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The Crusades were a series of wars between Christians in Europe and this religious group based in the Middle East?
Muslims (Daily Double #1)
What event lead to the deaths of at least 200 million people in Asia, Africa, and Europe during the 14th century?
The Black Plague
Name the era in European history that was marked by great intellectual and artistic creativity
The Renaissance
What was the name of the era of European history where the Catholic Church was challenged by reformers and kings who wanted to weaken its power?
The Reformation
Impact of Ideas and Beliefs means how were affected by the things we see, know, and experience in our lives. What era of European history saw the rapid development of scientific advances from 1500s-1700s?
The Scientific Revolution
The Crusades were started on the orders of which influential leader in Europe? (Title not name)
The Pope
The Plague started in Asia (probably Mongolia) and spread towards Europe and Afria along which major trade route as people traded, migrated, and interacted with each other?
The Silk Road
During the Renaissance, Europeans "rediscovered" scientific, historical, and mathematical innovations from which two ancient European civilizations?
Greece and Rome
What is one similiarity between Martin Luther and Henry VIII?
They both challenged teachings of the Catholic Church and started their own church
Innovations are a new way or method of doing something that brings about significant change. What innovation during this time period led to increases in literacy, travel, and interest in the theater?
The Printing Press (Daily Double #5)
Niccolo Machiavelli was a political scientist in Early Modern Europe. What famous instructional text did he write?
The Prince
What types of places were most affected by the Black Plague? (where would the disease kill the most people and spread the easiest)
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italian city-states on the Mediterranean Sea and not other European towns like Paris, London, or Venice?
What the purpose of the Inquisition in Spain?
To make people loyal to the Catholic Church; prevent the spread of Protestantism; to force non-Christians to leave or convert
There was a conflict between new sciences and the religious authorities in Europe. Which astronomer, who proved the heliocentric theory, was tortured by the Catholic Church, forced to recant his finds, and lived the rest of his life on house arrest?
Galileo
Who was the intended audience of Machiavelli's writings?
Rulers
Peter the Great used many innovations to modernize and westernize Russia into a powerful empire. One of Peter's goals was to build a warm water port. What is a warm water port?
A port that doesn't not freeze during the year. (Daily Double #2 )
The Act of Supremacy (1534) was an innovation in England. What did this act do?
Created the Church of England and made the king the head of the church (Daily Double #3)
Martin Luther nailed his complaints about the Catholic Church to the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany. Among the many things he was upset about were the selling of passes that absolved (forgave) sins or wrongs of the purchaser. What were those passes called?
Indulgences
Power means having control or influence over another other people, territory, ideas, and resources. Peter the Great and Louis XIV were both examples of what kind of powerful ruler?
Absolute monarch
One of Macchiavelli's quote was "The ends justify the means". Explain it.
Do what is necessary to stay in power
Why did a young Louis XIV focus his foreign policy on building colonies in the New World (The Americas)?
To gain wealth and to use the vast resources of the Americas
Who is credited with developing the modern scientific method?
Francis Bacon
During the Counter-Reformation, the Catholic Church did start reforming after the Council of Trent. One of the things they did was start sending missionaries to spread the Catholic beliefs. What four continents did they send missionaries to?
N. America, S. America, Africa, and Asia
That God has chosen the ruler so they have total power and cannot be criticized.