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100

This trade system saw the transfer of diseases to the Americas

Columbian Exchange

100

The study of the individual

Individualism

100

This allowed for the spreading of information

Printing Press

100

This thinker promoted the concept of natural rights

John Locke

100

The first person to walk on the moon.

Neil Armstrong

200

The leg of the Triangle Trade that went from Africa to the Americas was prominently known as this.

Middle Passage

200

The concept of something being non-religious

Secular

200

Nailed his 95 Theses to the Church Door

Martin Luther

200

This individual proposed the idea of a Heliocentric model of the universe

Nicolaus Copernicus

200

This person gained power in England during the Civil War

Oliver Cromwell

300

According to the encomienda system this group has the most power

Native-born Spaniards

300

This is a technique that shows depth in a piece of art

Perspective

300

These guaranteed a person's ability to get into Heaven.

Indulgences

300

This is the concept that a ruler's powers are derived from God 

Divine Right Rule

300

Luke Skywalker destroys this at the end of the original Star Wars

Death Star

400

This agreement split the known world between Spain and Portugal.

Treaty of Tordesillas

400

This Renaissance thinker believed it was better to be feared than loved.

Niccolo Machiavelli

400

The purpose behind the 95 Theses

Show issues with Catholic Church

400

This absolute monarch promoted the westernization of Russia

Peter the Great

400

The high school students went to before Wayne High School opened

Pompton Lakes HS

500

The goal of this economic system is solely to benefit the mother country, not the colonies.

Mercantilism

500

The two classical cultures studied during the Renaissance

Greek & Romans

500

Name 2 core beliefs of Lutheranism

Salvation achieved through faith alone

Bible sole source of religious truth

All have equal access to God through faith & the Bible

Banned indulgences, confession, elaborate masses, permitted clergy to marry, rejected 5 of 7 sacraments cause not mentioned in Bible

500

This thinker believed in the government theory of separation of powers

Montesquieu

500

The year SpongeBob SquarePants first appeared on TV.

1999

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