Renaissance
The Renaissance produced three main ideas that still effect our modern world. Name all three ideas.
Humanism, Individualism, Secularism
This German Monk started the Reformation by posting his 95 Theses against the Catholic Church.
Martin Luther
I ticked off the Catholic Church, but I believed that the Sun was in fact the center of the universe! I am also considered the father of astronomy.
Galileo
What war, heavily funded by Louis XV and XVI, contributed to France's economic problems and subsequent bankruptcy?
American Revolution
What did Napoleon Bonaparte do as a profession in the start of his career?
military officer
This Florentine sculptor created the marble statue of David (completed in 1504) that symbolizes idealized human form. Name the artist.
Michelangelo
Give me a divorce, I want a son!
Henry VIII
The philosopher who believed that rulers should be as powerful as a Leviathon, or sea monster, and people were evil by nature.
Thomas Hobbes
Who was the radical journalist assassinated by Charlotte Corday in his bath?
Jean Paul Marat
What was the biggest political reform Napoleon introduced?
Napoleonic Code
Because of me, people could finally own their own bibles! I created metal plates that could copy books!
Gutenberg
Belief that God already knows if you're going to heaven or not before you're born.
Predestination
What was Montesquieu's theory for structuring government that advocated for a separation of powers into legislative, executive, and judicial branches called?
A separation of powers
What was the primary device used for executions during the Reign of Terror?
Name the two MAIN countries that Napoleon could not conquer.
Great Britain and Russia
Which English Renaissance writer is now England’s national bard?
William Shakespeare
This war was fought between Catholic and Protestant nations.
30 Years War
The English politician and writer who urged scientists to experiment and draw conclusions.
Bacon
What were the three values of the French Revolution's famous motto?
Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity
The Russians did this, as they retreated from Napoleons attack.
Scorched earth policy or burned their own crops and buildings.
This is why Italy was able to acquire different cultures and technologies during the Renaissance? The location of Italy helped them do this.
Trade Routes
A religious court that tried those that were breaking away from the church.
Inquisition
He developed analytical geometry and believed everything should be doubted until proven by reason.
Rene Descartes
How many days were in each week of the French Revolutionary Calendar, which was used from 1793 to 1805?
10
Napoleon was exiled to these two islands. Need both.
St. Helena and Elba