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Gun. Empires/Renaissance/Reformation/Sci. Rev. Test Flashcards

Unit test (50 questions, multiple choice)

1
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What were the 3 gunpowder empires?

A
  • Ottoman
  • Safavids
  • Mughals
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Where were the Ottomans located?

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Southwest Asia, coastal North Africa, Southeast Europe

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3
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Where were the Safavids located?

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parts of Southwest Asia

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4
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Where were the Mughals located?

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India

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5
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What role did the gunpowder empires play in world trade?

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they controlled trade because of their locations and could charge taxes. They also exchanged cultures and ideas

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How did gunpowder impact the Age of Absolutism in Europe?

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Because of new weaponry, rulers could expand their kingdoms and claim to have divine right which led to an absolute monarchy in most places

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7
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Describe the Renaissance

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a rebirth and revival of Greek and Roman ideas and culture

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In what ways did the Renaissance impact art?

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Art became less focused on religion and showed everyday tasks

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In what ways did the Renaissance have an impact on government?

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It led people to think with a secular perspective, separating church from life and government

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10
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Where did the Renaissance begin and why?

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Italy because it was a big trading and banking hub. They had patrons to support the arts and education

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In what ways did the Renaissance have an impact on literature?

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It allowed for new ideas to be spread in the vernacular and for new plays and books to be written

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How did the Renaissance impact science and technology?

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It allowed for new ideas to be spread and grown upon which created many new theories and inventions

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How did the secular movement impact the Catholic Church?

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people started to separate their everyday lives from their religious ones which caused the church to lose power

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What effect did Johann Gutenberg have on the Renaissance?

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he printed the Bible from the first printing press

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Describe the importance of patrons during the Renaissance

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they were able to support the arts which allowed the economy and Renaissance to continue

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How did the Renaissance impact the European Economy and social classes?

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It increased the economy and merchant class. There was also a growing middle class.

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In what ways did the plague impact the birth of the Renaissance?

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Because there were fewer laborers, they were able to charge more which then let them spend more on leisure activities.

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18
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Describe the contributions made by Da Vinci and Michelangelo

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Da Vinci- Mona Lisa
Michelangelo- David

19
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What impact did Machiavelli have on the government during the Renaissance?

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he said that rulers should be feared rather than loved and told rulers how to expand their power. He set the standard for political science.

20
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What is humanism?

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a new interest in the classical past

21
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How did the crusades impact the Renaissance?

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it brought back knowledge from Asia to Europe

22
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describe the contributions of the growing middle class in the Renaissance

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they had more free time and money to spend on leisure activities

23
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How did the printing press impact the development of ideas

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It allowed for the spread of ideas because of the growing availability of said ideas

24
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explain the role of Martin Luther in the Reformation

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he created the 95 Theses and Lutheranism. This helped start the Reformation

25
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What were the criticisms of the Catholic Church that started the Renaissance?

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what they were preaching didn’t match the scripture and they were selling indulgences

26
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What was the impact of the Catholic Counter-Reformation?

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It led to strict conformity and terror and many deaths from the Inquisition

27
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How did Henry VIII advance the Protestant Reformation?

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He created the Church of England because he wanted to annul his marriage

28
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Describe the idea of predestination as it relates to the Reformation

A

The Calvinists believed that God already chose who was going to Heaven and who could be condemned

29
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What were the goals of the Catholic Counter-Reformation?

A

to solidify the authority of the Catholic Church

30
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Describe the Inquisition

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Inquisitors would put possible heretics on trial or torture them for answers. It was in hopes of ending the Reformation and regaining power

31
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Describe the importance of the Council of Trent

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they had to reclaim the authority of the Catholic Church in order to keep the Holy Roman Catholic Church alive

32
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What were indulgences?

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they were a fee you would pay to be forgiven of your past sins

33
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How did John Calvin advance the protestant reformation?

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he created Calvinism and continued Luther’s teachings. He also created a model Christian state in Geneva

34
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Describe the contributions of Copernicus in advancing science

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he came up with the heliocentric theory

35
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The Scientific Revolution was characterized by the use of what to gain knowledge?

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observation, experimentation, and the scientific method

36
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What contributions to science were made by Descartes?

A

the scientific method

37
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What contributions to science were made by Bacon?

A

the scientific method

38
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What contributions to science were made by Newton?

A

laws of gravity

39
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What contributions to science were made by Kepler?

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created formulas and laws describing how the planets’ movements around the sun

40
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What contributions to science were made by Galileo?

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the telescope and proved heliocentrism

41
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What contributions to science were made by Boyle?

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Boyle’s law (the interaction between volume, temperature, and gas pressure)

42
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What was the scientific method?

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Make an observation, hypothesis, then test it

43
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What theory did Galileo try to prove?

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heliocentrism

44
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In what ways did Galileo get in trouble with the Catholic Church?

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he went on trial for heresy in the Inquisition trials and found guilty then was placed on house arrest for the rest of his life and forced to denounce his findings

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