Middle Ages
Renaissance
Conquest of the Americas
Africa and the Slave Trade
Science and Light
100
These workers occupied lowest rung of the Feudal System and were responsible mostly for farming.
The Serfs
100
A true "Renaissance Man," he painted the Mona Lisa
DaVinci
100
He conquered the Aztecs.
Cortes
100
In Brazil, slaves and free blacks mixed martial arts and dance in this form of resistance.
Capoeira
100
He is known for his "synthesis" and for formulating the law of universal gravitation.
Newton
200
By what other name do we know the early Middle Ages?
The Dark Ages
200
He painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling
Michelangelo
200
He conquered the Incas.
Pizarro
200
List two West African kingdoms
Mali Benin Ghana Songhai Kanem
200
He developed the scientific method.
Galileo
300
He unified Europe for the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire.
Charlemagne
300
List two ways in which Martin Luther's 95 Theses reflected popular dissatisfaction with the Catholic Church.
- critique of greed and corruption amongst Church leaders - critique of the authority of the Pope - critique of mistaken priorities/focus of Church - encouragement of individual learning/engagement with Bible - critique of sale of indulgences
300
At Valladolid, these two monks debated the fate of the Amerindians.
Las Casas and Sepulveda
300
The Arabic word "abd" means what? It became a synonym for slave.
Black
300
He solidified the use of empirical evidence and also wrote a Utopic novel, The New Atlantis
Francis Bacon
400
Because of his actions, 30% of the English language comes from French.
William the Conqueror
400
He wrote of giants named Gargantua and Pantagruel
Rabelais
400
Aztecs were able to farm and settle a swampy and marshy lake by creating these.
Chinampas
400
This rebellion stoked fears amongst the elite in colonial Virginia and incited them to divide and conquer along racial lines.
Bacon's Rebellion
400
He edited the first encyclopedia
Diderot
500
List two ways in which the Church tried to regain power through the Crusades.
- attempted to wrangle power from monarchs - attempted to unify Christians under common project - attempted to re-claim Holy Lands - attempted to bring Orthodox back into fold
500
List two ways in which the Catholic Church reacted to the Protestant Reformation.
- clarified its doctrine at the Council of Trent - put focus on training priests - attempted to bring people back to the Church - focused on converting natives in the new world - Jesuits promoted learning, missionary work
500
List three reasons why the Spanish were able to conquer the Americas.
- superior military technology - natives were willing to convert to Christianity - natives were susceptible to disease - centralized monarchies provided financial support
500
Europeans looked to Africa because Ottomans cut off the slave supply from the east. List two places in Eastern Europe where slaves once came from.
Crimea, Balkans, Caucasus
500
List two reasons why the Enlightenment was centered in France
- wealth - little censorship - French was international language
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