TN READY BIG IDEAS--People

united Mongol clans and conquered much of Central Asia

• Genghis Khan

• Kublai Khan

• Mehmed II

Italy, home of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, was the perfect place for the Renaissance because

• it was surrounded by advanced civilizations and on the sea

• it was isolated

• it was in the mountains and cut off from civilizations

• it had hundreds of artists

Henry VIII created the Church of England/Anglican Church because

• he believed in the Protestant views

• the Pope refused to annul his marriage to his first wife

• he was friends with William Tyndale

German Reformer who wrote the 95 Theses and taught that salvation is by faith alone

• Martin Luther

• John Calvin

• William Tyndale

At height of Yuan Dynasty in China--Mongol who allowed foreign influence in his government

• Genghis Khan

• Kublai Khan

• Marco Polo

English King who fought in the 100 Years War and insisted that England uses English not French anymore (since the Battle of Hastings in 1066 with William the Conqueror)

• Henry IV of Germany

• Henry V of England

• Henry VIII of England

English reformer who translated the Bible into English--vernacular for England

• John Wesley

• William Tyndale

• Henry VIII

• Martin Luther

Brought feudalism to England and the French language after the Battle of Hastings in 1066/also strengthened power of the monarchy in England

• William the Bloody

• William the Conqueror/Duke of Normandy France

• William Tyndale

• Henry V

Characteristics of Queen Elizabeth I of England

• Tudor Golden Age

• defeated the Spanish Armada

• made England a world power

• caused a recession and inflation

Hernado de Soto

• Spanish explorer

• explored Florida and TN

• worked for the Portuguese

• was a Protestant