Renaissance
Who created this painting? What is the painting called?
Da Vinci; Mona Lisa
Luther protested the practice of selling indulgences. What was this practice
Pardons issued by the pope for sins (people paid money for forgiveness of sins)
What were Europeans’ main motives for making voyages of exploration?
Glory, God, Gold (the three G's) - spirit of Renaissance discovery, wanted to spread Christianity from the Reformation, need for new resources/trade and faster routes to Asia and India
What are Daimyo?
Powerful warlords who held large estates in Japan
What is vernacular?
the everyday language of people in a region or country.
What did Michaelangelo paint?
Sistine Chapel
Martin Luther wrote _____________ which stated his grievances with the Catholic Church
95 Theses
What is the oldest known Mesoamerican Empire?
Olmec Empire (1400-500 BCE)
Who were janissaries?
Christian boys who were conquered, converted to Islam, and trained as soldiers; they were loyal to the sultan (ruler)
An imaginary land described by Thomas More in his book about an ideal place
utopia
What are the financial supporters of artists called?
Patrons
Why did Henry VIII break away from the Catholic Church
He wanted to annul his marriage, the pope said no, so he broke away from the Catholic Church and created his own reforms (declaring himself head of the English Church)
What three areas were connected by the triangular trade?
Europe, Africa, and the Americas
What was the main religion of the Turks of Anatolia?
Muslim (Islam)
a Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.
Humanism
What was the effect of the printing revolution in the 1500s?
Printed books helped spread ideas (and the Renaissance spread throughout Europe)
What was the main doctrine of Calvinism?
Predestination - the idea that God knows who will be saved even before they are born
What was the most deadly of the epidemics in the Americas?
Smallpox
Which leader of the Qing Dynasty expanded the empire by improving agriculture and growing the population?
Qianlong (1736-1796)
members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola.
Jesuits
What contributed to the birth of the Renaissance in Italy? (looking for 6 causes)
1. Increased trade from the Crusades,
2. growth of large wealthy city-states in Italy,
3. renewed interest in classical learning of ancient Greece and Rome,
4.rise of rich and powerful merchants who became patrons of the arts,
5.increased desire for scientific and technical knowledge, and
6.desire to beautify cities.
What was one of Luther’s main beliefs
people should be able to read the Bible for themselves (he translated it to German); faith and scripture over church authority
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
A treaty signed in 1494 that drew an imaginary line in the Atlantic - everything to the east was for Portugal, everything to the west was for Spain
What was the first Muslim government established in India?
The Mughal Empire (founded in 1526 by Babur)
the taking away of a person’s right of membership in a Christian church
Excommunicate