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The term Renaissance means...
Rebirth
Martin Luther disagreed with the Church's practice of...
letting people pay to forgive their sins
Columbus accidentally "discovered" America when he was hoping to...
Find a quicker route to India/Asia
This scientist created laws of motion and is credited with beginning the enlightenment.
Sir Isaac Newton
During the reformation the Church was divided into...
The Protestant Church and Catholic Church.
The Renaissance started in this city.
Florence
What disease was also called "the Black Death"?
The Bubonic Plague
This was a famous English playwright and poet that made many contributions to our language
William Shakespeare
True or False: The Atlantic Slave trade began because most of the indigenous population had died & Europeans "needed" workers.
True
When year did WWI officially end?
1918
Henry VIII created his own church because.
He wanted to get a divorce
This artist is known for his work on the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo
When did India win independence from the United Kingdom?
1947
Who is often called "the father of the atomic bomb"?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Who were the main combatants of the First Kashmir War?
India and Pakistan
In what year did the Vietnam War end?
1975
This model suggests that the sun is at the center of the universe.
heliocentric
This believer in peaceful resistance helped South Africa free itself from apartheid rule.
Nelson Mandela
What are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria
Which nations made up the Axis Powers during World War II?
Germany, Italy, and Japan