2020 Midterm Review II

Protestants saw John Calvin's theocracy in Geneva as a model community. They brought back his Calvinist ideas, which

The greatest Renaissance writer was ________________, whose 37 plays are still performed today.

What lead to increase in demand for slaves?

The printing press did all of the following except

Emperor Charles V called Martin Luther to the __ to recant his 95 Theses, Martin refused and was declared an outlaw.

Europeans sought new trade routes so that they could —

Where did the Renaissance begin?

His book, On the Structure of the Human Body, was the first detailed and accurate study of human anatomy

Galileo’s support of the heliocentric model, supported by his observations of moons going around Jupiter, lead to his

What did the Peace of Augsburg do?

The effects of the Renaissance took longer to reach Northern Europe because___________

What was one of the important results of the Catholic Reformation?

Which field of study was Anton von Leeuwenhoek most influential in?

The main intellectual movement, which stressed the individual and the study of ancient Greece and Rome, was called

He was known as the “German Leonardo” for his many diverse works

The ghetto in Venice was an example of how

What was the journey from Africa to the Americas for slaves called?

The Protestant Reformation swept through Europe when Martin Luther, angered over Church abuses, called for

Why did people who were critical of the Roman Catholic Church believe the Church needed to reform?

What was a goal that the writers Erasmus, More, and Rabelais all had in common?

What was the one key belief shared by the different Anabaptist sects?

Where did the money to pay for the Renaissance come from?

What influenced scientists to begin exploring and finding new understandings about the physical universe?

Exchange of good, ideas and diseases between the Old World and the New World is called __

He is considered the greatest “renaissance man” for his inventions, his Mona Lisa and his sketches

What does the word "renaissance" mean?

Why was the heliocentric model so controversial that the Church labeled its supporters heretics?

This man conquered the Aztec Empire in what is now modern day Mexico.

What was the main catalyst driving Henry VIII to establish the Church of England?

Medieval scientists used the works of ancient scholars, such as ________ and _______, instead of inquiring on their own

How did the Scientific Revolution change thinking about the physical universe?

In his book, The Prince, Machiavelli advised rulers that it was better to ______

Luther was able to get away with challenging the Church, something Hus and Wycliffe failed to do, because

Martin Luther’s criticism of the Roman Catholic Church focused on the —

This man conquered the Incan Empire.

Northern Renaissance art had many of the same humanistic traits of the Italian Renaissance, but it focused more on

Copernicus proposed which of the following?

He developed the fundamentals of calculus in order to explain his theory of gravity.

How was Columbus’ plan to reach India different than people before him?