What project did the Catholic Church need funding for?
Beautifying churches and specifically rebuilding St. Peters Cathedral in Rome.
What led to the rapid increase of Korea's literacy rate?
Switching from the Chinese system of writing to the shorter Korean phonetic alphabet called the Hangul.
When Jewish people in Venice refused to convert, what part of the city were they forced to live in?
the Ghetto
What invention gives us the ability to not feel pain during surgery?
anesthetic
Who was Hernan Cortez translator?
Malinche
What did Niccolo Machiavelli discuss in his Handbook, The Prince?
How to keep and maintain power and that the end justifies the mean.
Which Korean Dynasty was the longest-lived?
The Choson Dynasty
Why were witch hunts happening?
Religious tension/fervor, fear of the devil, women were believed to be agents of the devil, scapegoat
The Agricultural Revolution, or improvement in farming.
Which small nation led the way for exploration in the early 1400s?
Portugal
What is the pardon given to lessen the time of punishment for one's lifetime of sins?
Indulgences
What is the first religion of Japan called that focuses on ritual and nature?
Shinto
What is predestination?
Predestination means God decided who will be saved before you are born. This means that doing good deeds and having faith does necessarily mean you get straight to heaven.
What is the practice called when landowners take over and consolidate farms formerly shared by peasant farmers?
Enclosure
Who were the Taino?
The native people Christopher Columbus first met who he treated very poorly.
What family from Florence were famous Patrons who worked closely with the Catatholic Church?
Medici Family
What is Bushido?
The Samurai "way of the warrior" or code of values
What is a difference between Lutheranism and Catholicism?
Salvation is achieved through faith alone, the Bible alone is the source of truth, People should read and interpret the Bible for themselves, Fewer sacraments, no pope
Why did the Industrial Revolution start in Britain?
Natural resources, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. Britain's geography and government also were reasons.
What was Bartolome de Las Casas response to the Encomienda system?
He condemned the evils of the encomienda system and pleaded with the King to end the abuses of native people.
(This did not work out for him in reality)
What is the intellectual movement that moves away from religious studies to focusing on the here and now, individual achievement, and looking back to Greek and Roman cultures?
Humanism
Where did Buddhism spread to?
It originally began in India, then spread to China, then China brought it to Korea and Korean missionaries brought it to Japan.
What is Dissolution?
This is when King Henry VII removed all Cath9lic convents and Monasteries from England and took all the wealth.
What us the rapid movement of people into cities called?
Urbanization
What were the Spanish conquistadors looking for?