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"Which of the following (there may be more than one) would be a date that a Crusade might have happened:1040 1925 843 1679
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Explain the difference between wealth in the Middle Ages & wealth during a Renaissance
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Middle Ages = land
Renaissance = Money |
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Wealth came from money goods not from land
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Explain how the aristocrats of the city states were different from the nobles of the feudal system.
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How did a patron help an artist?
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Gave money, place to live and work
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How many Crusades were there?
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9
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On what peninsula did the Renaissance begin?
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Italian peninsula
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What artist painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper?
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Leonardo da Vinci
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What did it Erasmus do?
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Criticize the church for its wealth and poked fun at its officials
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Florence
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What was a city state (name) that was the center of banking, trade, and manufacturing during the Renaissance?
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What was different about the subjects the artist painted during the Renaissance and then the subjects of the Middle Ages artists?
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Middle Ages artist's subjects were only religious
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What was Martin Luther (what he do for a living?)
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A monk
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What was the event that led to the Renaissance?
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Crusade
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What was the Reformation?
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The developing of new churches based on Jesus, but without the problems of the Catholic Church
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What were the 3 results of the Crusades?
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Opened up trade routes -- connecting people of Europe with Asia -- rediscovered Greek and Roman ideas
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What were two church activities that led to Protestant religions?
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Sale of Indulgences/corruption
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Where did the Renaissance begin?
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Italian peninsula
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Who was the person who called for the Crusades?
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Pope Urban II
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Who were 3 famous men of the Renaissance?
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Michelangelo - Leonardo DiVinci - Galileo
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Who wrote the plays "Romeo and Juliet" & "Macbeth".
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William Shakespeare
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Why did wealthy people and Italian city state become patrons of famous artists and scholars?
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Believe the artist would contribute to the wealth and greatness of their city state
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Why was the period of the 14th to the 16th century called the Renaissance
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It was a time in which the European discovered the learning of the Greeks and Romans
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What was a reaction of the Catholic Church to the Protestant Reformation?
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Counter reformation (change)
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What is one way in which early civilizations and Ancient Greeks are similar?
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Both relied on agriculture as the basis of their economy
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Which best describes the similarities between early civilizations (Mesopotamia and Egypt) and Ancient Greece?
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Early civilizations and the Ancient Greeks were polytheistic
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One effect of rugged, mountainous geography on the civilization of ancient Greece was the development of
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separate, independent city-states
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Which society practiced direct democracy?
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Ancient Athens
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The Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, and the English Bill of Rights were created to
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limit the power of English monarchs
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The system of government which have vassals that like Lord Richard and Lord Steven is called
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Feudalism
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What new invention help Martin Luther’s complaints against the Church spread so quickly?
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The printing press
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How many complaints did Martin Luther have of the Church?
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Luther had 95 criticisms (95 Thesis)
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. Who played a very significant role in bringing about the Protestant Reformation?
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Martin Luther
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On what did Humanist writers of the Renaissance place emphasis?
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on man, his intellect, and his life on Earth.
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How did the printing press allow more people to buy reading material?
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Because Gutenberg's press could produce books quickly and with relatively little effort, bookmaking became much less expensive
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Who invented the printing press in 1445?
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Gutenberg
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What was a fabric that Western Europeans wanted to import from the East?
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Silk
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What were 4 spices Western Europeans wanted to import from the East?
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Peppercorns, nutmeg, mace, and cinnamon
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For traders why was sailing a better option than traveling by land?
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the network of roads that crisscrossed Europe was poor, and the few good roads that did exist were frequented by thieves
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What country became famous for drawing more reliable maps?
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Portugal
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What did a magnetic compass do?
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Direction
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What was an astrolabe?
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a portable device used by sailors to help them find their way. By measuring the distance of the sun and stars above the horizon, the astrolabe helped determine latitude, an important tool in navigation.
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What were Luther's followers called?
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Protestants
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