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55 Cards in this Set
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The best synonym for secular is
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worldly
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A person who produces work "in the vernacular" is one who writes in local
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classical language
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The printing press wa invented by
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Johann Gutenburg
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The followers of John Knox became known as
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Presbyterians
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Which group founded superb schools and trained missionaries
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The Jesuits
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The term renaissance means
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Rebirth
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What country was made up of city - states
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northern Italy
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The doctrine of predestination was centralto the religiou teachings of
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John Calvin
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The main reason behine the split between the English Church and the Roman Church was Henry VIII's
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desire for a male heir
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What portion of the total population is Christian?
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33 %
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Which continental area is about evenly d evided between Christians and non-Christians
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Africa
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In what regions did the Renaissance begin
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northern Italy
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What was written as a guide for how to become a "Renassance man"
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The Courtier
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Desiderius Erasmus, Thomas More, and Francois Rabelais were prominent
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Christian humanists
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John Gutenburg is famous for
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Inventing the printing press
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To become known as an important patron, one most needs to be
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wealthy
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The intellectual and cutural movement known as humanism arose from the study of
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classical Greek and Roman culture
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The first use of movable type was in
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China
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What did Thomas More write
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Utopia
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Predestination was one of the main doctrines of
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Calvinism
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What doctrine was agreed upon at the Council of Trent
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The Churche's interpretation of the Bible is final
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Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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Michaelangelo
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According to Castiglione the ideal "Renaissance man" was
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skilled in a wide variety of areas
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Martin Luther's theses were an attack on the Church's
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methods of raising money
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Which reformer was excommunicated by Pope Leo X
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Martin Luther
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Which continental area has the greatest number of Muslims?
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Asis
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On which continental area are eight out of any ten people likely to be Roman Catholic
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Latin America
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The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper were painted by
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Leonardo da Vinci
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What was written as a guide for how to become a "Renassance man"
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The Courtier
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The period of European History knoiwn as the Renaissance roughly covers the time from
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1300 to 1600
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The technique known as perdpective is most useful in the creation of
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3 dimensional art
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Renaissance painters in Flanders, as in Italy, tended to produce work that was
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realistic
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In Greek, the word Utopia means
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"no place"
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What did Desiderius Erasmus and Francois Rabelais have in common
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Both were considered humanists
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The founder of the religious order known as the Jesuits was
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Ignatius of Loyola
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Which group believed that only the baptism od adults was valid ?
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Anabaptist
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Who wrote the guide for how to gain power and keep it
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The Prince
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What did not weaken the church in the 1400 and 1500
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Formation of the Jusuit order
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The Presbyters were followers of
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John Knox
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John Calvin's teachings had, as a central theme, the concept of
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predestination
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What doctrine was not agreed upon at Council of Trent
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local church authorities had to be the originators of the process of excommunication
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A person who uses shrewdness and trickery to get and hold power could be described as being
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Machiavellian
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Edmund Spenser dedicated his poem "The Faerie Queen" to
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Elizabeth I
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About what % of the total population is non-religious
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20 %
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What contintal area has the greatest number of Jews
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North America
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Which continental area has 8 out of 10 people are likely to be Roman Catholic
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Latin America
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Which Continental area is evenly divided between Roman Catholic and Mainstream Protestants
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Oceania
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Who was the artiat,scientist and inventor that left personal papers written in "mirror writing"
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Medici family members are famous for being
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rulers and supporters of the arts
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The first full size book printed with moveable type on the printing press was
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The Bible
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The Peace of Augsburg ended the war between the supporters of
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Catholic and Protestant German princes
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Utopia was written by
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Thomas More
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The Peace of Augsburg declared that the religion of each German state would be decided by
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that state's ruler
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To which religious group do the mennonites and the Amish trace their origin
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Anabaptists
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The founder of the Jesuit order was
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Ignatius of Loyola
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