Money Matters
What sin did many people believe the Catholic Church was guilty of?
Greed
The Inca built structures that were resistant to what natural phenomenon?
Earthquakes
What does the word “Renaissance” mean?
“rebirth”
What two concerns about the Medieval Catholic Church led to reform movements?
It was too rich and powerful
The Reconquista was meant to push what group out of the Iberian Peninsula?
Muslims
What force of nature did Isaac Newton measure?
Gravity
What religious group was most powerful in Europe?
Catholic Church
What is the goal of growing a cash crop?
Making money
What connected native cultures and nations?
Rivers
What is a type of government where the people elect leaders to make laws?
Republic
The Spanish Inquisition was an attempt to force everyone in Spain to be _________
Catholic
What did the Aztecs do that angered conquered nations like the Mayans?
Sacrificed prisoners to the gods
During the Renaissance, scholars learned more about what two languages?
Greek and Latin
Whose stories made Europeans want Chinese goods?
Marco Polo
People were angry because the Catholic Church selling indulgences put a price on _________
God’s forgiveness
What natural phenomenon did the Aztecs view as honorable?
Death
Who are clergy?
Church officials
Luther taught that all Christians had the right to do what?
Read the Bible
What did Pizarro’s and Cortés’ armies do the same when they invaded Native Empires?
Kidnapped the leader
Who preserved Greek works after Europeans lost them?
Muslim scholars
What did Hernán Cortés and his soldiers have that confused and frightened the Aztec soldiers?
Horses and guns
What cash crop allowed the Jamestown colony to be profitable?
Tobacco
What is an isthmus?
narrow piece of land connecting two larger landmasses
What does it mean to circumnavigate the Earth?
Travel all the way around
What is a religious practice of the Maya religion that we do not see in modern religion?
Bloodletting and human sacrifice
What was one major advantage the Spanish had over native empires?
Weapons, horses, disease
What is one tool that Galileo invented or improved?
Thermometer, barometer, telescope, microscope, clock
What made the King and Queen of Spain nervous that their citizens were not good Catholics?
Protestant Reformation
What was one result of the Black Death for Europe’s economy?
Trade declined sharply
Less people meant less famine (more food to go around)
Less workers meant landlords had to pay workers more
Serfs and peasants gained more rights
The Black Death weakened feudalism even more
What two foods became extremely important to the lives of many Europeans? (one for them, one for their animals)
Corn and potatoes
What literary technique uses humor or irony to criticize others’ shortcomings?
Satire
Scholasticism is the idea that ________ and ____________ can work together
Faith and reason
Why weren’t France and England involved in the first wave of exploration with Spain and Portugal?
Fighting religious wars
What two Chinese inventions allowed ideas to spread more quickly in Europe?
Movable-type printing press and paper
What was one problem in the Catholic Church that Martin Luther wanted to correct?
Bibles only in Latin, selling indulgences, belief that the Pope is infallible