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Important Vocabulary
100

This country's location on the Mediterranean Sea made it the starting point of the Renaissance 

Italy

100

This person believed that salvation could be achieved through faith

Martin Luther

100

Copernicus is well-known for his belief in this theory that went against the church's teachings

Heliocentric Theory

100

This country financially supported Columbus on his exploration to the new world

Spain

100

An outbreak of a rapidly spreading disease

epidemic

200

An intellectual movement that focused on worldly issues

Humanism

200

This person set up a theocracy and led the city-state of Geneva

Calvin

200

This person is best known for discovering gravity

Isaac Newton

200

This explorer is known for commanding an expedition that circled the globe

Magellan

200

The theory that God, long ago, decided who was a saint and who was a sinner

predestination 

300

An artistic technique used to give a three-dimensional effect.

What is perspective? 

300

Henry VIII biggest complaint against the Catholic Church was that they did not allow this

divorce

300

This person discovered the four moons of Jupiter, helping to support the idea of a heliocentric universe.

Galileo

300

The flow around the world of new plants, animals, and people is referred to as this

The Columbian Exchange

300

The art of beautiful handwriting

Calligraphy 

400

This person said "it is better to be feared than loved"

Machiavelli 

400

Daughter of Henry VIII, was a protestant and popular

Elizabeth I

400

The father of modern chemistry

Robert Boyle

400

A line drawn by the Pope that divided the non-European world

Line of Demarcation

400

During the Middle Ages, a group that determined which cases should be brought to trial

Jury

500

Two of Michelangelo's most famous artworks

The David and the Sistine Chapel 

500

The pope called this in order to discuss the Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation

The Council of Trent

500

Starting with observation and conducting experiments to arrive at the truth is the goal of this

The Scientific Method

500

An economic policy that focused on profits gained from exports and colonization

Mercantilism 

500

The Islamic body of law that regulates moral conduct, family life, business practices, and government

Sharia Law

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