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1
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Italian who traveled to the China and brought back spices. Inspired many men through his book

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Marco Polo

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Portuguese who created a school of navigation and also explored the African Coastline

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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Portuguese was the first person to round the Cape of Good Hope

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Bartolomeu Dias

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Italian but sailed under Spain. He is one of the most famous explorers of all time. Made 4 voyages to the West Indies and the Caribbean

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Christopher Columbus

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Italian who sailed to West Indies and South America. A map maker that is significant to the U.S.

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Italian sailor that explored the shores of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Labrador. His ship was the Matthew.

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John Cabot

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Portuguese who was the first to travel around the Cape of Good Hope and traveled to India where he acted like a pirate

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Vasco De Gama

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Spanish explorer who led an expedition across Panama and found the Pacific Ocean

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Vasco de Balboa

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Spanish explorer who explored Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth.

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Juan Ponce de Leon

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Portuguese explorer who is credited as the first person ever to circum-navigate the world even though he dies in the Philippines.

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Spanish. Conquered the Aztecs in Mexico

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Hernando Cortes

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Italian who searched for a North-West passageway but instead he was the first person to find New York Harbor. His maps later on helped Henry Hudson.

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Giovanni da Verrazano

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Spanish and he conquered Peru.

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Francisco Pizzaro

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French who traveled and found the St. Lawrence river and while searching for gold he set up a colony in Quebec.

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Jacques Cartier

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Spanish and he explored the American South-west and discovered the Mississippi River

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Hernando De-Soto

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Spanish who explored the American South-West in search of a wealthy city.

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

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English the second person to circum-navigate the world and came back to England. There he was knighted and then defeated the Spanish Armada.

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Sir Francis Drake

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French who is known as the father of New France

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Samuel de Champlain

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English who sailed for the Dutch East India Company and purchased New York for 25 dollars.

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Henry Hudson

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French who explored the Mississippi River all the way to the mouth.

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Father Marquette and Louis Joliet

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French who discovered Louisiana for France and colonized

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Robert LaSalle

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Norse and was first European to reach America

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Leif Ericson

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Period of time from 500-1400 A.D.

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Middle Ages

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24
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From the Latin for Middle Ages

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Medieval

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Consisted of farmers and herders that had no set city. They had minimal laws and elected kings to lead them through battle and war.

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Germanic Tribes

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A Germanic tribe that established power in Europe by trying to take out the Romans in the 300s and settled in Gaul

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Franks

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The first king of the Franks in 481 A.D.

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Clovis

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28
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Pepin the Second’s son

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Charles Martel

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29
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Charles Martel won his first battle in 732

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Battle of Tours

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30
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Son of Charles Martel

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Pepin the Short

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31
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Son of Pepin the Short

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Charlemagne

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32
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Name of Charlemagne’s school in his palace

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Achen

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33
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What did bishops do to help peasants in the time of Charlemagne

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Build libraries and schools so that peasants could become educated.

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34
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A meeting on how they were to split the Kingdom among Louis The Pious’s three sons.

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Treaty of Verdun

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35
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Name all of the tribes that attack the sons of Louis the Pious

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  1. The Muslims
  2. Slaves
  3. Magyars
  4. Vikings
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36
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A system of rules based on lords, vassals, and serfs

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Feudalism

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37
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The granting of land to a vassal for military use and assistance

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Fief

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38
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The result of being a Knight

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Nobility

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39
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A code of conduct for a knight

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Chivalry

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40
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Name the 6 factors of Chivalry (Essay Question Possibility)

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  1. To be brave
  2. To fight fairly
  3. To be loyal
  4. Keep his word
  5. Treat the conquered foe gallantly
  6. Treat women with respect
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41
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Another name for a peasant

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Serf

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42
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The 3 outcomes of justice in the feudal times

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  1. Trial by Battle
  2. Compurgation
  3. Ordeal
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43
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A treaty that said that people could not in churches or on church property.

