Vocabulary Famous People & Things Catholic Church The Middle Ages Hodge-Podge
100
Patron
This is the name for a person who pays for/supports artists
100
Christopher Columbus
This explorer believed he had discovered a new sea route to Asia
100
heretic
Someone who spoke out against the beliefs of the Catholic Church was called a ____________
100
Feudalism
This was the class system of Europe before the Renaissance
100
Spain
Queen Elizabeth I defeated her greatest enemy, ____________, in a great naval battle
200
Eurocentrism
The belief that the European race, culture, and worldview is the superior one
200
Niccolo Machiavelli
This political philosopher wrote The Prince, and believed leaders should be feared not loved
200
Girolamo Savonarola
Former Catholic priest that held a "bonfire of vanities" in Florence
200
Black Death / bubonic plague
This pandemic killed 2/3 of the European population near the end of the Middle Ages.
200
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
These two monarchs sponsored Columbus
300
Humanism
The name of the philosophy (school of thought) that many Europeans practiced during the Renaissance
300
Martin Luther
This priest believed the Catholic Church was corrupt and unintentionally started the Protestant Reformation
300
Anglican
King Henry VIII started the ____________ Church in England in order to divorce his first wife
300
False - they were the heir and would inherit the land and title from their father. Younger sons would often become knights.
True or False: The oldest son of a noble would usually become a knight.
300
Holy Crusades
Pope Urban II first commissioned the ______________
400
Imperialism
The name for the extension of power over a territory (and its resources and people) by using military force
400
Printing press
This invention by Guttenberg increased literacy rates
400
Indulgences
This is the name for the documents sold by the Catholic Church in exchange for forgiving someone of their sins
400
Mongols
Many Silk Road trade routes were guarded by the ___________ for centuries.
400
Scientific Method
This is the process of making observations, experimenting, and drawing conclusions based on evidence
500
Hinterland
The name for a city that is politically independent and the rural area around it
500
Sir Francis Drake
This famous English pirate targeted Spanish ships carrying gold and silver
500
Jesuits, Dominicans, Franciscans
Name a religious order that was formed during the Catholic Counter-Reformation
500
Islam
Which empire was experiencing its "Golden Age", while Europe was stuck in the Middle Ages?
500
Ptolemy
This ancient Greek thinker's earth-centred model of the universe was deemed acceptable by the Catholic Church.






Unit 1: Renaissance - Review

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