Unit 5: Renaissance And Reformation

Question 1

Black death

Answer 1

30-60% of the population dies. Symptoms include swelling, buboes, quick death. Viewed by some as punishment from God

Question 2

Magna carta

Answer 2

Written in 1215 by english nobles in response to abuses by king john. One of the first times rights were written down to curb abuses of power.

Question 3

The renaissance

Answer 3

Art. printing press. Humanism

Question 4

Reformation

Answer 4

Remarkable change in western history. Permanently divided christians and altered the course of western history. Political and social divisions arise

Question 5

Catholics vs protestants

Answer 5

Differences: the pope, cathedrals, saints, holy water, celibacy and nuns, purgatory, scripture, catechism, authority, sacraments, holidays, communion

Question 6

Timeline of events

Answer 6

1215: magna carta is signed
1347: the black death arrives in europe
1350-1600: the renaissance occurs in europe
1517: martin luther posts the 95 theses.