Pre-Renaissance Medieval Times
List the feudal hierarchy in Europe from top to bottom. (include the church)
What is the king, clergy, nobles, knight, peasants?
Means rebirth or revival.This was the revival of classical art. architecture, literature and learning that originated in Italy in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe.
What is the renaissance?
The Europeans brought over diseases to the Americas. This was the leading cause of death for who?
Who are the indigenous people of the Americas?
Although Expansionism was a main goal during European exploration, it eventually led to this.
What is imperialism?
This area dealt with ideas like the fact that the earth is a planet that moves around the sun, planets travel in an elliptical orbit and the world is a sun centered universe.
What is astronomy?
This was the class system of Europe during the Medieval Era.
What is feudalism?
A city that is politically independent and the rural area around it.
What is a city-state?
This political philosopher wrote The Prince and believed leaders should be feared and not loved.
Who is Machiavelli?
These were the motives for European exploration and expansion.
What are God, Glory, and Gain?
As trade and commerce grew in renaissance Europe, knowledge of this became essential for members of the merchant class.
What is mathematics?
Labor shortages created by this, allowed many serfs to gain independence and sped the replacement of labor with money as a way to pay rent.
What is the Black Plague?
Means a revived interest in Greek and Roman thought.
What is humanism?
This invention by Guttenberg increased literacy rates and helped ideas like those of Martin Luther and Galileo spread quickly.
What is the printing press?
List at least two navigational tools that helped explorers achieve the 3 G's.
What are the compass, astrolabe, back-staff, and cross-staff?
This is the process of making observations, experimenting, and drawing conclusions based on evidence.
What is the scientific method?
This was the only Christian religion in Europe before 1517.
What is Roman Catholic?
The extension of power over a territory and its resources and people too!
What is imperialism?
Which Spanish explorer set sailed and landed in the Americas?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
What was the initial purpose of the early European explorers?
What is to find a trade route to Asia?
These people became like celebrities, signed their work and made some money. Also, patrons paid for works of art to promote them.
What are artists?
This is the term for the documents sold in exchange for firgiving someone of their sins. They were sold by the Catholic Church.
What are indulgences?
Used for finding the direction the ship is travelling in.
What is a compass?
He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted David and Pieta.
Who is Michelangelo?
Define ethnocentrism and provide an example of how the Spanish subjected their way of life onto the indigenous people in the Americas.
What is the belief that one group is better than another?
-forced them to convert to Christianity
-burned the books the aboriginals wrote
-forced them into slavery
During the renaissance, this area encouraged curiosity?
What is education?