Middle Ages
Renaissance/Reformation
The Age of Exploration/Columbian Exchange
Enlightenment
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100

This institution was considered to be the MOST powerful during the Middle Ages?

The Roman Catholic Church

100

Name at least two inventions from the Renaissance Period

Printing press, eye glasses, clock, flushing toilet, submarine, the parachute, art (the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper)

100

Who started the Columbian Exchange? In what year? 

Christopher Columbus, 1492 

100
Define Enlightenment

Intellectual movement that stressed reason, thought, and power of individuals to solve problems

100

What major idea did Montesquieu advocate for? 

Separation of powers in government

200

This percentage of people were peasants during the Middle Ages

85%

200

What is a patron?

a financial supporter of artists during the Renaissance Period

200

What was exchanged during the Columbian Exchange? 

Food, animals, plants, diseases, people, tobacco

200

What did John Locke believe about people and government?

He believed that people had natural rights (life, liberty, property) that the government was supposed to protect

200

What location did Columbus reach in 1492? 

The Bahamas

300

What is feudalism?

a political and economic system based on land control and protective alliances that emerged in Europe

300

In what country did the Renaissance begin?

Italy

300

What continents were involved in the Columbian Exchange? 

North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa

300

What did Thomas Hobbes believe about people and government? 

He believed that people are selfish and there needs to be a strong, absolute government to keep things in order
300

This navigation school was set up to help the Portuguese with mapmaking and navigating the seas 

The School of Sagres

400

What are other names for the "Middle Ages"? 

Medieval Period, Dark Ages

400

What are indulgences?

Forgiveness from sin that one can pay the church for

400

Name 4 countries that led the Age of Exploration

France, Spain, Portugal, England, The Netherlands 

400

Name at least two Enlightenment thinkers

Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Hobbes

400

What was Martin Luther's purpose in writing his 95 Theses? 

To expose and question the practices of the Roman Catholic Church

500

What did the majority of people do for work during the Middle Ages? 

Farming, taking care of the wealthy

500

Who wrote the 95 Theses? In what year? 

Martin Luther, 1517

500

This deadly disease, brought from Europe to the Americas, had a devastating impact on the indigenous populations.

Smallpox 

500

What did Locke call the natural rights? 

Life, liberty, property

500

What does CER stand for? 

Claim, Evidence, Reasoning