World History Final

Question 1

Humanism

Answer 1

Celebrating human potential and achievement. Stresses the importance of studying subjects such as history, grammar, literature, and philosophy.

Question 2

Inquisition

Answer 2

The court set in place by the church to find and punish heretics, or people who stray from the catholic religion.

Question 3

Reformation

Answer 3

A movement of opposition to the Roman Catholic Church beginning in the 16th century

Question 4

Ninety five thesis

Answer 4

Disputes Luther had with the church over them selling indulgences to finance St. Peter’s cathedral in Rome.

Question 5

Geocentric

Answer 5

The theory that earth is at the center of the universe

Question 6

Cortes

Answer 6

Spanish explorer who conquered Aztec civilization

Question 7

Lemonade da Vinci

Answer 7

Italian Renaissance painter, born in 1452. Painted many masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa and the last supper. Also excelled in scientific research

Question 8

Alberech Durer

Answer 8

German renaissance artist, created many woodcuts

Question 9

Catholic

Answer 9

Describing specific traditions in the Christian church in theology, doctrine, liturgy, ethics, and spirituality.

Question 10

Natural law

Answer 10

The right that people are born with the right to life, liberty, and property.
Natural law- people have the right to not have their government interfere in economics

Question 11

Spain

Answer 11

Columbus sailed from Spain. Early 1500s Spanish conquered went to the Americas in search of gold. Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztecs. Within ten years, Spain controlled all of current day Mexico and Central America. They also conquered the Incan. They enslaved most conquered people.

Question 12

Laissez faire

Answer 12

No government interfering with trade.

Question 13

Portugal

Answer 13

Henry the navigator was the prince. He created the school for navigation, map makers, and shipbuilders. He sponsored voyages. This led to the caravel. They set up trading posts along the coast of Africa.

Question 14

How did the scientific revolution affect the enlightenment

Answer 14

People began to look at things with logic and reason in mind so they wanted to know things on a factual base, not religious

Question 15

Europe’s affect on the Americas

Answer 15

About 20 million native Americans died from diseases brought by the Europeans. They converted people to new religions. They put them into slavery. They took their land and nature.

Question 16

Triangular trade

Answer 16

The exchange of goods and slaves across the Atlantic Ocean between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.

Question 17

Colombian exchange

Answer 17

The movement of plants, animals, and other living things between the eastern and western hemispheres after Columbus’s voyages

Question 18

The Americas after being conquered

Answer 18

20,000,000 native Americans were killed by diseases. Empires were conquered and destroyed. Land was no longer respected, but used for gain. Many people were enslaved. Many people traveled to the Americas to look for fortunes.

Question 19

Enlightenment

Answer 19

18th century philosophical movement in which philosophers used reason to understand truths about human nature.

Question 20

Luther

Answer 20

German theologian, born in 1483, who was a leader of the reformation and taught salvation through faith in God

Question 21

Heliocentric

Answer 21

Having the sun at the center of the center of the universe

Question 22

Aztec

Answer 22

Capital Tenochtitlàn (place of the prickly pear). Used chinampas to grow crops, montezuma ll demanded more sacrifices, taken over by Spanish

Question 23

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Answer 23

An Italian Renaissance artist, born in 1475, worked mainly as a sculptor but also painted (Sistine chapel in Rome)

Question 24

William Shakespeare

Answer 24

Most famous English writer of the Renaissance, best known for plays Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet

Question 25

Protestant

Answer 25

Member of a Christian group that broke with the Roman Catholic during or after the 16th century

Question 26

Religious tolerance

Answer 26

People went to the Americas because there was a democracy. They also used religion less in government so they could believe their own religion. Many Prussian rulers provided broader religious tolerance than other areas of the time.

Question 27

Reason

Answer 27

Using logic and facts to come to a conclusion

Question 28

England

Answer 28

Bill of rights used used in the American bill of rights, Renaissance spread to England in late 1400s

Question 29

Main reason why Portugal sailed across the coast of Africa

Answer 29

To get a profitable trade of gold, ivory, and slaves

Question 30

How did the environment influence the native Americans

Answer 30

The environment was very important to native Americans. They lived off of it, they are off of it, and they respected it.

Question 31

Renaissance

Answer 31

Period of rebirth in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600. Began in Italy then spread to the rest of Europe.