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Renaissance/Reformat
Question | Answer |
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The period that means "rebirth of knowledge" | Renaissance |
Animals that carried the Bubonic Plague to Europe. | Fleas |
Referred to as a "Renaissance Man" because of his interest in art and science. | Leonardo Da Vinci |
The "Father of the Reformation", he posted the 95 Theses on the door at Wittenburg. | Martin Luther |
The sale of these prompted Luther to challenge the Church and the Pope's authority over scripture. | Indulgences |
The trial where Luther was condemned as a heretic. | Diet of Worms |
The invention of Gutenberg. | Printing Press |
A system of agriculture where 2 crops were planted and a third field lay fallow for a season. | 3 Field System |
Author of "The Prince" | Machiavelli |
What book written by Machiavelli urged rulers that it was better to be feared than loved | The Prince |
Urban II called for a _____________ to regain the Holy Lands | Crusade |
Roman Emperor that divided the Empire in half to better protect and manage it. | Diocletian |
The First Christian Emperor of Rome | Constantine |
Roman Emperor in the East that temporarily regained territory lost to Barbarians after the fall of the western half of the Empire...he is also known for his simplification and Code of Laws | Justinian |
Joan of Arc was a leader of the ____________ during the 100 years war | French |
The founder of Islam | Muhammad |
Sunni and _____________ are the 2 divisions of Islam | Shia |
Using stone tools, using fire for defense, and living a nomadic lifestyle are characteristics of which era before writing? | The Paleolithic |
Once animals and plants were domesticated we entered into the period before the development of writing known as the ___________ | Neolithic Era/Period |
Wedge shaped writing developed in Sumer was called? | Cunieform |
Modern day Iraq was called ______________, which means land between the rivers. | Mesopotamia |