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European History 1451 - 1688
European History 1451 to 1688
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11th Grade
05/01/2011

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In the 1400s the Italian kingdoms were threatened on several occassions with invasion fro the east by whom?
Definition
Ottoman Turks
Term
Nonordained members in a congregation are called what?
Definition
Laity
Term
What two regions unified in the 1400s that led to the unificaion of Spain?
Definition
Castile and Aragon
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Who was the early Christian humanist who translated the Greek New Testament into Latin?
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Erasmus
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What characteristics did the Renaissance embody?
Definition
new ideas about artistic genius, sholarly investigation of ancient texts, new found perspectives in human life
Term
What event gave the impetus to the revival of Greek texts dueing the fifteenth century?
Definition
The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
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How did Renaissance art depart from previous medieval styles?
Definition
Portrayed the individual as an important subject
Term
What political structure best describes Italy in the mid-fourteenth century?
Definition
Dynamic urban states that dominated their regions
Term
What is the name for the commercial association of northern European cities to control trade and commerce in fourteenth century?
Definition
Hanseatic League
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What type of goods were exported from Venice to northern Europe during the fourteenth century?
Definition
Wool and Silk
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Where was the technology for moveable type developed?
Definition
Germany
Term
What led to the communications revolution of the sixteenth century due to?
Definition
Printing Press
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What artists represented the peak of achievement during the Italian Renaissance?
Definition
Donatello and da Vinci
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What is a skilled producer of manually crafted goods called?
Definition
Artisan
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How did fifteenth-century Italy differ from other parts of Europe?
Definition
More urban areas were devoted to commerce
Term
Who did the well-known Renaissance composers work for?
Definition
the nobility
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What was the greatest musical innovations of the Renaissance?
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polyphonic harmony
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How did artists of the northern Renaissance differ from their Italian counterparts?
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Use of precise detail in their paintings
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What was the large eastern European Kingom that buffered Russia from Polan in the late 1400s?
Definition
Lithuania
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What helped unify the powerful monarchies in western Europe?
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Catholic orthodoxy as a mjor feature of the state
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Which dynasty dominated the Holy Roman Empire in Europe by the mid-fifteenth century?
Definition
Hapsburg
Term
Which city was the most stable and lasting democcratic government in early modern Europe?
Definition
Venice
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In addition to a period of great artistic productivity the Renaissance was also a time of what other European events?
Definition
War and violence in many parts of Europe
Term
What was the dynasty that emerged victorious after the War of the Roses in England?
Definition
Tudor
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What was the name of the papal decree in 1494 that split the explored world between the Portugese and the Spanish?
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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What was the name for military adventurers exploring for the crown?
Definition
Conquistadors
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What were the two primary goals of Spanish exploration of the New World?
Definition
Enrich the royal treasury and convert the natives to Christianity
Term
In what way did the Spanish exploration in the new world affect European economics?
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Silver and gold brought from the New World created inflationary pressures
Term
What was the major reason for the colonization of Brazil by Portugal?
Definition
European demand for sugar
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Why did the Roman Catholic Church sell indulgences?
Definition
To raise money, especially to fund expensive building projects such as Saint Peter's in Rome
Term
About 1550 the globalization of the world economy under the Spanish began with what commodity?
Definition
Silver trade
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After first being ignored by the Eurpeans what items finally drew settlers to North America?
Definition
Fish and fur
Term
What is the term that began describing landed peasantry?
Definition
Bourgeoisie
Term
In the sixteenth century what helped begin global European imperialism?
Definition
Manufacturing sites throughout India
Term
Spain's initial claim to Asian territory was based on which explorer's travels?
Definition
Magellan
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Which was the first kingdom to sponsor the successful circumnavigation of the globe?
Definition
Spain
Term
What commodity was France most interested in finding in the New World?
Definition
Fur
Term
What is the theory of national wealth having to do with favorable trade balance called?
Definition
Mercantilism
Term
What helped initiate the modern global economy?
Definition
European discovery of the Americas after 1492
Term
In the 1500s what was the central focus of church reformers?
Definition
Appeal to the authority of the scriptures over antiquated church tradition
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Who were the core critics of theRoman Catholic Church in the sixteenth century?
Definition
Middle-class artisans
Term
What was the alternative to papal authority as the Reformation unfolded?
Definition
The Bible was revealed as the word of God
Term
What were changes made in the Protestant church after the Reformation?
Definition
The sacrements were reduced to two and priests were allowed to marry
Term
What was the central compromise in the Peace of Augsburg in 1555?
Definition
Lutheranism was officially recognized by European rulers
Term
What were the motives of King Henry VIII of England for separating frm the Roman Catholic Church in 1534?
Definition
Political and he wanted the pope to grant a divorce
Term
After 1534, in post-Reformation England, what two religious factions fought for power?
Definition
Catholics and Anglicans
Term
Calvinists were transplanted into which parts of Europe?
Definition
Holland and Scotland
Term
What was a central feature of the Catholic Counter-Reformation?
Definition
An attempt to raise the moral level of the clergy
Term
The search by the Christian church for heretics and nonbelievers in seventeenth-century Europe was called?
Definition
The Inquisition
Term
Because of large scale warfare between the kingdoms of modern Europe what policy had to be increased?
Definition
Taxes
Term
Which classes were the first to suffer from bad harvest and economic depression?
Definition
Peasants and urban poor
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What major factor led to the decline of Spanish power in the seventeenth century?
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Extravagant lifestyles and spending of the Hapsburg dynasty
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In the sixteenth-century eastern European peasants were no better off than which other oppressed laborers?
Definition
slaves or serfs
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