Renaissance

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A war requested by the Pope for Christians to recapture the Holy Land from Muslims. Led to increased trade between Europe and the Middle East.

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Crusades

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A disease carried on ships and along the Silk Road from Asia to Europe that killed millions of people and helped end serfdom in Europe.

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Black Death

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Flooding led to spoiled crops and drowned livestock. Farm animals and grain seed were eaten. These events led to...

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Great Famine

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Young French Maiden who rallied French troops around the heir to the throne.

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Joan of Arc

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denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.

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Secular

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formal division in or separation from a church or religious body

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Schism

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The rebirth of European culture that began in the Italian city-states, with a spirit of inquiry, a rediscovery of classical learning, and improvements in painting and architecture.

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Renaissance

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When people began to show greater interest in the world than in the church.

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Secularism

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Which of these statements describes a change brought about by the Renaissance?

• Society was dominated by the church.
• Society was focused on warfare.
• Society was dominated by lords.
• Society began to value individualism.

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Society began to value individualism.

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Which of these famous structures did Michelangelo paint?
- the Louvre
- the Sistine Chapel
- the Coliseum
- the Eiffel Tower

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the Sistine Chapel