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100
What is the name of Leonardo de Vinci's most famous painting?
Mona Lisa
100
His last name has lived on as a political term.
Niccolo Machiavelli
100
King and Queen during the Spanish Inquisition.
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
100
Where did the Wars of the Roses take place?
England
100
What is humanism?
The study of mankind.
100
Why did sailors want to travel around Africa?
They were looking for a trade route between Europe and Asia.
100
Why did Savonarola have a hard time connecting with people during his sermons?
Because his voice was shrill and weak.
200
Recreated the bronze statue of David, originally created by which artist?
Donatello
200
This man wrote a book that became required reading for incoming Jesuit leaders. What was the book about?
Self-punishmemt
200
Who did Ivan the Great marry and why was it important?
Ivan married Sophia. This was important because she was one of the last royal members still alive from the former empire. Her uncle was the last Byzantine emperor. After her uncle’s death, Sophia inherited the power of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
200
What are the names of the two groups of Islam?
Sunnis and Shiites
200
What is theocracy?
A government that is completely based on a religion.
200
What continents were missing from the 1492 world map?
North and South America
200
This man became an Augustinian Monk even though it didn’t suit him well and he updated the Latin Vulgate
Desiderius Erasmus
300
Flemish artist who was known for realism and painted many scenes from the Bible
Jan van Eyck
300
What was the name and purpose of the academy that Medici founded?
It was called the Platonic Academy and its purpose was to give others access to his rare books.
300
Had a strong influence with the artists of Florence.
Lorenze de Medici
300
What two things were found just north and just south of Ghana?
Gold and salt
300
What is expository preaching?
It’s teaching the meaning of the words in the Bible, verse by verse
300
This explorer met the Tabascan's from Tabasco.
Hernan Cortés
300
Started the Protestant Reformation.
Martin Luther
400
German artist who was known for painting and engraving
Albrecht Dürer
400
What was the name of Sir Thomas More's unusual book?
Utopia
400
Architects designed St. Basil’s, but who had their eyes gouged out?
Ivan the Terrible
400
What was the group of people called that ruled the land that is now Russia when Ivan III was a child?
Tatar Mongols
400
What is feudalism?
A system in which people were given land and protection by people of higher rank, and worked and fought for them in return.
400
Juan Ponce de Leon was one of the first Europeans to ever set foot on what piece of land and what was he searching for?
The United States. The “fountain of youth”
400
What group of people were named after John Calvin?
Calvinists
500
Flemish artist who was known for strange and gory paintings
Jerome Bosch
500
This man wrote a book titled The Prince which was about how the power of one person, or one prince, could shape an entire nation. His model for the “perfect” prince was Cesare Boriga.
Machiavelli
500
Who was one of the greatest Sunni leaders?
Suleiman
500
What happened during the Spanish Inquisition?
People were put on trial in a court. The court asked questions to prove their guilt or innocence.
500
What is an impressionist painting?
Impressionist painting is one that looks blurry close up, but clear from far away
500
This explorer took over the city of Cajamarca by luring the emperor into the city square and then attacking the Inca people
Francisco Pizarro
500
Who wrote the Ninety-Five Thesis?
Martin Luther
600
Flemish artist who was known for painting the Tower of Babel
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
600
Who were Henry VIII's children?
"Bloody" Mary, Elizabeth, and Edward
600
Name the two “houses” that fought against each other and why were they fighting?
House of Lancaster and House of York. They were fighting over who would be king of England.
600
Magellan named the ocean “Pacifico,” which we now call Pacific. What does Pacific mean?
“peaceful”
600
What was Ferdinand Magellan in search of and why?
The Spice Islands because spices were as valuable as gold
600
What did the Anabaptists call themselves?
The Swiss Brethren
700
Painting __________ figures became one of Michelangelo's trademarks.
Muscular
700
List Henry VIII's wives in ORDER.
1. Catherine of Aragon
2. Anne Boleyn
3. Jane Seymour
4. Anne of Cleves
5. Catherine Howard
6. Catherine Parr
700
In Latin, pro testans is a legal term for what?
“bearing witness” or “declaring”
700
After Magellan was killed, who completed circumnavigating around the world?
Juan Sebastian de Elcano
700
What were the 7 main points of the Schleitheim Confession?
Baptism - is only for adults who have professed Christ as their Lord and Savior
Discipline - of sinful believers belongs within the church
Communion - is only for those who have been baptized
Separation - from evil and the world is necessary
The Duties of Pastors - are outlined in the New Testament
The Sword - is never to be used, and believers shall not serve as judges or magistrates
Oaths - are forbidden by Jesus
800
What did Leonardo da Vinci have to do in order to accurately sketch human anatomy?
Dissect dead bodies
800
What did Akbar’s grandson, Shah Jahan build?
Taj Mahal
800
What were Janissaries?
They were specialized soldiers
800
Columbus was searching for a different trade route so he didn’t have to sail around the southern tip of Africa. Where was this trade route and what is it called?
Panama. The Panama Canal.
800
Francis Xavier’s body was enshrined in India, and his right arm was preserved in Rome near the tomb of Loyola. Why?
He baptized thousands of people with his right arm
900
This artists most famous work was in the Pope’s private chambers in the Vatican, Stanza Della Segnatura, Italian for “Room of Signatures.”
Raphael
900
A Dominican friar hired by Pope Leo X to offer indulgences so that the church would make money to help build St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome, and pay off the debts of an archbishop
Johann Tetzel
900
What was the place the Pueblo Indians told Francisco Vasquez de Coronado about?
Seven Cities of Cibola aka El Dorado
900
What were Calvinists called who fled to the New World?
Pilgrims