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