WH Final Review #3

the payment a woman brings to a marriage

Who won the Hundred Years War?

a sun centered model of the universe is called

Ideal society often with the implication that such a society is ultimately impractical

Government run by religious leaders

Italian explorer who sailed west to find a new route to India

What year did Christopher Columbus sail the ocean blue and discover the New World?

A merchant from Venice who visited Yuan China

Christian reformer who profoundly affected the direction of the Reformation. Pushed the idea of predestination

a campaign to drive Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula

Captain of the first crew to circumnavigate the world

What empire conquered Constantinople and destroyed the Byzantine Empire?

Sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to India

The idea that God had long ago determined who would gain salvation and who would not

Man who developed the theory of gravity

Charles Martel won this battle, keeping the Muslims out of France

a series of wars between Christians and Muslims for control of Middle Eastern lands

the force that keeps the planet in orbit

Man who triggered the Protestant Reformation. Wrote 95 Theses

Arrived in China at the head of a British diplomatic mission in 1793. Offended the Chinese and negotiations failed

The meaning of Charles Martel's name

What was the meaning of Charlemagne's name?

the art of beautiful handwriting

killer tidal waves launched from underwater earthquakes

Complete control of a product or business by one person or group

King of England who broke away from the Catholic Church and founded the Church of England

A trading company established by the Netherlands in 1602 to protect and expand its trade in Asia

Name of the famous church in Constantinople

An area of a town where Jews were sometimes forced to live

Everyday language for ordinary people