World History Final Flashcards

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Period of renewed interest and remarkable development in art, literature, science, and learning.

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Renaissance

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What were the men (Shakespeare, da Vinci, Michelangelo, etc.) called who were crucial to this rebirth in Europe?

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Renaissance Men

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What is a focus put onto people and individual accomplishments, key during the Italian/Northern Renaissance?

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Humanism

Front

What invention helped spread the Renaissance movement and the Protestant Reformation?

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Printing Press

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Renaissance means

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Rebirth

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A movement to reform the Roman Catholic Church which leads to a split of the church between the Catholics and Protestants.

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Protestant Reformation

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Who was the person that sparked the Protestant Reformation?

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Martin Luther

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According to the excerpt, what was one of the things Martin Luther was upset about with the Catholic Church?

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The selling of Indulgences

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This explorer is credited with discovering the Americas.

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Christopher Columbus

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What is the European economic policy that calls for nations to gain wealth in order to build a military and expand their borders?

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Mercantilism