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The Peace of God

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44
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Another treaty that set aside days where you could not fight on Holy Days

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The Truce of God

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45
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The name to a traveling performer

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Troubadours

46
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What the church wanted the women to be

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Pure
Modest
Dressed properly
Like Mary

47
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A rule that applies to priests and nuns who were

  1. Obedient
  2. Poor
  3. Chaste or Pure
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Benedictine Rule

48
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Laws of the church

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Cannon Law

49
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The most severe punishment a person could receive for breaking Church Law

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Ex-Communication

50
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The selling of church offices

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Simoney

51
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Productive against Jews

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Anti-sematism

52
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The place where women go to learn

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Convent

53
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Money for investment

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Capital

54
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Lending money at interest

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Usury

55
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Written document that set out the rights and privileges of a town

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Charter

56
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A trainee working to join a guild

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An apprentice

57
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Associations of merchants or artisans

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Guilds

58
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Law of the people

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Common law

59
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Norman King responsible for the Doomsday Book

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William The Conquerer

60
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Said “what touches all, should be approved by all”

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Edward I

61
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Clergymen who resisted Henry II’s efforts to increase the royal power

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Thomas Beckett

62
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King forced to sign the Magna Carta

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King John I

63
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Name of the King of France who became a Saint

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St. Louis IX

64
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When parliament was strengthened it include the House of Lords and the House of …..

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Commons

65
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Emperor Fredrick I nickname

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Red Beard

66
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Former Duke of Saxony who became the King of Germany

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Otto 1st

67
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The practice of a non-clergy member appointed to a Bishop

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Lay investiture

68
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The campaign that drove the Muslims out of Spain

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Reconquista

69
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The Muslim faction that took over Palestine and caused the first crusade.

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Salajck Turks

70
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The nickname to the 3rd crusade

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The Crusade of the 3 kings

71
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The Muslim leader who recaptured Jerusalem and caused the 3rd Crusade

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Saladine

72
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The pope that called for the first crusade

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Pope Urban II

73
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The King of England that fought in the 3rd Crusade

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Richard the Lionhearted

74
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The largest crusade

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3rd crusade

75
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The only successful crusade

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1st crusade

76
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Latin for marked with a cross

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Crusader

77
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Religious reformer who believed in Pre-Destination

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John Calvin

78
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The painter who brought the Italian Renaissance to Germany

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Albert Duer

79
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Painted scenes of everyday life

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Peter Brugel

80
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Famous writer that enriched the English Language

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William Shakespeare

81
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Best known work of Spanish literature

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Cervantes

82
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First invented the Printing Press

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Johann Gutenburg

83
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European humanist scholars stressed …… Themes

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Religious

84
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Marks the ended of lay investiture

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Concordat of Verms

85
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Nickname for Fredrick Barberosa

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Red Beard

86
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Created by the pope to unify Northern Italy

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Lombard League

87
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Pope Urban II pushed for the crusades at

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The Council of Claremont

88
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The four areas that they fought for in the crusades

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Edessa
Antioch
Tripoli
Jerusalem

89
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Supported Christian beliefs. A style of learning

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Scholasticism

90
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Written in common language

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Vernacular

91
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Wrote Dante’s Inferno

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Dante

92
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No windows

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Romanesque

93
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Flying buttresses

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Gothic

94
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Council that ended the crisis of two popes

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Council of Constance

95
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Challenged the church about how the bible is not the truth not the church

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John Wycliff

96
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Famous humanist

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Petrarch

97
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Three famous painters of the Renaissance

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Leonardo DaVinci
Michelangelo
Raphael

98
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Famous writer who wrote about Politics

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Machiavelli

99
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A rich and wealthy family during the Renaissance

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Medici Family

100
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Invented oil paintings

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Jan and Hubert Van Eych

101
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Painted pagan figures

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Peter Paul Ruebens

102
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Dutch priest who was a humanist

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Arasmus

103
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Talked of a Utopian Society

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Thomas More

104
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Effects of the printing press

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Books were cheaper
More knowledge
More people learned how to read
Religious information is spread

105
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List 3 wives of Henry VIII

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Catherine of Aragon
Ann Boleyn
Jane Seymour

106
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Name all kids of Henry VIII

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Mary Tudor
Elizabeth I
Edward VI

107
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Created the Anglican church

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Henry VIII

108
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The era of Elizabeth I

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Elizabethan Settlement

109
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The council that changed the Catholic Church

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Council of Trent

110
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Founder of the Jesuits

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Ignitions of Loyola

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