Feudalism and Medieval Times
This medieval system developed as a survival tactic to protect people from Viking raids.
What is Feudalism
This intellectual movement emphasized human potential and classical learning.
What is humanism?
This German monk was the central figure in beginning the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
The Spanish brought enslaved Africans mainly to work on plantations producing this crop.
What is sugar?
This astronomer proposed the heliocentric model.
Who is Copernicus?
In this agreement, a vassal promised loyalty and military service each year to a lord.
What is the feudal contract?
Renaissance realism in art resulted from this human-centered worldview.
What is realism?
This event most directly led Luther to write the Ninety-Five Theses.
What is Tetzel selling indulgences?
This major exchange killed many Native Americans through smallpox.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This “Michael Jordan of science” discovered the universal law of gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton?
The collapse of this empire after Charlemagne’s death shows that his descendants were ineffective rulers.
What is the Carolingian Empire?
A major reason the Renaissance began in Italy was because Italy was more of this than other regions.
What are wealthy urban trade cities?
This reformer supported translating the Bible into English.
Who is John Wycliffe?
This forced-labor system caused a sharp decline in Native American populations.
What is the encomienda system?
This invention dramatically improved astronomical observation.
What is the telescope?
This special Church court was created to deal with heretics and save people’s souls.
What is the Inquisition?
Renaissance art flourished because this created wealth to support artistic production.
What is trade?
This 1688 event established rule of law and strengthened Parliament in England.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
Spain colonized the Americas mostly to obtain this.
What are precious metals?
Both the American and French Revolutions were inspired by these philosophical ideas.
What are Enlightenment ideas?
The revival of trade in the 1000s and 1100s was helped most by these trading groups.
What are Guilds and/or trading leagues?
This Italian architect designed the Basilica of San Lorenzo using classical ideas.
Who is Filippo Brunelleschi?
She argued that women deserve rights because they have the ability to reason.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
This Spanish priest criticized colonists for being motivated by economic gain over morality.
Who is Bartolomé de las Casas?
James Madison used Montesquieu’s ideas in the Constitution mainly to prevent this.
What is tyranny?