Western Europe is Transformed

Question 0

Who made The Last Supper

Answer 0

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 1

What is humanism?

Answer 1

The idea that humans are special because we have brains and God. It is often portrayed in art

Question 2

Who made the Pieta, David, and painted on the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling (The Last Judgement)?

Answer 2

Michelangelo

Question 3

Who made the printing press and is #1 on most influential people?

Answer 3

Johannes Gutenburg

Question 4

What is the Black Death?

Answer 4

A deadly disease spread by rats/fleas that killed 1/3 of the population.

Question 5

Who made The Birth of Venus?

Answer 5

Sandro Botticelli

Question 6

Who made The School of Athens?

Answer 6

Raphael

Question 7

What force is really powerful in Italy?

Answer 7

The Catholic Church

Question 8

Who is the head of the Catholic Church?

Answer 8

The Pope; Popes were usually greedy- very rich; not supposed to get married; also a political leader and in charge of people states

Question 9

What is an indulgence?

Answer 9

Where people give money to church to forgive all their sins. The church normally did it to raise money.

Question 10

What is St. Peter’s Basilica?

Answer 10

Largest Christian church in the world, located in Vatican City in Italy. The dome was created by Michelangelo

Question 11

What is a tithe?

Answer 11

It’s when you give money to the church

Question 12

Who is the leader of the Mongols?

Answer 12

Genghis Khan

Question 13

What is the Silk Road?

Answer 13

A place where merchants can safely trade with the protection of the Mongols

Question 14

What is a tariff?

Answer 14

A tax for entering a place; the Silk Road had no tariffs

Question 15

What did the Italians put a lot of money into?

Answer 15

Art

Question 16

What is The Prince and who made it?

Answer 16

It was made by Nicolo Machiavelli and its a paper about political science.

Question 17

What is the Act of Supremacy?

Answer 17

A law that says the king is the head of the church, not the Pope; created by King Henry VIII so he could get divorced to his first wife

Question 18

What is the 95 Theses and who wrote them?

Answer 18

Martin Luther wrote them and it is basically a list of 95 things wrong with the church; he put it on the front door of the church

Question 19

Who is Martin Luther?

Answer 19

He is a German monk who read the Latin bible, disagreed with the church’s actions, wrote 95 things about how the church was wrong and translated the Latin bible into German. He also started Lutherism and married a Catholic nun.

Question 20

What is Lutherism?

Answer 20

The belief that you don’t have to work hard to get into heaven, you just have to believe.

Question 21

Who is John Calvin?

Answer 21

Dude who created Calvinism; attracted Protestant followers with his teachings

Question 22

What is Calvinism?

Answer 22

The belief that God is all powerful and good while humans are weak and wicked and that their souls were predestined to either go to heaven or hell and nothing could change that

Question 23

What is an Anglican?

Answer 23

A “purified” version of Catholics

Question 24

Why did everyone work hard in Italy?

Answer 24

So they’d be rich=blessed=going to heaven; there was a belief that if you were going to heaven you’d be blessed on earth (Calvinism) so everyone wanted to appear blessed.

Question 25

How many wives did Henry VIII have and what happened to them?

Answer 25

He had six

1. Divorced
2. Beheaded
3. Died
4. Divorced
5. Beheaded
6. Survived

Question 26

What is the Peace of Augsberg?

Answer 26

Allowed German princes to decide what religion their lands would follow (Catholicism or Lutherism)

Question 27

What are Elizabeth’s English privateers?

Answer 27

People who attacked Spanish ships (pirates)