Ancient River Civilizations
Found in 1801 that allowed us to decipher hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Muslim place of worship
What is a mosque?
The only source of religion in Medieval Europe
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
Renaissance literally means
What is "rebirth?"
The oldest monotheistic religion in the world.
What is Judaism?
Government headed by religious leaders or a leader regarded as god.
What is theocracy?
The Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John).
What are the first four books of the New Testament?
Led the French army to victory at Orleans against the English, but was burned at the stake for being a heretic
Who is Joan of Arc?
During the Renaissance, these types of people were called "patrons"
What are the financial supporters of the arts?
The two countries that fought in the Hundred Years War.
What are France and England?
The Sumerian writing system called
What is cuneiform?
The Eightfold Path, the Four Noble Truths, and the concept of nirvana are associated with this religiion.
What is Buddhism?
The Magna Carta did this for the very first time when King John was forced to sign it in 1215.
What is limited the power of the king/monarch?
Martin Luther protested the Catholic Church by doing this.
What is posting the 95 Theses?
The country that was the location of the Inquisition and was united under Ferdinand and Isabella.
What is Spain?
What the word "Mesopotamia" means.
What is land between the rivers?
The name for the ultimate release from the cycle of life when wisdom replaces ignorance in Hinduism
What is moksha?
The outcome of the Battle of Tours
What is the stopping of the Muslim advance into Western Europe (by Charles Martel)?
The main reason for Henry VIII's split with the Roman Catholic Church after they denied him a divorce from his first wife.
What is His desire for a male heir?
The practice of selling pardons for sins, which Martin Luther protested.
What are indulgences?
How the Sumerians differ from the Egyptians in the way they viewed the afterlife
What is Sumerians believed in a gloomy/miserable afterlife, while the Egyptians believed in a happy afterlife?
The three major religions that developed in the Middle East and share a belief in one God.
What are Islam, Christianity, and Judaism?
The Norman leader who took control of England at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Who is William the Conqueror?
The individual who represented the "Renaissance man" because he was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
The holy book of Islam and the holy book for Judaism (both answers needed).
What is the Qur'an and what is the Torah?