Growth of Political Structures
Name of the dynasty in China that regained control of the country from the Mongols. Famous for their isolationist policies.
The Ming Dynasty
Name of the most important invention in human history.
The Printing Press
Term for being banished from the Church.
Excommunicated
Popular form of murder conducted by the Catholic Church for people who said, thought, or did things against traditional Catholic beliefs.
Burning at the stake
Invention created to examine and study planets.
The Telescope
Name of the group who ventured to China to spread their brand of Christianity
(Need BOTH group name and sect of Christianity)
The Jesuits | Catholicism
Name of the political philosopher who declared that rulers should do whatever is necessary to protect and preserve their power.
Niccolo Machiavelli
Title of the document created by a German monk which gave a lengthy list of problems with the Catholic Church.
The 95 Theses
Word to describe something that is non-religious.
(i.e., a government, a culture, a piece of literature, a work of art)
Secular
The Scientific Method
Name of the civilization that took over Constantinople from the Byzantine Empire.
The Ottoman Empire.
Name of the Northern European style of art and literature which sought to portray people and situations as they are.
Humanism
This sect of Christianity believes in faith alone in order to achieve salvation.
Protestantism
This sect of Christianity requires people to exhibit faith (belief in God) and works (things done to show devotion) in order to achieve salvation.
Catholicism
Theory that the sun is at the center of the solar system.
The Heliocentric Theory
Process by which people, goods, ideas, and cultures move and connect across the world.
Globalization
Name of the creator of the most important invention in human history.
Johannes Gutenberg
Term for the medieval practice of the Catholic Church where people would pay clergymen in exchange for forgiveness of sins.
Indulgences
Term for someone who holds a belief, theory, or opinion that goes against the Church.
Heretic / Heresy
Theory that the earth is at the center of the solar system.
Geocentric Theory
Name of the Venetian merchant who traveled to China and wrote a book about his experience, influencing future explorers.
Marco Polo
Name of the Italian style of art/literature which sought to project the perfect portrayal of humans.
Idealism
Name three sects of Christianity that arose as a result of the Protestant Reformation.
Protestantism, Lutheranism, Calvinism, Anglicanism
Name of the conference convened by the Pope to establish a direction for the Catholic Church in response to the Protestant Reformation.
The Council of Trent
Title of the book written by Sir Isaac Newton which provided a foundation for modern physics.
Principia Mathematica