Vocab I
Vocab II
Documents
People
Concepts
100
"Rebirth" of ideas and art from Greek and Roman cultures
What is the Renaissance
100

In medieval Europe, an agricultural estate that a lord ran and peasants/serfs worked.

What is a Manor

100
Known as the Great Charter which King John was forced to sign by his nobles, which encourage self-government.
What is the Magna Carta
100
An artist who painted the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michelangelo
100

An intellectual movement of the Renaissance that focuses on grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history.

What is Humanism

200

Process of taking in and fully absorbing another culture

What is Assimilation

200

A movement in Europe during the Renaissance that combined classical humanism learning with the goal of reforming the Catholic Church.

What is Christian Humanism

200
A document that encourages the Catholic Church to reform itself.
What is the 95 Theses, written by Martin Luther
200
Invented the printing press and movable type, which led to the increased production and availability of books and documents.
Who is Johann Gutenberg
200

Holy writings of the religion Islam

What is the Quran

300

to declare that a marriage was never legal.

What is Annul

300

A family that ruled the city of Florence throughout the Renaissance, having a major influence through their patronage of the arts and humanism.

Who are the Medici 

300
A book written by Machiavelli, which encouraged rulers to be hard on their subjects and encouraged rulers to be feared by their subjects rather than loved.
What is "The Prince"
300
He wrote "The Prince," a book that focused on leaders doing what is necessary, but may not always be moral.
Who is Machiavelli
300

A political and social development during the Middle Ages where Kings gave land to Lords in return for the use of their armies, and Lords allowed Fiefs to work their lands and live in return for being a soldier in the lord's army.

What is Feudalism

400

Medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code. 

What is Chivalry

400
The representative government that emerged in 13th century England due to the Magna Carta.
What is Parliament
400
A document issued by the Catholic church, which provided forgiveness of sins and reduced one's time in purgatory.
What are Indulgences
400
Established a religion that focused on Predestination.
Who is John Calvin (the Calvinists)
400

He believed that a ruler should make decisions that were best for the state, not based on morality. He believed in was better to be feared than loved because people are greedy.

Who is Machiavelli

500

A belief in many gods. 

What is Polytheistic 

500

An economic system that focused on the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism. Trade where colonies sold raw materials to England who used those resources to produce manufactured goods that were sold to colonies.

What is Mercantilism

500

A document which allowed each prince was to determine whether Lutheranism or Roman Catholicism was to prevail in his lands.

What is the Peace of Augsburg

500
an aristocrat or nobleman
What is a Patrician
500

What was the effect of the Protestant Reformation?

European religious, political, and territorial boundaries began to change due to the split between the Catholic Church and Protestant believers that resulted in several forms of Christianity to include Lutherans, Calvinists, Anglican, and Anabaptist.

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