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9th Grade
01/20/2012

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ALBRECHT DURER
Definition
He is known as the German Leonardo
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FRANCESCO PETRARCH
Definition
The father of Humanism who wrote Sonnets of Laura
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FRANCIS BACON
Definition
English Scientist who helped to define the Scientific Method – He stressed experimentation and observation
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GALILEO GALILEI
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He was tried before the Inquisition and forced to say that the earth stood motionless in the center of the universe
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ISAAC NEWTON
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He proposed the theory of gravity
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JOHANN GUTTENBERG
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His invention of the Printing Press was revolutionary
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
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Italian painter and inventor – creator of the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
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LORENZO DE MEDICI
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Wealthy merchant and Patron of the Arts
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MICHELANGELO
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Italian sculptor famous for painting the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
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Author of the Prince
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RENEE DESCARTES
Definition
He was the Frenchman who said “I think therefore I am” – stressed human reasoning in his interpretation of the Scientific Method
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Greatest author of the Renaissance period who wrote Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet
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GRAVITY
Definition
The single force that keeps the planets in their orbits
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HELIOCENTRIC
Definition
The sun-centered theory of the universe
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HYPOTHESIS
Definition
An educated Guess
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HUMANISM
Definition
Intellectual movement that focused on worldly subjects rather than on religious issues
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PATRON
Definition
A financial supporter of the arts
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PERSPECTIVE
Definition
The technique that artists came up with that made distant objects smaller than those close to the viewer, making it appear three-dimensional
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SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Definition
Painstaking method used to confirm findings and to prove or disprove a hypothesis
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VERNACULAR
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The everyday language of the people
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WHAT IS THE FOCUS OF RENAISSANCE ARTISTS?
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The focus on is on humanistic concerns
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WHAT DID INCREASE PRINTING DURING THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD?
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Increased literacy
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WHAT COPERNICUS SCIENTIFIC PROPOSAL?
Definition
The earth travels around the sun
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WHAT DID NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI THINK ABOUT THE ACTIONS OF RULERS AND PEOPLE IN GENERAL?
Definition
He believed that people are selfish and are out for themselves – Rulers should do anything to maintain power
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WHAT LED TO THE BIRTH OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY?
Definition
A wealthy and powerful merchant class
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST EXPLAINS WHY THE RENAISSANCE OCCURRED IN NORTHERN EUROPE LATER THAN IT DID IN ITALY?
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Black Death delayed economic growth in Northern Europe
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JOHN CALVIN
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Religious reformer who believed in predestination
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HENRY VIII
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Monarch who established the Church of England
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MARTIN LUTHER
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Wrote 95 Theses – Father of the Protestant Reformation
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INDULGENCE
Definition
A lessening of punishment for sins
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PREDESTINATION
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The idea that god determined long ago would achieve salvation
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RECANT
Definition
To give up one’s views
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WHAT WAS THE FOCUS OF MARTIN LUTHER’S CRITISM OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH?
Definition
Selling Indulgences
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WHAT DID MARTIN LUTHER BELIEVE IN?
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Salvation could be achieved through faith alone
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WHAT WAS HENRY VIII’S REACTION TO THE POPE’S REFUSAL OF AN ANNULMENT ?
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He took over the English church
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Definition
Navigator who wanted to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe – Credited for discovering America
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FERDINAND MAGELLAN
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Navigator who wanted to find a sea route through the Americas to the Indies – His Mission was the first to circumvent the world
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HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
Definition
Portuguese ruler who encouraged Ocean exploration
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ASTROLABE
Definition
A device used to measure the angle of the sun and the stars above the horizon
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CARAVEL
Definition
A ship with square and triangular sails
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CIRCUMNAVIGATE
Definition
To sail around the world
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CARTOGRAPHER
Definition
Mapmaker
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INFLATION
Definition
Economic cycle that involves a rise in prices linked to a sharp increase in available money
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MESTIZO
Definition
Person of mixed Spanish and Native American descent
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MIDDLE PASSAGE
Definition
Second leg of a trade network that sent enslaved people from Africa to the Americas
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PLANTATION
Definition
Large estate run by an owner or overseer
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WHY DID EUROPEAN RULERS ENCOURAGE OCEAN EXPLORATION?
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They wanted to find new trade routes
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WHAT WS PORTUGAL’S METHOD FOR TAKING OVER SOUTHEAST EAST?
Definition
Brute Military Force
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WHAT DID THE SPANISH EXPLORERS TRAVEL TO THE AMERICAS FOR?
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Gold
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SPANISH EXPLORERS WHO CLAIMED LANDS IN THE AMERICAS FOR SPAIN IN THE 1500’S AND 1600’S?
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Conquistadors
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THE CULTRE THAT DEVELOPED IN BRAZIL BLENDED NATIVE AMERICAN AND AFRICAN INFLUENCES WITH WHAT EUROPEAN COUNTRY?
Definition
Portugal
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WHO BEGAN THE EXCHANGE OF GOODS BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS?
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Christopher Columbus
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WHAT MAJOR OBJECT REPRESENTS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NATIVE AMERICANS TO THE EUROPEANS?
Definition
Corn
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WHAT WERE AFRICAN SLAVES SENT TO THE AMERICAS FOR?
Definition
Work as slaves on Plantations
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HOW DID PRICE HENRY CHANGE THE COURSE OF PORTUGAL’S HISTORY?
Definition
Portugal led the way in exploration
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ACCURATELY DESCRIBES THE ECONOMIC POLICY OF MERCANTILISM?
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It was based on a belief that a nation’s real wealth was measured in its gold and silver treasure
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING RESULTED FROM ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN THE SPANISH AND NATIVE AMERICANS?
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The Native American Population declined
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CATHERINE THE GREAT
Definition
Ruler of Russia who seized territory from Poland
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ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND
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Queen of England who encouraged sea captains to plunder Spanish treasure ships – she also established a settlement that brought together the Protestants and Catholics in England
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LOUIS XIV
Definition
French king who built a palace at Versailles
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OLIVER CROMWELL
Definition
Leader of the Roundheads in the English Civil War
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PETER THE GREAT
Definition
Ruler of Russia who carried out social and economic reforms to modernize the country
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PHILLIP II OF SPAIN
Definition
King of Spain who advanced Catholic power throughout the world – lived in the grand palace, The Escorial
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ABSOLUTE MONARCH
Definition
Ruler who has complete authority over government and the lives of the people
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BALANCE OF POWER
Definition
A distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from dominating
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DIVINE RIGHT
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The belief that authority to rule comes directly from God
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HABEAS CORPUS
Definition
Principle stating that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a crime
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LIMITED MONARCHY
Definition
Government in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch’s power
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WHO BENEFITED FROM THE EDICT OF NANTES?
Definition
Huguenots
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WHO DID PETER THE GREAT WANT TO MAKE RUSSIANS MORE LIKE?
Definition
Western Europeans
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WHAT DID PETER THE GREAT WANT TO GAIN MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE?
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A Warm water port
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WHO WAS FIGHTING IN FRANCE IN THE 1500’S?
Definition
Huguenots and Catholics
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WHO WAS THE RULER OF FRANCE WHEN EVERYTHING FRENCH BECAME POPULAR ALL OVER EUROPE?
Definition
Louis XIV
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