Reformation
What did Luther Condemn in his 95 thesis?
The selling of indulgences.
This fictitious symbol separated communism and democracy in Europe following WWII.
Iron Curtain
How was French society divided prior to the French Revolution?
Three Estates
In what century did the Renaissance begin? Where did it begin?
14th Century in Italy
What were the three main causes/practices that enabled Germany to be prepared for WWII?
Appeasement, Pacifism, Isolationism
Why did Henry VIII convert from being a Catholic ruler to being the head of the Church in England?
His desire to annul his marriage with Catherine of Aragon and wed Anne Boleyn.
Give at least one example of a proxy war that attempted to prevent the spread of communism during the cold war.
Korean or Vietnam war
Give at least two long term causes of the French Revolution.
Estate system
Tax system
150 years of absolutism
No meeting of the Estates General
Name of the scholarly interests in the study of the classical culture of Greece and Rome.
Humanism
Which organization led the Counter-Reformation?–
Council of Trent? (1545-1563)
Which treaty ended the 30 Years War in 1648?
Peace of Westphalia
The period 1793-1794 when thousands were executed on the order of Jacobin leader Maximilien de Robespierre and his Committee of Public Safety.
The Reign of Terror
The phase of European discovery and exploration that occurred during the Renaissance was prompted mainly by which three reasons _____.
God, gold, glory
Which reformer advocated predestination and called for plainness in the Church in Geneva?
John Calvin
This event was perhaps the closest the world has been to a nuclear war>
Cuban Missile Crisis
He was a leader of the Third Estate at the Tennis Court Oath and stated ...."What is the Third Estate Everything, what has it been to this point, nothing, what does it want to become something."
Abbe' Emmanuel Sieyes
Name of the pope who commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine chapel?
Pope Julius II