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History
9th Grade
12/19/2011

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Who is the founder/father of Judaism?
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Abraham
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Who is the founder/father of Christianity?
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Jesus
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Who is the founder/father of Islam?
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Muhammad
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Who is the founder/father of Hinduism?
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None
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Where was the origin of Judaism?
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Canaan
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Where was the origin of Christianity
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Canaan
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Where was the origin of Islam?
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Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
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Where was the origin of Hinduism?
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India
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Where was the origin of Buddhism?
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India
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Who is the founder/father of Buddhism?
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Siddhartha
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What was the Holy Text for Judaism?
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Torah
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What was the Holy Text for Christianity?
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Bible (New/Old Testament)
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What was the Holy Text for Islam?
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Qu`ran
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What was the Holy Text for Hinduism?
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No real text
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What was the Holy Text for Buddhism?
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No real text
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Who came first; Minoans or Mycenaeans?
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Minoans
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Who was considered first because of their first use of Greek language; Minoans or Mycenaeans?
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Mycenaeans
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What famous works is Machiavelli known for?
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The Prince- "The end justifies the means" (book and principle)
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What famous works is Castiglione known for?
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The Courtier (book)
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What famous works is Jan Van Eyck known for?
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Landscapes and domestic life (paintings)
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What famous works is Erasmas known for?
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In Praise of Folly (book)
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What famous works is Gutenburg known for?
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Gutenburg Printing Press
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What famous works is Raphael known for?
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The School of Athens (painting)
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What famous works is Sir Thomas More known for?
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Utopia (book)
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What famous works is Michelangelo known for?
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David, Sistine Chapel, Pieta (painting/sculpture/church)
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What famous works is Lorenzo de Medici known for?
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Patron of the Arts (both a painting and philosophy of life)
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What famous works is Durer known for?
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He traveled from native Germany to Italy to study.
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What famous works is Leonardo da Vinci known for?
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The Individual, The Last Supper, Monalisa, and Virgin of the Rocks. (paintings)
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Reformation- John Knox
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Scotland, Presbyterean
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Reformation- Ulrich Zwingli
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Switzerland, theocracy
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Reformation- John Calvin
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2nd most important Protestant reformer, successful in Geneva, Switzerland. Theocracy and Predestination
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Reformation- Huguenots
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French, Protestants
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Reformation- Jesuits
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Loyola
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Explorers- "Conquistador" (term)
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Definition: Spanish Conquerer:
Cortez, Pizarro
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Reformation- Puritanism
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England, "Purify the church"
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What agreement was signed giving German Princes the right to decide his church's religion?
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Peace of Augsburg
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What religion did Charles V want Europe to be?
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Roman Catholic
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What was the term that meant pardons issued by the pope?
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Indulgences
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What was the term that King Henry V wanted and the Pope declared invalid?
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Annullment (divorce)
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The idea that one's salvation has already been planned by God is (Blank)
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Predestination
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This term means that the church and government as one
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Theocracy
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At the (Blank), the Catholic Church tried to force Martin Luther to recant his 95 Theses and declared him an outlaw.
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Diet of Worms
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Vernacular
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Common language
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Secular
Definition
against/or nothing to do with church and religion. (Of the world)
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Renaissance
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14-17th Century, began in Italy, French for "Rebirth"
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What is a Heretic/heresy?
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against belief of church
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Simony
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Selling of church positions
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Nepotism
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Selling church positions to family
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Indulgences
Definition
piece of paper from the pope that could reduce one's souls time in purgatory.
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Explain the main motivating factors for exploration.
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God, Glory, Gold
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What famous works was William Shakespeare known for?
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Playwright. (Romeo and Juliet)
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Explain the Edict of Nantes
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King Henry IV of France promised Protestants a peaceful life.
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Black Death
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killed 1/3 of the entire population
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Who united the Angles and the Saxons?
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Alfred the Great
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What does Pax Romana mean? And what was it about?
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Meant- "Roman Peace" and it was about an era were Rome was at it's high point for wealth.
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What was the cause for the Crusades?
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Taking back the Holy Land (Jerusalem)
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What happened at the Council of Clermont? And who leaded it?
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Pope Urban II got Christian soldiers to fight in the Crusades (for free).
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