15-18 Flashcards

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Brunelleschi

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A. Florentine architect

B. Built dome for the Duomo

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Medici

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A. Banking family

B. Ruled Florence

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Giotto

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A. Florentine Painter

B. Painted Lamentation of the Death of Christ

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Gutenberg

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A. Invented the printing press

B. First in Europe to use the printing press

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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A. Italian artist, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, and scientist.

B. Painted the Mona Lisa.

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Michaelangelo

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A. Italian sculptor, painter, poet, engineer, and architect.

B. Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

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Jan van Eyck

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A. Flemish painter

B. Founder of the Flemish school of painting

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Humanism

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A. Renaissance intellectual movement

B. Thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements

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Raphael

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A.Italian Renaissance painter

B. Painted The School of Athens.

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Martin Luther

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A. German monk

B. Critic of the Catholic Church

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Indulgences

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A. Selling of forgiveness by the Catholic Church.

B. Could be bought for anybody, even dead people.

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U. Zwingli

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A. Leader of Swiss Reformation.

B. Thought communion was symbolic.

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J. Calvin

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A. Believed in predestination of who goes to heave.

B. Set up theocracy in Geneva.

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Henry VIII

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A. King of England

B. 6 wives

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Charles V

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A. Holy Roman Emperor and Carlos I of Spain.

B. Allied with the pope to stamp out heresy and maintain religious unity in Europe.

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Philip II

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A. King of Spain

B. Absolute monarch who helped lead the Counter Reformation by persecuting Protestants in his holdings.

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Council of Trent

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A. Meeting of Roman Catholic leaders

B. Created to reform the church from within

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Ignatius of Loyola

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A. Spanish churchman and founder of the Jesuits

B. Proved an effective force for reviving Catholicism during the Catholic Reformation.

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B. Dias

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A. Portuguese explorer

B. First to sail to the tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope).

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V. da Gama

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A. Portuguese explorer

B. First to sail from Europe to India by rounding Africa’s Cape of Good Hope.

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Prince Henry

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A. Portuguese prince

B. Started a school for sailors

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Columbus

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A. Italian navigator

B. Discovered the New World

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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A. 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain

B. Declared that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line belong to Spain; newly discovered lands east of the line belong to Portugal.

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Magellan

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A. Portuguese explorer

B. First person to lead an expedition that circumnavigated the world

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H. Cortes

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A. Spanish Conquistador

B. led the Spanish to defeat and subjugate the Aztec Empire

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F. Pizarro

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A. Spanish conquistador

B. Conquered the Incan Empire

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Atahualpa

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A. Last ruling Inca emperor of Peru.

B. Executed by the Spanish.

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Columbian Exchange

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A. The exchange of goods and ideas between Native Americans and Europeans

B. Resulted in things like the mixing of people and deadly diseases that devastated the Native American population.

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Dutch East India Company

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A. Government-chartered joint-stock company

B. Controlled the spice trade in the East Indies.

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Viceroys

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A. Leader appointed by the king

B. Ruled a viceroyalty

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Jamestown

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A. First permanent English settlement in North America

B. First legislative assembly in North America or any part of America held there in 1619

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Quebec

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A. First permanent French settlement in North America

B. Founded by Samuel de Champlain

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Olaudah Equiano

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A. Anti-slavery activist

B. Sold into slavery at age 11; after gaining freedom, he spoke out against slavery and published his autobiography

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Middle Passage

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A. Route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S.

B. Carried the slave trade

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Triangular Trade

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A. Three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa

B. Sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa

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King Nzinga

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A. Kongo king who converted to Christianity

B. Built churches in Mbanza to convert people.