World history 13 – Flashcards
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Who assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts preserving the works of Cicero, homer and Virgil?
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Francesco Petrarch
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What would best describes the ideal woman according to writer Baldassare Castiglone?
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Balance to men
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Which scientist challenged the geocentric view of the universe and in turn was condemned to house arrest for the rest of his life?
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Galileo
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Today's baptists, Mennonites, and Amish can all trace their religious ancestry to whom?
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The catholic church
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Who described architecture as "social art" ment to combine beauty with utility and improvement of society?
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Leon Albert
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Why major theme of northern Renaissance did albecht dürers engravings portray
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Scenes of peasant life
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Why did anabaptists believed that infants should not be baptized
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Infants are too young to accept Christian faith
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In the 1600s Robert boyles work was in what field of science?
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Chemistry
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What is the age of great change marked by renewed interest in classical learning and the arts called?
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Renaissance
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The last supper and the Mona Lisa were the work of which great artist?
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Leonardo devici
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Which inventor perfected the microscope and was the first person to see cells and microorganisms
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Galileo
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What did the calculations of astronomer Johannes Kepler show
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Planets do not move in a perfect circle
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What changes did the Catholic Church make during the catholic reformation
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It provided penalties for corruption among the clergy
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What was the main goal of Jesuits
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Defend, restore and spread the catholic faith
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How did Martin Luther react react to when peasant rebels took up his banner as a means of bringing about social change in Germany
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He announced he would not take sides in the conflict
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What rule did the ruling of families of Italian city-states play in the renaissance
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They were patrons of the arts. They founded many art projetd
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One way that Renaissance artists reflected the new ideas of humanism was by painting what?
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People and religious paintings
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How did John Wycliffe help set the stage for the Protestant reformation
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translated bible into vernacular
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In the scientific method,what is a hypothesis?
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Educated guess
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What is one reason why the Renaissance began in italy
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Italy was a big place for trading
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Many scholars agree that btwn 1450 and 1750 If people believed in both Christianity and magic what happened to them
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The persecution of people as whitches
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What triggered the events that resulted in the formation of the Church of England
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Henry 8 th wanted a divorce
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How did ideas from the Renaissance and reformation contribute to scientific revolution
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People question traditional learning and observe nature
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What humanist of Northern Europe wrote about his vision of an ideal society, in which people live in peace and harmony
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Thomas more
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Humanist scholars differed from medieval thinkers in that humanists focused more on what
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Worldy subjects
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What was the purpose of the council of Trent
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To direction the reform of the catholic church
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René Descartes believed that the best road to understanding was through...?
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Human reasoning
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Why was sir Thomas more excecuted
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He opposed Henry as kind
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The Swiss city-state of Geneva became a model of Protestant morality under the leadership of who?
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John calvn
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What resulted from the peace of Augsburg in 1555
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Each German prince could decide the religion for his lands
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Which practice was condemned by the leaders of the Protestant reformation
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Indulgences
