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Renaissance Unit
Study guide for renaissance unit test
| Term or Question | Definition or Answer |
|---|---|
| Navigation | The science of determining the course, position and distance traveled, especially by ship |
| Circumnavigate | To travel completely around something, as in circle the globe |
| Indigenous | Someone born in a country; the first inhabitants of an area |
| Expansionism | The actions and attitudes of a state or country whose goal is to expand its power and territory |
| Immunity | A natural resistance to disease |
| Indulgence | Money paid by people to the church to ensure their dead relatives will get out of purgatory |
| Scientific Method | Using observation, experimentations, and conclusions to study problems and make new conclusions |
| Excommunication | To be officially excluded from the church |
| Heresy | To oppose the church |
| Columbus | Goal was to find a new route to india and get precious metals along the way |
| Portugal | Most powerful at the beginning of the renaissance, navy, controlled the trade routes east to asia, prince henry the navigator, school of navigation |
| Savonarola | opposed the corruption in the church |
| Ptolemy | The earth was at the centre of the universe |
| The Americas | Large area containing many peoples and cultures |
| Indigenous people of Americas | Original people |
| Imperialism | The expansion of power over a territory, including its people and resources |
| List some of the causes of and results of the desire to explore | To convert people to christianity The need for more gold and silver to make coins Imperialism Humanist beliefs in the ability of the individual |
| List some of the causes of and results of the European Worldview of Imperialism during the time period studied. | Population, greed, entitlement, competition between kings, religion |
| What did Machiavelli believe was the basis of human nature? | Greedy, ungrateful, and liars |
| What was Gutenberg’s influence on the spread of knowledge? | Printing press |
| List the unethical practices of the Catholic Church at the time? | Money, Corruption Spent wealth on themselves Indulgences |
| Why did the Kings of Europe think it was ethical to take over other countries and their resources? | Felt entitled-superior Religion-spreading christian faith |
| How do the Renaissance maps differ to the maps we use today? | They put monsters on there maps, use GPS today |
| How did big ideas spread across Europe? | Printing press, newspapers, pamphlets, books Scholars, universities, wealthy discussing new ideas |
| Why did Columbus set sail and what influenced him to do so? | Because the portuguese had the all the sea roots set up in the west so he went east to find a faster way to india and find gold and riches along the way |
| What contributed to the advancement of Renaissance Europe? | Classical greek and roman writings Printing press Humanism-new ideas |
| What did religious reformers such as Savonarola and Martin Luther criticize the Catholic Church for? | Corruption Indulgences |
| How did the Protestant Reformation spread across Europe? | Printing press, pamphlets |
| What influenced Imperialism during the Renaissance? | Powerfull, rich, greedy Religion - gods work, collecting souls Gold, silver, and luxury items Land/resources/people |
| What were some of the outcomes of the Europeans taking over the territories of the New World? | Indigenous people died or were enslaved Lost land, culture, and religion Europeans: Economy went up, gained land, resources |
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