End of Semester Study Guide Flashcards
What was th Elizabethan Age
Wgen the Renisance moved to England and it was given that name because Queen Elizabeth was in power
Where did the Renaissance begin
Italy
Where did the Reformation begin
Germany
What were the formal statements that Martin Luther wrote attacking the Catholic Churchy
95 Thesus
Who had the greatest empire in Mesoamerica
Aztecs
Who had the largest empire to ever exist in the Americas
Incas
What were the 2cultures that influenced the Renaissance, referred to as the “Classical Heritage”
Rome and Greece
What were the 3 branches of Protestant Christianity
Lutheranism
Calvinsim
Anglism
Who were the 2 main Christian Humanists at this period of history
Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas Moore
What did the presence of gypsim indicate was the likely cause of the collapse of the Maya
Servere drought
What was the focus of Christian Humanism
to reform society
For what purpose did the Mound Builder cultures build the earthen mounds
to bury the dead and religious purposes
What was the Maya calender based on (three things) and uwhat was it used for (give 2 examples)
The calendar was based on the sun and moon and planets it was used best time to plant crops and to know when to appoint a new ruler and when to attack people
Why did the Aztecs believe it was nessary to make blood sacrifices to the sun god, Huizilopochtli
they believed that Huizilopochtli needed the nurrishment of blood to fight off evil spirts and make the sun come up in the morning
Mughal
nomads who invaded India in the 16th century
Safavid Empire
A Shi’ite Muslim dynasty that ruled in Persia between the 16th and 18th centuries
Shah
Persian title for king
Ghazi
a warrior for Islam
