Unit 2 Review

England

100

When John I signed this, it established the principle of limited government, that no man was above the law.

The Magna Carta

200

The feud between the King of England and this body of representatives led to a Civil War where Charles I was executed.

Parliament

300

This King issued the Act of Supremacy, which removed the Catholic Church and established him as the head of the Church of England.

King Henry VIII

400

This bloodless event marked Parliament's rise to the highest authority of England when they removed James II and installed a new monarchy in England.

The Glorious Revolution

500

She was the daughter of King Henry VIII, who reinstated the Church of England and undid her sister's attempt at bringing back the Catholic Church.

Elizabeth I

The Reformation

100

He nailed the 95 Theses on the door of Wittenberg Castle, marking the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.

Martin Luther

200

This invention by Johannes Gutenberg revolutionalized the spread of ideas and  was instrumental in the spread of the Reformation.

Printing Press

300

The Reformation was responsible for the decline of this institution's authority and power over Western Europe.

The Catholic Church

400

This order within the Catholic Church sought to combat the spread of Protestantism using a militaristic approach to education and missionaries.

Jesuits

500

This major conflict within the Holy Roman Empire initially began as a conflict between Catholics and Protestants, and would lead to the death of 6 to 8 million people.

The Thirty Years War

The Renaissance

100

In what country did the Renaissance first begin?

Italy

200

The Renaissance began with the renewed focus of which two classical civilizations?

Greek and Roman

300

The Renaissance utilized this approach to art, culture, society, and education; turning away from the medieval, religious, and scholastic systems of the Middle Ages.

Humanism

400

This was when wealthy merchants used their wealth and influence to pay artists to create paintings, statues, and architecture that showcased their extraordinary talent.

Patronage

500

Which Renaissance artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Michelangelo

Exploration

100

Exploration began because countries wanted to find a direct water route to which part of the world?

Asia/India

200

The Spanish colonies were mainly concerned with the extraction of what resource?

Precious Metals (Gold/Silver)

300

He was the leader of the Aztec Empire when Hernan Cortez invaded.

Moctezuma II

400

This was the major cash crop grown on plantations throughout the Caribbean and farmed by slave labor.

Sugar

500

The voyage of Vasco da Gama was a major cause to the decline of this Middle Eastern Empire?

The Ottoman Empire

Exchange

100

This was the major exchange of goods between the Old World (Eastern Hemisphere) and the New World (Western Hemisphere).

The Columbian Exchange

200

The creation of Sikhism from Islam and Hinduism is an example of what kind of cultural blending?

Cultural Diffusion

300

In the 1800s, the Industrial Revolution had the able workforce to supply the labor factories needed because of this staple food.

Potato

400

The encomienda system was established in the Spanish Empire to reward land to conquerors who would use these people as slaves on plantations and convert them to Catholicism.

Native Americans

500

In 1609 to 1610, the colony of Jamestown suffered a horrific winter known as the Starving Time, where settlers resorted to this horrific practice to stay alive.

Cannibalism