Crusades
Which two groups fought each other in the Crusades?
Christians and Muslims
Who won the Hundred Years War?
France
Name two scientists from the Scientific Revolution.
Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Vesalius ...
Because of the Reformation, which institution weakened?
Catholic Church
What was the most important invention of the Renaissance?
printing press
The goal of the Crusades was to recapture which city?
Jerusalem
The Black Plague spread through which animals and insects?
fleas on rats
The theory that argues that the sun is in the center is called what?
heliocentrism
During the Reformation, Christianity split into Catholicism and ____________.
Protestantism
What is the name of the force that attracts all objects to each other?
gravity
True or False: Christians won most of the Crusades
False
What was the name of the sixteen year old girl who led the French against the English during the Hundred Years War?
What country did the Renaissance start in?
Italy
During the Counter-Reformation, what was the name of the religious court that tried to track down non-Christians?
Spanish Inquisition
During the beginning of the Hundred Years War, English soldiers used deadly __________ to kill French knights.
longbows
Pope Urban II called for people to go on the Crusades and promised what?
all their sins would be forgiven
The Plague and the Hundred Years War both led to the decline of what?
feudalism
A person who funds the artwork for a Renaissance artist is called what?
patron
If you were believed to be a bad Christian, you could be convicted of what crime?
heresy
During the Counter-Reformation, the Catholic Church finally banned what?
indulgences
Name two effects of the Crusades.
Decline of feudalism, increase in trade, increase in cultural interaction, anti-semitism ...
The Black Plague killed many peasants in Europe, which led to an increase in what?
wages
Name two Renaissance artists and one of their creations.
Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel, David
Name two Protestant reformers and a fact about each of them.
Martin Luther - criticized indulgences, translated the Bible into German, wrote 95 Theses,
John Calvin - believed in predestination
Henry VIII - had six wives, created the Anglican Church, wanted a divorce to get a male heir
John Wycliffe - translated Bible into English, burned at the stake
Which philosopher said the famous quote "I think, therefore I am?"
Rene Descartes