Wars of Religion
Protestantism
European Colonization of the Americas
Western European History
Renaissance
100
What is one of the effects caused by the Crusades?
What is increasing trade between Europe and the Middle East (or) weakening feudalism, strengthening kings (or) increased the power of the Church (or) made Europe more connected with the rest of the world
100
What was the word to describe a payment to the church for forgiveness of sins (One of the reasons Martin Luther went against the Catholic Church)
What is an indulgence
100
What economic system created by merchants hoping to sell their wares in the "New World" encouraged free markets to increase national wealth and regarded the world as an arena of unlimited wealth?
What is mercantilism
100
John Calvin founded which form of Protestantism?
What is Calvinism
100
What family ruled the city of Florence, Italy; Supported the arts and humanities during the Renaissance; and managed to put four popes into power
What is the Medici family
200
What is one religion that considers Jerusalem their "Holy Land"?
What is Judaism (or) Christianity (or) Islam
200
According to the Peace of Augsburg, German princes could now ____________
What is German princes could dictate the religion in their own territories
200
What was a name given to people of racially mixed ancestry?
What is creoles (or) mulattos (or) mestizos
200
A charter created in 1215 that would place king of England and all future sovereigns under the rule of law
What is the Magna Carta
200
The Renaissance was a renewed period of interest in_____?
What is creativity and artistic expression
300
One of the largest and most catastrophic of the Wars of Religion is known as the _____?
What is The Thirty Years War
300
Under this order, Martin Luther was to be placed under imperial ban and considered an outlaw
What is the Diet of Worms
300
The first Spanish settlers organized this system by which Spaniards were given title to American land and ownership of the villages on that land. In return for promises to convert the Indians to Christianity, the Spanish were allowed to use the land and labor any way they saw fit.
What is the encomienda system
300
A series of targeted assassinations by the Catholic church against the Huguenots in France was known as the __________ Massacre
What is St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
300
What illness killed off more than 2/3s of the European population
What is the Black death (or) The Bubonic Plague (or) the Plague
400
What did Joan of Arc give the French people and armies?
What is a sense of national identity
400
What is the name given to French protestants?
What is Huguenots
400
Why did the Spanish crown dislike the encomienda system to the point that they voluntarily got rid of it in the 17th century?
What is because it created a powerful, independent nobility in the New World
400
Describe the trans-Atlantic system of trade.
What is Raw materials would be collected from the Americas and brought to Europe, Europe would manufacture goods and use them to trade with Africa and the Americas, Slaves then would be taken from Africa and brought to the Americas and to a lesser extent Europe
400
Who is known as the father of modern political theory and authored The Prince, a book arguing that leaders may use self-serving and ruthless methods by which to rule?
What is Niccolò Machiavelli
500
What treaty established European countries as independent sovereign states and ended the Thirty Years War?
What is The Treaty of Westphalia
500
This allowed for limited rights to be given to protestants in a majority Catholic France
What is the Edict of Nantes
500
Which group of European settlers treated the Native Americans as partners in trade and resource acquisition in addition to missionary work?
The French
500
This form of the slave trade conducted by Europeans in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans where slaves were sent to the Americas
What is the Occidental Slave Trade
500
What Renaissance artist was also an inventor and sculptor?
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci
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