Plague!
Renaissance
Reformation
Counter-Reformation
Discovery & Exploration
100

True or False: The bubonic plague was caused by the virus Yersinia pestis.

False.  Y. pestis is a bacterium.  

100

Italy was the perfect place for new ideas to be exchanged because it was:

The center of trade.

100

This reformer posted his 95 Theses, and started the first real Protestant group.

Martin Luther

100

The Treaty of Westphalia ended this war:

The Thirty Years War

100

An economic system by which a nation controls all trade in order to increase its own wealth.

Mercantilism

200

The Plague was spread through Europe so quickly because of *this*.

Trade

200

This city-state was controlled by the Pope and the Catholic Church.

The Papal States

200

Protestant denominations that describe themselves this way typically believe in the doctrine of predestination.

Calvinist

200

A group formed by the Church to fight heresy.

The Inquisition

200

Whose ships were first to circumnavigate the globe (albeit without the man himself).

Magellan

300

Because the Plague killed so many people in the workforce, the remaining workers were able to ____.

Demand better compensation/pay.

300

The three most important differences between medieval and Renaissance art are:

Realism, Secularism, Perspective

300

As their name implies, the major belief of the Anabaptists was:

They were against infant baptism.

300

What were the two goals of the Jesuits?

1) Educate the young, 2) Spread the Catholic faith as missionaries.
300

This explorer landed on an island in the Bahamas instead of his intended destination.

Columbus

400

The Great Famine of 1315-1322 was caused by:

The climatic transition between the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age.

400

The word "Renaissance" means _____ in French.

Rebirth

400

One of the most important tools in spreading information quickly during the Reformation was the:

printing press

400

This ex-soldier founded the Jesuit order and used his military background to make sure his priests were disciplined.

Ignatius of Loyola

400

While Prince Henry was known as "the Navigator," he never actually explored himself.  Name ONE reason he got that name despite this.

1) He paid for voyages. 

2) He supported making better navigation tools.

3) Under his guidance, sailors traveled far south on the African coast.

500

The wide spread of a disease within a specific locality or region.

Epidemic

500

Name the five most prominent city-states in Italy during the Renaissance.

Papal States, Venice, Florence, Naples, Milan.

500

King Henry VIII used to be such a good Catholic, the Pope called him the "Defender of the Faith."  What key issue did Henry and the Pope disagree on that led to England's leaving the Church?

Divorcing his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.

500

The Catholic Church held this council to discuss Protestant grievances and how to respond to them:

The Council of Trent

500

What are the "three gs" that explain the reasons for exploration (hint: they're in the "Pocahontas" song 'Virginia Company')?

Glory, God, and Gold