Renaissance
This was an intellectual movement that focused on the potential of people and their achievements.
What is humanism?
England became officially Protestant in 1559 when this monarch worked with Parliament to establish the Church of England, more commonly known by this name.
What is the Anglican Church?
The Chinese Civil war last many years, and it wasn't until this year, that Mao Zedong officially took full power in China.
What is 1949?
The Renaissance, especially in Europe, was driven by this concept, meaning worldly rather than spiritual.
What is "secular"?
This powerful banking family in Florence was one example of how the merchant class gained influence during the Renaissance.
Who are the Medici?
This Protestant preached about this belief, that God knows from the beginning of time who will be saved.
What is "predestination"?
This huge public space in the heart of Beijing was the site of mass protests in 1989.
What is Tiananmen Square?
One key to increased literacy was that writers increasingly used this, or their native language, rather than Latin.
What is vernacular?
His book was a kind of political guidebook that still influences politics today.
Who was Niccolo Machiavelli?
This movement, which focused on education and Christian missions, was started by Ignatius of Loyola.
What was the Jesuit movement?
This period of time was an effort by Mao to rapidly modernize China's farms and factories, but it failed, leading to millions of starving peasants. Mao lost influence.
What was the Great Leap Forward?
Prior to the Protestant Reformation, another major split had taken place in the Christian world nearly 500 years prior, an event known as this.
What was the Great Schism or the East-West Schism or the Schism of 1054?
These are four ways in which Gutenberg's press was more effective that prior attempts at printing methods in Europe.
What is moveable type, screw type press, printing on plant based paper, and using oil based paints?
Martin Luther directed his 95 Theses and anger over indulgences mainly toward this specific friar who was raising money to rebuild St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome.
Who was Johann Tetzel?
This was an era in China in which intellectual and artistic activity was considered useless, schools were shut down, and censorship was rampant. Mao Zedong ultimately regained influence at this time.
What was the cultural revolution?
Henry VIII launched the Reformation Parliament and broke free from the Pope in 1529, mainly so that he could marry this woman. Eventually, he chopped off her head, and married 4 other women.
Who was Anne Boleyn?
Christian Humanism was associated with the Northern Renaissance, including two famous authors: Desiderius Erasmus who wrote The Praise of Folly, and Thomas More, who wrote this.
What is Utopia?
What is: church's interpretation of bible is final, christians needs good works and faith for salvation, bible and church tradition have equal power to guide Christian life, and indulgences are valid, but can't be sold.
In the early 1970s China "opened its doors" to the United States, with these three examples of how that occured.
What is inviting the table tennis team, US endorsing China's membership in the UN, Richard Nixon visiting China, and establishing official diplomatic relations in 1979?
In the student protests in Beijing, this 33 foot statue was erected by the students, only to have tanks smash through it and destroy it.
What is the "Goddess of Democracy"?