What very important theory did Sir Isaac Newton develop?
He developed the theory of gravity.
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When the Crusades began who were they against?
The Muslim Turks
100
What was the major difference between Renaissance and Medieval Art?
Renaissance art is more realistic and tried to show things as they are in real life.
100
What was the Catholic worship service called?
mass.
100
What was the kingdom in Russia called?
Kievan Rus.
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What did Ferdinand Magellan do?
He circumnavigated the world.
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Who was the Hundred Years’ War Between?
The French and the English.
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What effect did the use of Chiaroscuro have on a painting?
It created more drama and emotion in a painting.
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What did Catholic Church do to stop heresy, and how were they heretics treated?
They set up the Inquisition. Heretics were tortured until they confessed or executed of they didn’t.
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What empire that was left over from the Roman Empire still existed in Medieval Europe?
The Byzantine Empire.
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Who started his own church when the Pope refused to annul his marriage?
Henry the VIII started his own church.
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Who won and when did they win the Hundred Years’ War?
The French won the war in 1453.
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Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci.
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Who challenged the Catholic Church and when did he/she do it?
Martin Luther challenged the Catholic Church in 1517.
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What did they Holy Roman Empire form from?
The German states and Northern Italy.
400
What was the main idea of Calvinism?
That God will is absolute and has planned everything in the world in advance.
400
How did Reconquista end and when did this happen?
The Reconquista ended in 1469 when Isabella married Ferdinand creating Spain.
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What was Michelangelo famous for?
For his sculpting.
400
What was an indulgence and how did this anger Martin Luther?
An indulgence reduced the Church’s punishment for a sin. This angered Martin Luther because the idea of selling God’s forgiveness seemed unholy too him.
400
What did the Slavs rise from and what did they raise?
The Slavs built Moscow after they recovered from the Mongols.
500
What are three plays William Shakespeare wrote?
Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, and Much Ado About Nothing.
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When and how did the American Revolution start?
The American Revolution started when fighting broke out in Massachusetts in 1775
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What Northern Renaissance artist was famous for his engravings?
Albrecht Dürer or Dürer.
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How was the Catholic Church reformed? When and where did this take place?
The Catholic Church was reformed at the Council of Trent, near Rome, in the 1540s-1560s.
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Who did the Angle-Saxons defeat in the early 400s?