Middle ages and the Renaissance Flashcards

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how many people died in the black plague?

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-25 million
-1/3 to 1/2 of the population of Europe dies in a two year period (1347-1351)

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Why did so many people die of the black plague

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There was a famine, so low amounts of food. Unsanitary conditions led to low immunity and a high rate of disease.

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How long did the black plague last?

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Five years (1347-1351)

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Where did the Black plague originate?

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Central to eastern Asia (China)

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How did the black plague spread ?

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Through trade ships, fleas in rats, and people.

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What nursery rhyme might have originated around the time of the black plague

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Ring around the rosey

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Could anything good come from the Black Plague? Explain

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Yes because during the Plague there was a labor shortage so people charged more for their goods.

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What kind of war was the crusades seen. What was it caused by

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It was seen as a religious war and it happened because the christians tried to regain the holy land.

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What dose crusade mean.

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Marked with a cross.

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What were christians believe they were fighting for.

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Fighting for God.

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How many crusades were there?

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8

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Who started the crusades and when did it start.

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Pope Urban II in 1096

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What happens when you get the plague.

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Glands swell and you get a fever. Your tongue also turns black.

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How long did the crusades last?

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Around 200 years

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What was the purpose of the crusades

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to recapture the holy land from the muslims

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Who was a well known saint who was involved in the Crusades?

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Saint Francis of Assisi

17
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What was the end result of the crusades

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The muslims still had the holy land

18
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What were the positive effects of the Crusades?

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-New ideas for science, medicine, and architecture.
-Increased trade between Europe and Asia
-Kings gained loyalty from the noble that traveled with them
-It led to Europe becoming centralized and strengthened in power; uniting them.

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What were the negative effects of the crusades

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There were 4 major and 4 minor crusades and they ended in 1272
-War
-Many people died

20
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What did Galileo invent

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Astrolabe and Compass

21
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What did copernicus prove

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Solar System and Earth revolves around the sun

22
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What did Isaac Newton prove

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The law of gravity

23
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What did johann gutenburg invent

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printing press

24
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What did Leonardo da Vinci paint

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The last supper and the mona lisa

25
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What is Leonardo da Vinci’s nickname

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The Renaissance Man

26
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What did Michelangelo do

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He did the dome of the sistine chapel and sculpted the statue of david and the pieta

27
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What did raphael paint

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Madonna and child or jesus and mary

28
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What did donatello sculpt

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St.Mark statue

29
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What was the result of the magna carta

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They wanted to limit the king’s power and have right’s for people.

30
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Who put 95 thesus’ on a church

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Martin luther

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Why did the catholic church break away and form many different protesant churchs?

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Because of martin luther’s 95 thesus’

32
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What church did king henry the 8th make

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the anglican church

33
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Who led the catholic church to many reforms of good works and salvation

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St. Charles Borrowmeo

34
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What was started because of St charles borrowmeo

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seminaries were started and the catechism was write