Where Renaissance Began.
Where is Italy?
Who is Martin Luther?
Theory that the earth is the center of the universe, believed by the Church for centuries as the correct model.
What is the Geocentric Theory?
The French social system that was set up which forced one group to pay all taxes in France
What is the Estate System.
The precursor to the Industrial Revolution. New ways of farming were developed that eliminated the need for as many laborers, forcing people to move into cities.
What is the agricultural revolution?
The most famous Renaissance Man, he was a painter, engineer and inventor
Who is Leonardo DaVinci?
Pieces of Paper sold by the Catholic church to grant salvation. Was one of Luther's major complaints.
First proposed the heliocentric theory, that the sun is the center of the solar system.
Who is Copernicus?
King Louis called this for the first time in 175 years in order to try to solve the financial problems in France?
What is the Estates General?
This invention was created initially to pump water out of coal mines.
What is the Steam Engine?
The act of lending money with high rates of interest, this act could send someone to hell.
What is Usury
Started the Reformation in England so that he could get a divorce and marry his mistress in order to have a son.
Was brought to trial by the Catholic Church and placed on house arrest for the rest of his life. Was forced to recant his ideas of the heliocentric theory.
Who was Galileo?
Oath made by the National Assembly of France, stating that they would not disband until a constitution was written.
What is the tennis court oath?
England was a prime location for the start of the Industrial Revolution because it had these three things.
What are resources, money and a stable government.
When the important subjects of a painting are larger than the other subjects. This went away during the Renaissance.
What is the hieratic scale?
Enlightenment thinker who believed that people were inherently evil and needed a strong leader to keep them in line.
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
Leader of the Girondins, he instituted the Reign of Terror in order to destroy the enemies of the revolution.
Who is Maximillian Robespierre?
The spark that ignited the powder keg of Europe and started World War One.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The term for going away from religion as a focal point, both in art and in society as a whole.
The four responses of the Catholic Church to the Reformation, also called the Counter-Reformation.
What are the Jesuits, the Inquisition, The Index of Forbidden books and the Council of Trent
Wrote the book "Two Treaties on Government", Which basically said that it was a governments job to protect people's natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
Napoleon took power from the directory in one of these, an overthrow of the government without any bloodshed.
What is a coup d'etat?
Brought WW1 to an end. Forced Germany to pay the equivalent of $348 billion.
What is the Treaty of Versailles