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The term Renaissance means...

Rebirth

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Martin Luther disagreed with the Church's practice of...

(Indulgence)- letting people pay to forgive their sins

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Columbus accidentally "discovered" America when he was hoping to...

Find a quicker route to India/Asia

100

This scientist created laws of motion and is credited with beginning the enlightenment.

Sir Isaac Newton

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This philosophical movement emphasized "natural rights" and the idea that reason and logic, rather than tradition or religion, should govern human affairs.

The Enlightenment.

200

In this time period during the French Revolution, Robespierre and the Jacobins executed or imprisoned large numbers of enemies.

Reign of Terror

200

a philosophy that emphasizes the individual rather than a group

Humanism

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This was the name for an era of European history in which privateers and adventurers like Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan and others set sail in search of "New" lands.

Age of Exploration.

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This was the reason Henry VIII of England created his own church.

He wanted to get a divorce

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The Atlantic Slave Trade started after this group, initially used by colonial powers as a slave labor force, began rapidly dying off from European diseases.

Indigenous/Native Americans

300

The "A" in the "MAIN" Causes of WWI acronym stands for...

Alliances

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This is a word (and MAIN cause of WWI) which means an intense pride in one's country OR the desire of a given ethnic group to form a country corresponding to that identity.

Nationalism

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This was the name for the exchange of people, goods & diseases between the Old World & New World.

Columbian exchange

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This church, created by Henry VIII, was called...

The Church of England; OR the Anglican Church.

300

This is a Spanish word for "Conqueror" and described the soldiers of Hernan Cortes.

Conquistador

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This is the increased buildup of arms and an intense glorification of the military in a given society.

Militarism.

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Martin Luther nailed these arguments to the church door for all to see.

95 Theses

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3 reasons for exploration

God, glory, and gold

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During the reformation the Church was divided into...

The Protestant Church and Catholic Church.

400

This ended the system of Feudalism

The Black Plague

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This man started the reformation.

Martin Luther

500

This family was well-known for being patrons of the arts during the Renaissance.

Medici

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Started a school for navigation which developed new technology, maps, and trained sailors

Prince Henry the Navigator

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This MAIN cause of WWI refers to the domination of foreign lands by a powerful state far away.

Imperialism.

500

Because of this act, colonists had to house and feed British soldiers.

Quartering Act

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