?
What is: Heliocentric Theory?
This war resulted in France as an imperial power to disappear from North America (also plunged Britain into debt).
What is: The Seven Years War (AKA The French and Indian War)
What is the name the international organisation created at the end of the First World War?
What is: The League of Nations.
Who believed that is was better to be feared than loved as a ruler?
Who is: Machiavelli
What was the system in the Catholic Church that granted remission of the punishment of sins?
What is (are): indulgences (Johann Tetzel)
True or False: Andreas Vesalius was/ is the first modern philosopher, and made important connections between algebra and geometry.
What is: False
This war was caused by conflicting ideas on who would claim the Spanish throne, and in partition of a monarchy and secured balance of power.
What is: The War of Spanish Succession.
An alliance between the nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia.
What is: The Triple Entente.
Name 5 characteristics of Renaissance art.
What is: Individualism, Secularism, Anatomy, Nature, Linear Perspective, Realism, Depth
Which reformation figure created their own religion based off of Lutheranism?
Who is: John Calvin.
Who developed and promoted the the Scientific Method.
Who is: Francis Bacon
The most important result of the Treaty of Tordesillas was ____.
What is: it divided up Central and South America between Portugal and Spain.
The Enabling Act that granted Hitler virtually unchecked power was passed in ______.
What is: 1933 (March 24th).
What is one difference between the Renaissance and Enlightenment?
What is:
Renaissance: advances in literature, humanism, and world economy.
Enlightenment: Scientific Method, industrialization, astronomy, calculus.
Which treaty recognized Lutheranism and allowed (Protestant) princes to choose their religion in their territories.
What is: the Peace of Augsburg.
What is Johannes Kepler famous for?
What is (are): the Laws of Planetary Motion
The moral excuse used by colonizing nations was ________. (hint: it's a poem)
What is: The White Man's Burden
These anti semitic and racist laws were passed in 1935 and removed Jewish citizenship.
What is (are): The Nuremberg Laws.
The Hundred Years War was a war over the ______.
What is: succession of the French throne.
Who was the group of French Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who followed the teachings of theologian John Calvin?
Who is: the Hugenots.
What is William Harvey known for?
What is: influential in ideas over anatomy and physiology - discovered the circulation of blood.
This man was a social reformer who is most noted for his work to reform the Poor Laws and improve sanitation and public health.
Who is: Edwin Chadwick.
During this battle the entire German Sixth Army was lost, as the Germans experienced unexpected USSR resistance.
What is: The Battle of Stalingrad.