Quarter 2

Question 1

who nailed the 95 Theses to a church door in Wittenberg Castle in 1517?

Answer 1

Martin Luther

Question 2

who founded the Society of Jesus AKA the Jesuits?

Answer 2

Ignatius Loyola

Question 3

who came up with and proved with the telescope, the heliocentric theory?

Answer 3

Copernicus/Galileo

Question 4

who do we consider to be the founder of the scientific method?

Answer 4

Bacon

Question 5

what country was the first to go on Voyages of Discovery?

Answer 5

Portugal

Question 6

where’s the Gold Coast?

Answer 6

West Coast of Africa

Question 7

what do we call plants that travel from the new world to Old World or vice versa prior to 1492?

Answer 7

Archaeophytes

Question 8

which of the following king became king of 4 was an absolutist and reportedly said “I’m the state” “I am the Sun King” and “I am the Most Christian King”?

Answer 8

Phillip II

Question 9

where do we credit the Renaissance starting?

Answer 9

Florence

Question 10

this queen of England made England a major power

Answer 10

Queen Elizabeth

Question 11

Who put together the first encyclopedia?

Answer 11

Diderot

Question 12

The Black Death is a major factor in ending the Middle Ages in feudalism by making this resource much more scarce?

Answer 12

Labor

Question 13

What does the Middle Passage refer to?

Answer 13

Traveling slaves from Africa to the new world

Question 14

Ultimately, which of the following businesses dominated world trade more than any other?

Answer 14

British East India Company

Question 15

Who led the invasion of and defeated the Aztec empire?

Answer 15

Cortez

Question 16

This was brought about Catholic Church in an attempt to combat the British reformation and to self analyze it’s positions on issues

Answer 16

Council of Trent

Question 17

Where did the 30 Years’ War take place? (for the most part)

Answer 17

Germany

Question 18

The Renaissance started in Italy, due in large part because of?

Answer 18

the wealth of the merchants

Question 19

Brunelleschi designed an enormous dome for the Duomo Church. Where is this church?

Answer 19

Florence

Question 20

When Hennig Brand boiled down urine trying to find gold, what other element did he discover?

Answer 20

Phosphorus

Question 21

Who put together the first encyclopedia?

Answer 21

Diderot

Question 22

Who wrote the “Spirit of Laws”?

Answer 22

Baron Montesquieu

Question 23

“The invisible hand dictates the cost of goods in a free economy” - who would say that?

Answer 23

Adam Smith

Question 24

Which of the following was a harsh critic of society and used sarcasm to make fun of inequities?

Answer 24

Voltaire

Question 25

“Civilization corrupts man. His true state is that of Native Americans.” - who would say that?

Answer 25

Rousseau

Question 26

Our Founding Fathers got the idea of 3 separate branches of government from?

Answer 26

Baron Montesquieu

Question 27

This person invented the movable type printing press revolutionizing communication?

Answer 27

Johann Gutenberg

Question 28

What two countries were part of the treaty of Tordesillas?

Answer 28

Portugal / Spain