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SS9 Chapter One
Crossroads chapter One
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Telescope | Galileo used the discoveries in his scientific discoveries. |
| Americas | Nutrition in Europe improved after 1600 because of new food crops from the _____. |
| anatomist | person who studies anatomy by such methods as dissecting dead bodies. |
| Bacon | The scientist who developed the scientific method was Francis ____ . |
| Catholics | Until 1517 all European Christians had been Roman _______. |
| Copernicus | The astronomer who first challenged the medieval view of the heavens was ______ . |
| courtier | attendant at monarchs court. |
| empire | group of states or territories controlled by one country. |
| Empires | By 1700 European countries had developed overseas _______ . |
| humanism | The new philosophy of the Renaissance was called _______ . |
| humanist | system or mode of thought in which human interests dominate. |
| Kings | During the 16th and 17th centuries _______reduced the power of the nobility- began to use professional armies and began to employ professional civil servants. |
| life | Renaissance writers began to concentrate on everyday ____? |
| tenant | person who pays rent to a landlord for the use of land. |
| Vernacular | the everyday language of people. |
| worse | After 1517 religious disputes in Europe made political disputes _________ |
| living | After 1500 conditions for many Europeans improved because trade increased- serfs became landowners and towns grew in size and economic power. |
| Middle Ages | Time period in European history from about 500 A.D. to about 1500 A.D.(two words) |
| philosophy | pursuit of the principles underlying all knowledge;pursuit of wisdom. |
| political | As a result of the Reformation kings saw themselves as both ____ and religious leaders. |
| printing | The ________ press helped to spread new ideas in the Renaissance. |
| protestant | Christian group that separated from the Roman Catholic Church. |
| Reformation | Religious movement in Europe in the in the 16th century to reform the Catholic Church. |
| Reformation | The period in which challenges to the Catholic Church took place was called the ___. |
| Renaissance | a time of great revival or rebirth. |
| Renaissance | Historians of which period were the first to distinguish different eras in history? |
| serf | person attached to lords land and required to give services to him. |
| technologies | Scientific developments were dependent on new _____ . |