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MOH Volume 3 > Quarter One > Flashcards

Quarter One Flashcards

1
Q

What was the war of roses?

A

Battle between the House of Lancaster and the House of York

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2
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Who united the House of York and the House of Lancaster?

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Henry VII (through marriage) and he created the House of Tudor

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3
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Who started the first Platonic Academy?

A

Cosimo de’ Medici

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4
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Who built the Dome of Florence?

A

Brunelleschi

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5
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Who sculpted the bronze statue of David?

A

Donatello

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6
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Who instructed Isabella as her childhood priest?

A

Tomas de Torquemada

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7
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Who ruled over the House of England after the Hundred Years’ War (Lancaster or York)?

A

Lancaster

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8
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What business did the Medici family own?

A

They were bankers

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9
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Before he became King of Spain, Ferdinand was the prince of?

A

Aragon

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10
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Where was Isabella the princess of before she became Queen of Spain?

A

Castile

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11
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Who was hired by Isabella to oversee the Spanish Inquisition?

A

Tomas de Torquemada

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12
Q

The Tartar Mongols descended from the great and terrible?

A

Genghis Khan

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13
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Ivan the Great built his capital where in Russia?

A

The Kremlin

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14
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Who was reported to have King Solomon’s treasure? Many people wanted to round the Cape of Good Hope to find him.

A

Prester John

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15
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Who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497?

A

Vasco de Gama

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16
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Who made friends with King Ferrante of Naples and canceled a pending war?

A

Lorenzo de Medici

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17
Q

When did Columbus sail the ocean blue?

A

1492

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18
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Who sponsored Colon’s trip to the new world?

A

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

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19
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How many voyages did Colon make and what was he looking for?

A

He made four voyages. He was looking for a new way to the West Indies.

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20
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Did Colon treat the Natives well?

A

No, he was cruel to the natives.

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21
Q

What are griots?

A

Special men who memorize the history of their people

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22
Q

Who was a famous ruler of Mali?

A

King Mansa Musa. He traveled to Mecca and showed off his wealth.

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23
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Who was Savonarola and where did he live?

A

He was a preacher from Florence.

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24
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Who executed Savonarola and why?

A

Pope Alexander VI because of his preaching of the Gospel.

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25
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Who was Henry VI?

A

Feeble king of England after the Hundred Years’ War

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26
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Who was Henry Tudor?

A

Man who united the Houses of York and Lancaster (also known as Henry VII)

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27
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Who was Ivan the Great?

A

Russian Tsar

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28
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Who was Sophia?

A

Princess of the Byzantine Empire who married Ivan the Great

29
Q

Who was Bartolomeu Dias?

A

First Portuguese Captain to round the tip of Africa

30
Q

Who was Lorenzo Medici

A

Italian patron of the arts and grandson of Cosimo

31
Q

Who was Cosimo de Medici

A

called “Father of His Country”

32
Q

What does San Salvador mean?

A

Holy Savior

33
Q

Who were the Arawak?

A

gentle natives of the Caribbean Islands

34
Q

Who are the Americas named for?

A

Amerigo Vespucci

35
Q

Who posed for the Mona Lisa?

A

Madonna Elisabetta

36
Q

Who wrote backward?

A

Leonardo da Vinci

37
Q

Who was Abbas the Great?

A

descendant of Ismail

38
Q

Who was Ismail?

A

Man who established Persia as a Shiite nation

39
Q

Who was the founder of the Songhai Empire?

A

Askia Muhammad I

40
Q

Who was Mansa Musa

A

Ruler of Mali who put them on the map for gold

41
Q

Who painted “The Creation of Adam” in the Sistine Chapel?

A

Michelangelo

42
Q

Who painted “Praying Hands”?

A

Durer

43
Q

Who wrote in Praise of Folly?

A

Erasmus

44
Q

Who wrote The Prince?

A

Machiavelli

45
Q

What does “Machiavellian” mean?

A

Tricky, deceitful or dishonest politics

46
Q

What are some of Raphael’s famous paintings?

A

Sistine Madonna and The School of Athens

47
Q

What church did Ivan the Great become the head of when he married Sophia?

A

The Eastern Roman Church

48
Q

On which of his four voyages was Colon arrested and sent back in chains?

A

The third voyage

49
Q

What were some of Jan van Eycks paintings?

A

The Arnolfini Marriage

50
Q

Who re-wrote the Latin Vulgate?

A

Erasmus

51
Q

Who conquered the Aztecs?

A

Cortes

52
Q

Who conquered the Incas?

A

Pizarro

53
Q

Who sailed around the globe?

A

Ferdinand Magellan

54
Q

What is the strait of Magellan?

A

A passage through South America to the Pacific Ocean

55
Q

When did Leonardo da Vinci paint the Mona Lisa?

A

1503

56
Q

When did Martin Luther post his Ninety-five theses?

A

1517

57
Q

Who painted The Tower of Babel?

A

Bruegel

58
Q

Who painted The Ship of Fools?

A

Jerome Bosch

59
Q

Who painted The Last Supper and Pieta?

A

Leonardo da Vinci

60
Q

The Soninke of West Africa made Ghana rich by taxing what two things?

A

Salt and Gold

61
Q

Who did Ghana fall too?

A

Muslims in 1070

62
Q

Who wrote the Art of War?

A

Erasmus

63
Q

Who was hired to work for the city of Florence?

A

Machiavelli

64
Q

Who worked for Cesare Borgia?

A

Machiavelli

65
Q

What was the Byzantine Empire called during the Middle ages?

A

The Eastern Roman Empire

66
Q

What did Russians see themselves as after Ivan married Sophia?

A

The New Rome

67
Q

What did Ivan start in Russia?

A

Feudalism

68
Q

Who was Elam named after?

A

Noah

69
Q

Who thought that Abu Bekr was the rightful successor to Mohammed?

A

Sunnis

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