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history II midterm
words for the History midterm with Hartwell
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Italian astronomer and physicist who discovered the moons of Jupiter, supported the heliocentric view of the solar system (for which he was persecuted by the Church), and contributed to an understanding of the physical laws of motion. | Galileo |
| The second Tudor king of England, who had six wives; to divorce his first he broke away from the Roman Catholic Church. | Henry VIII |
| The second surviving daughter of King Henry VIII and the last of the Tudor monarchs; during her reign the Church of England was re-established, England defeated the Spanish Armada, and England enjoyed a long period of relative peace and prosperity. | Elizabeth I |
| One of the greatest scientific geniuses of all time, he was the Englishman who discovered gravity, invented (with Leibniz) the calculus, and described mathematically the laws of motion. | Isaac Newton |
| The German Catholic monk who began the Protestant Reformation by challenging the Church’s teachings and practices, especially concerning the selling of indulgences. | Martin Luther |
| The leader of the Massachusetts Bay colonists, who gave a sermon on the deck of the Arbella about their mission to establish a “city on a hill,” and who crafted legal and moral arguments to avoid paying the Indians for the land they settled. | John Winthrop |
| The Mongol conqueror of China, who established the Yuan dynasty there and whose court Marco Polo visited and served. | Kublai Khan |
| Arguably the greatest genius of the Renaissance – inventor, artist, thinker, visionary. Noted especially for the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. | Leonardo Di Vinci |
| The “Sun King”, the greatest king and of France during the Baroque period. He was the absolute monarch par excellence, who is often credited with saying “L’etat c’est moi,” or in English, “I am the State.” | Louis XIV |
| The late Renaissance sculptor, artist and architect famous for La Pietà and the frescos in the Sistine Chapel. | Michelangelo |
| The German/Polish astronomer who proposed a heliocentric view of the universe. | Nicolaus Copernicus |
| The officer in the Parliamentary or Roundhead forces who rose to command them to victory and became Lord-Protector of England during the Commonwealth. | Oliver Cromwell |
| The oldest surviving daughter of Henry VIII, who became queen after the death of her brother, Edward VI. She tried forcibly, but in the long run unsuccessfully, to restore Catholicism and was extremely unpopular. | Mary I |
| The name given to a period in art, as well as a style, marked by emotionalism, complexity, and elaborate, often grandiose, design elements. | Baroque |
| The movement in society away from religion or a religiously-influenced perspective on events. | Secularism |
| A Spanish adventurer and conqueror of the New World (the generic term, not a particular individual). | Conquistador |
| The idea that governing power should be concentrated in the hands of a monarch and his or her advisors. | Absolutism |
| The type of theory that says the earth is at the center of the universe or solar system. | Geocentric |
| A French Protestant | Huguenot |
| The theory of absolutism that says that monarchs have the God-given authority to rule. | Divine Right |
| The document published in 1517 that questioned many Church teachings and practices, especially the granting of indulgences, and which eventually led to the Protestant Reformation. | 95 Theses |
| A rise in the general price level of an economy, or, what amounts to the same thing, a fall in the value of money. | Inflation |
| The term means literally, “rebirth;” the period and style in European arts that followed the late Medieval or Gothic period and which was marked by humanism and a revival of classical Greek and Roman styles. | Renaissance |
| The procedure, first articulated by Francis Bacon, that enabled investigators to understand the natural world better by testing hypotheses with systematic observation. | Scientific Method |
| The grand palace constructed by Louis XIV outside Paris as a symbol and instrument of his power. | Versailles |
| The world-changing effects of the intercontinental movement of people, plants, animals, and diseases after 1492. | The Columbian Exchange |
| The saint from northern Spain who founded the Jesuits and was an important figure in the Catholic Reformation. | St.Ignatius of Loyola |
| An English Protestant who wanted to rid the Church of England of elements of ritual and doctrine that were felt to be corruptions introduced by Roman Catholicism. | Puritan |
| Brought peace and religious tolerance to the Mongul Empire. Established the Divine Faith | Akbar the Great |
| "Law Giver", organized the Ottoman Empire into political and religious leaders. | Suleiman I |
| Unified Japan in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. Founded the Tokugawa Shogan, which ruled for 265 years. | Tokugawa Leyasu |
| Son of Charles V, defended the Catholic faith. He was a Prudent King. Built the granite palace called El Escorial. | Philip II of Spain |
| The monarch who replaced Elizabeth I, and brought in the Stuart dynasty. | James I of England, VI of Scotland |
| Supporters of the King in the English Civil War. | Cavaliers |
| Supporters of Parliament in the English Civil War. | Roundheads |
| The single owner of large tracts of land in North America on which they were granted by royal charter the right to establish colonies | Proprietors |
| Founded the Bourbon Dynasty in France, it was an absolute monarchy. | Henry IV of Navarre |
| Intelligent and charismatic woman who challenged the Puritan authorities in Massachusetts. | Anne Hutchinson |
| Governor of the Plymouth colony for many years, and an important chronicler of its history. | William Bradford |
| A servant for a term of years, often seven years, typically to pay off the costs of the trans-Atlantic passage to the New World. | Indentured servant |
| The theory of creating national wealth and economic power. | Mercantilism |
| Italian captain sailing for England who explored Newfoundland and the North American coast. | John Cabot |
| French Philosopher who invented analytic geometry and outlined an analytical approach to understanding. | Rene Descartes |
| One of Luther's central ideas that one could be "justified" or made good in God's eyes simply through faith in God's love and mercy as exhibited in Christ Jesus. | Justification by Faith |
| Certificates that reduce or cancel punishment for sins sold by the Catholic Church | Indulgences |
| The inventor of the light bulb | Benjamin Franklin |
| Granted Huguenots substantial rights in Catholic France | Edict of Nantes |
| A legal grant of land to settlers | Headright |
| A Portuguese ship | caravel |
| Elite corps of officers | Janissary |
| Learned society for science | the Royal Society |
| An English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers | John Locke |
| An English poet, polemicist, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England. He wrote Paradise Lost. | John Milton |
| A Church of England cleric and Christian theologian. Founded the Methodist movement | John Wesley |
| distribution of power between a central government and its subnational governments | Balance of Power |
| A religious revival | Great Awakening |
| reason was advocated as the primary source for legitimacy and authority. | the Enlightenment |
| The illusion of depth in paintings. | Perspective |
| A French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade. | Voltaire |
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