Middle Ages
What empire fell that began the middle ages?
The Fall of Rome
What form of Christianity did people believe in during the middle ages?
Catholicism
Who was Martin Luther?
initiating the Protestant Reformation by posting his "95 Theses" in 1517
What did Columbus discover?
The New World
Who opposed the study of science?
The Church
Who ran the Kingdom along side the king?
The church
What style was the church built like during the middle ages?
gothic
What did Martin Luther write and post on the church doors
95 thesis
What was the name of the exchange that was named after Christopher Columbus?
Columbian Exchange
What was the scientific revolution?
a period of profound intellectual change in Europe, roughly from the 16th to the 18th century, that marked a shift from ancient, faith-based understanding of the natural world to a system based on observation, experimentation, and mathematical reasoning.
Explain who the peasants were?
a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries).
What style was the church built like during the Renaissance?
Classical
Explain the Protestant Reformation.
initiating the Protestant Reformation by posting his "95 Theses" in 1517
What country sent Columbus to the new world?
Span
Who discovered the study of gravity and motion?
Isaac Newton
What was the feudal system?
a hierarchical social, political, and economic structure in medieval Europe (9th-15th centuries) where land was exchanged for loyalty and service, primarily military.
What were indulgences?
the remission of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven.
Who was the king during the protestant Reformation?
King Henry VII
What are the three Gs?
God, Gold, and Glory.
Who discovered that the earth was not the center of the universe?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Identify and explain the role four roles within the feudal system.
King- ruler of the land
Nobles- Lords and the church
Knights- protectors of the land
Peasants and serfs- poor people who did not own land.
What language was the Bible written in during the middle ages?
Latin
What movement followed the protestant Reformation?
Age of Exploration
What was the Columbian Exchange?
the transfer of plants, animals, diseases, cultures, and technologies between the Old World (Europe, Africa, Asia) and the New World (the Americas) after 1492
What is the heliocentric Theory?
the model of our solar system that places the Sun at its center, with Earth and the other planets orbiting around it.