Renaissance and related
The Renaissance ideal that focused on the classics, learning, and the importance of the individual
What is humanism?
The practice of human sacrifice in religious context was done by these societies
Who are the Maya, Aztec, and Inca
This led to a decline in centralized government in western Europe
What is the fall of Rome?
This family were some of the most famous patrons of the arts in the Italian Renaissance
Who are the Medicis?
This person proposed laws of gravity and motion
Who is Issac Newton?
This is one of the reasons that Italian city-states were able to amass so much wealth in the time leading up to the Renaissance
What is an increase in trade?
This civilization was not a united empire but a collection of city-states that shared a common culture
Who are the Maya?
These institutions helped to increase economic growth in the late middle ages by lending money
What are banks?
This person created works of art such as "the Mona Lisa" and "the Last Supper"
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This was a method of thinking that encouraged the use of logic and critical thought to learn
What is scholasticism?
This method was created during the Scientific Revolution and involved creating a hypothesis and testing it
What is the scientific method?
This "New World" civilization did not have a written writing system
Who are the Inca?
These social classes had to follow a code of honor and existed in both feudal Europe and Japan (include both names)
Who are knights and samurai?
This group was founded to combat protestantism during the Counter-Reformation
Who are the Jesuits?
The emergence of this type of economy replaced the previous bartering economy
What is a cash-based economy?
This invention helped to spread ideas and increase literacy throughout Europe
What is the printing press?
These societies were known for their large pyramids built for religious purposes
Who are the Maya and the Aztec?
These warriors were compensated for their service by receiving estates from their nobles
What are knights?
This person was tried by the Catholic Church for his heliocentric model of the universe
Who is Galileo?
This person was the first Holy Roman Emperor
Who is Charlemagne?
This event was a meeting where the Catholic church clarified their positions on religious practices
What is the Council of Trent?
This group was at the very bottom of the Mayan social structure
What is the slave class?
These warriors were paid a salary for their service to their nobles
What are the samurai?
This famous Italian wrote "the Prince"
Who is Niccolò Machiavelli?
This is the city most closely associated with the headquarters of the Catholic Church (today it surrounds the Vatican)
What is Rome?