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15 Cards in this Set
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This empire in eastern Europe collapsed after the fall of their capital to the Ottoman Turks in 1453
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Byzantine
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What new dynasty began after victory in England's War of the Roses and ruled from 1465 to 1603?
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Tutor
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The painter of the Sisteine Chapel ceiling was?
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Michaelangelo
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This new weapon mounted on ships gave European merchants firepower not available to others.
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cannons
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Business people in 14th century Italy began to develop this practice in facilitate accurate recording of transactions and efficient tracking of business profits and losses.
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Double entry bookkeeeping
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The Italian writer who captured the horror of the plague in the 14th century work The Decameron was?
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Giovanni Boccaccio
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The inventor of the first major book set in movable type was?
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Johannes Gutenberg
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What important family from Florence was well-known for their patronage of important Renaissance artists?
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The Medici Family
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What writer of The Prince is associated with a realpolitik view in political thought?
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Niccolo Macheavelli
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Ornate, Dramatic artistic style developed in Europe in the 1550s
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Baroque
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Government headed by religious leaders or a leader regarded as a god
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Theocracy
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Painted the mona Lisal; made designs of parachutes, flying machines...
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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Wrote the Institutes of the Christian Religion.
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John Calvin
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Doctrine of John Calvin that each person's fate is predetermined by God
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Predestination
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Emphasis on the dignity and worth of the individual person
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individualism
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