PAPWH FIRST SEMESTER EXAM

REVIEW

Significance of 1215 Signing of the Magna Carta.

Theory of limiting the power of the king.

Establishment of an elected representative body

Guarantee of individual rights.

Feudal Contract

A set of unwritten rules that determined the relationship between a lord and his vassal.

Christian Humanist believed

If the people read the classics, and especially the basic works of Christianity, they would become more pious.

Lutheranism

Was the first protestant faith.

Ignatius Loyola

Founded the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits.

Humanist

The movement had a profound effect on education.

Desiderius Erasmus

Best known of all Christian humanists

Ninety-five Thesis

Martin Luthers’s publication attacked the abuses in the sale of

indulgences, beginning the Protestant Reformation.

Calvin Vs. Luther Agreed on doctrines:

Who spoke better German

The leadership of the Catholic Church

The sale of indulgences.

Final decrees of the Council of Trent

Reaffirmed traditional Catholic teachings in opposition to Protestant beliefs.

Magna Carta Makes provisions for an elected

representative governing body.

Protects the rights of individual citizens.

Separates religious from political authority.

Black Death Was a catalyst that brought Europe out of the

Middle Ages and into the Renaissance by causing a restructuring of:

Social structures

Economic systems

Political systems.

Renaissance Education

Critical component of a Renaissance person for all of the following reasons

It allow a human being to reach their full potential

It gives a person the ability to think and reason

It has the potential to change human beings

Henry VIII Why did Henry VIII of England ask the pope

for a divorce?

He wanted a wife who would bear a son.

Protestant Movement Anabaptists

John Calvin

Ulrich Zwingli

Henry VIII

Inuit

The major civilization in Mesoamerica existed prior to the arrival of Columbus.

Defeat of the Inca Despite the overwhelming numerical

advantage in the Encounter between the Spaniard Francisco Pizarro and the Inca ruler Atahuallapa, the Spanish were able to defeat the Inca because.

Guns

Steel swords

horses

Smallpox & Measels

These microbes were the true cause of the demise of the Mesoamerican civilization.

Aztec Empire

Religious practice of human sacrifice

Ruler believed to be descended from the gods

Polytheistic religious system

Kublia Khan

Grandson of Chinggis Khan and Mongol ruler of China

Marco Polo

European traveler who went to China

Summa Theologica

The work of Thomas Aquinas which argued for the logical proof of the existence of God

Black Death

The series of plagues which swept through Europe and killed half of the population

Urban

Cities

Secular

Non-religious

Humanism

The belief in the development of the human intellect and

potential

95 Thesis

Reforms that were proposed to help bring an end to the corruption of the Catholic

Church

Machivelli

Argued for the unrestrained use of power

John Calvin

Teacher of the doctrine of predestination

Martin Luther

German monk who’s call for reform led to the Protestant

Reformation

Henry VIII

King of England who rebelled against the Pope and started the Anglican church

Kievan Rus

Scandinavian trading post and the beginning of civilization of Russia

Commercial Capitalism

Economy based on the use of money