MWH Final Review, pt. 1

Renaissance & Reformation

100

The Renaissance began in this European region/country

200 bonus points if you can identify the city in which the Renaissance began

Florence, Italy

200

This ol' chap painted the Last Supper fresco as the Mona Lisa--often known as the "ultimate Renaissance Man" FULL NAME

Leonardo da Vinci

300

Among Martin Luther's primary concerns with the Catholic Church was the sale of these certificates, which granted remission of sin for a price

Indulgences

400

These religious wars led to increased diffusion between the Christian and Muslim worlds, helping to bring about the Renaissance

The Crusades

500

This concept, developed before and during the Renaissance, placed a greater cultural emphasis on the potential of humanity and the ability of humans to use reason and logic

Humanism

Exploration

100

The primary motivator for the beginning of the European Age of Exploration was to find new ___________________ to Asia

Trade routes

200

This disease, along with others brought by Europeans, was the largest cause of death after European contact with indigenous Americans

Smallpox

300

This is the name given to the cultural and material diffusion between the Old and New Worlds which began with European colonization of the Americas

The Columbian Exchange

400

This empire conquered Constantinople in 1453, ending the Byzantine Empire

Ottoman Empire

500

This economic philosophy encouraged colonization by stating that a nation's power is dependent on its wealth, specifically its precious metals

Mercantilism

Absolute Monarchy

100

The Sun King's true regnal name (name & ruling number)

Louis XIV

200

DAILY DOUBLE!

This concept was used by essentially every absolute monarch to justify their possession and use of such great power

Divine right of kings

300

This Russian czar (tsar) took steps to modernize his country by promoting literacy

Peter I (the Great)

400

Fill in the blank for this famous phrase used by the Sun King to describe his rule: "I am the __________"

state

500

Absolute monarchy in Britain was permanently ended when new monarchs William and Mary signed the English Bill of Rights at the end of this conflict

The English Civil War

Enlightenment & Revolution!

100

This scrappy artillery lieutenant rose through the French military during the revolution and 'ended' the revolution by taking power in 1799 coup d'etat

Napoleon Bonaparte

200

The political revolutions of the late 18th-early 19th centuries were directly inspired by concepts coming from this intellectual movement

The Enlightenment

300

Prior to the revolution, France was divided into these social classes

Estates

400

These were the three "natural rights" proposed by Enlightenment philosopher John Locke

Life, Liberty, and Property

500

This man is sometimes called the "Father of South American Independence" for his leading role in the Latin American revolutions of the early-19th century

Simón Bolívar 

Industrialization

100

This power source, created by the pressurized heating of water, helped to literally propel the Industrial Revolution

Steam

200

This man and his partner Friedrich Engels developed the economic theory of communism

Karl Marx

300

The presence of large deposits of these two natural resources enabled the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in Britain. Name ONE of these two natural resources

Iron ore and coal

400

Public schooling and employment age limits were created due to this concerning trend which emerged with the Industrial Revolution

Child labor

500

Japan began to rapidly industrialize during and after this event, in which the former ruling shogunate was overthrown and the country Westernized heavily

The Meiji Restoration