Final Exam Flashcards

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German league that sought to control and organize trade in much of Northern Europe.

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Hanseatic League

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Primary centers of education during early Middle Ages.

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Cathedrals and Monasteries

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Intellectual movement during the Middle Ages

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Scholasticism

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Students of the middles ages choose schools according to what?

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The Teachers

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5
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Medieval Science in the Middle Ages was filled with what?

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Magic and Superstition

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6
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Art and architecture of the Middle Ages was most influenced by what?

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The Church

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7
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Who stirred the French to nationalism and was burned at the stake?

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Joan of Arc

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8
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Period where more than one pope claimed supremecy

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Great Schism

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9
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Who’s purpose was to end the Great Schism?

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Council of Constance

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10
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goods for goods

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barter

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11
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charging interest for use of lent money

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usury

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12
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What killed a large portion of population during the Middle Ages?

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Black Plague

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13
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Who married to create Spain?

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Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabelle of Castille

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14
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What 2 countries divided the world between themselves with the Line of Demarcation?

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Spain and Portugal

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15
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Who discovered the Mississippi River?

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de Soto

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16
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first great French explorer in the New World

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Cartier

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17
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first permanent English settlement

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Jamestown

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18
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What was the dominant economic system of the Age of Exploration?

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mercantilism

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19
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fast vessel of the 15th century

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caravel

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20
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term that describes a voyage around the earth

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circumnavigation

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21
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Spanish conquerers

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conquistadors

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22
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economic system that had the goal of advancing wealth through investment

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capitalism

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23
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journeyed 4 years to get to China

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Marco Polo

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24
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explored New York area for the Netherlands

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Hudson

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first to go around the Cape of Good Hope
Dias
26
explored the upper Mississippi River for France
Marquette and Joliet
27
the great god of Hinduism
Brahman
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the belief that a man's soul passes through many states (or rebirths) before it escapes the physical world
the wheel of life
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Which Chinese teacher taught the importance of maintaining harmony and order in society by developing proper relationships?
Confucius
30
What were Japanese warriors called?
samurai
31
the greatest Mongol conquerer and founder of the Mongol dominance
Chinggis Khan
32
What is the dominant religion in India?
Hinduism
33
What are the rigid social divisions of India called?
castes
34
established the Mauryan Empire
Chandragupta
35
first shogun
Yoritomo
36
The most famous Renaissance patrons were members of which family?
Medici
37
the birthplace of the Renaissance
Florence
38
Which three Renaissance artists exemplify the best of the High Renaissance?
Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael
39
What Italian city, because of its beauty, pride, and wealth, became known as the Queen of the Adriatic?
Venice
40
What were the distortions found in Michelangelo's Pietá?
Christ portrayed without disfigurement, Mary's too young to be mother of Christ, Mary's larger than life
41
The secular age of the Renaissance prepared the way for the ___.
Reformation
42
The Renaissance's focus on man's worth and capacities has been called what?
humanism
43
Renaissance is a French word meaning what?
rebirth
44
Which humanist wrote that a successful ruler uses force when necessary, for "it is much safer to be feared than loved?"
Machiavelli
45
Who invented moveable-type printing?
Gutenberg
46
Father of Humanism
Petrarch
47
Who painted the Sistine Chapel wall painting The Last Judgement?
Michelangelo
48
Who cast the first full-scale equestrian statue since Roman times?
Donatello
49
The country in which the Reformation began was ___.
Germany
50
While a priest, Luther discovered through studying Scripture that ___.
salvation is by faith
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Religious groups who opposed infant baptism became known as ___.
Anabaptists
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Thomas Cranmer's book of Bible readings and prayers is known as the ___.
Book of Common Prayer
53
The Act of Supremacy in 1534 made the English monarch ___.
head of the church in England
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The Protestants in England who wished to cleanse the Anglican Church of its Catholic practices were the ___.
Puritans
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The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre was the ___.
massacre of an estimated twenty thousand Huguenots
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What was the purpose of the Jesuit order?
to suppress heresy and promote Catholic education
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The Counter Reformation is connected with the ___.
Catholics
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Who summoned Luther to the Diet of Worms?
Charles V
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Who was condemned and burned at Constance?
Huss
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sent out lay preachers called Lollards
Wycliffe
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Who said, "Here I stand. I can do no other."
Luther
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founded the Society of Jesus
Loyola
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helped found the Presbyterian Church in Scotland
Knox
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What institution was the heart of medieval society?
the church
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What term did the Roman Church apply to Bible characters or noteworthy Christians?
saint
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The Middle Ages became known as an "age of faith" because ___.
religion dominated society, the RCC held significant influence over people's lives, the few cultural achievements were due to the church
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Which Catholic doctrine states that the wine and the bread become the body and the blood of Christ in the hands of the priest?
transubstantiation
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What form of government prevailed in western Europe from the ninth to thirteenth centuries?
feudalism
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What was the basis of wealth and power during the Feudal Age?
land ownership
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The majority of those living on a manor were ___.
serfs
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What is the Catholic term for a religious act that grants grace based on the recipients' intentions?
sacrament
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The Merovingian kings earned what nickname because of their lack of prestige and accomplishment?
the "do-nothing kings"
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land grant
fief
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landholding noble
lord
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system of granting protection in return for services
feudalism
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Which pope unsuccessfully opposed the French king for taxing the clergy?
Boniface VIII
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the selling of church offices
simony
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What established the principle that the king's power is limited?
Magna Carta
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Parliament was able to serve as a check on the king's power by asserting its ___.
power of the purse
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Which pope called the First Crusade in 1095?
Urban II
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Which of the Crusades was the most successful?
First Crusade
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Which king did not participate in the King's Crusade?
Canute of Denmark
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The Fourth Crusade ended with the capture of which city?
Constantinople
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Who was forced to sign the Magna Carta?
John
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the appointment of clergymen to positions of authority by kings and nobles
lay investiture
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groups that supported their monastery by begging
mendicant orders
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act of depriving an individual of the sacraments and church fellowship
excommunication
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a church court
Inquisition
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term whose root means "cross"
Crusades