96 terms

Terms	Definitions
The Black Death	The Bubonic Plague is also known as...
drought or earthquake	What made the bacteria that causes the Bubonic Plague become active?
Caffa	Where did the Bubonic Plague start?
Caffa; Catapulted infected bodies	Where was the first known instance of biological warfare? What did they do?
fleas on rats on ships	What spread the Plague?
Sicily	Where did the rats carrying the Plague enter Europe?
Arabs	The _______ knew to burn the infected ships and other infected things.
They weren't close to trade routes	Why did some areas of Europe remain uninfected by the Plague?
England and Italy	What two countries suffered the worst from the Bubonic Plague?
immunity	If you survive the Bubonic Plague, you have ________ to it.
No. Overpopulation and famine	Was Europe in good shape before the Plague? What was wrong?
Everyone had moved to the towns	Why was there a famine?
flagellants	People who whipped themselves in "atonement" for their sins and the sins of all
People paid for funerals and last rights	How did the Church benefit from the Black Death?
They were questioning	Why did the Church shut down the flagellants?
rich people	Patricians were...
a craft maker	What was an artisan?
guild	What was the name of the system the artisans created?
To limit the number of masters	Why did the artisans create the guild system?
apprentice	In the guild system, a young boy started off as an...
journeyman	In the guild system, the next step after apprentice was...
You create a masterpiece	How did you finally become a master in the guild system?
guildhouse	What was the name of the building where the masters would meet to discuss their trade?
death	After the Black Death, an obsession with ______ was prevalent
countries	With the division of cultures, _________ were born
England	Who had more national pride: England or France?
longbow	What weapon helped the English win the Hundred Years War?
France	The Hundred Years War was entirely fought where?
Who was king	The Hundred Years War waxed and waned depending on what?
England	During the Hundred Years War, Aquitaine technically belonged to which country?
Joan of Arc	Who was a unifying symbol for France during the Hundred Years War?
Angel Gabriel	Who appeared to Joan of Arc?
To see Charles crowned King and free Orleans. What to do after	What did Joan of Arc's voices tell her? What did they not tell her?
Innocent III; secular	Who was pope at the height of Papal power? He also had control of the _________ world
church law	A papal bull is...
papal bull	The Unium Sanctum is what?
the Church is top of all things	The Unium Sanctum said...
Clement	Who moved the papicy to Avignon?
Rome and Avignon	When there were two papacies, where were they located?
Scandinavia	The first Russians came from where?
It was uninhabitable	Why did the barbarians not go far into Russia?
Vladimir	Who was the first Russian to make a real difference to Russia?
Kiev	What city did Vladimir build?
good farmland	What was good about Kiev?
Greek Orthodox	What religion did Vladimir adopt for Russia?
its beauty	Why did Vladimir choose Greek Orthodox?
Huns or Mongols	What was the Golden Horde also known as?
Mongolia	Where did the Mongols come from?
nomads; horse	The Mongols were ______ and were centered around the _______.
horsemen	The Mongols are famous as what?
Slavic	What kind of features come from the Mongols?
No	Did the Mongols interfere with religion in the places they conquered?
czar or tsar	The ruler of Russia was called the ______ or _______.
Italy	Where did the Renaissance start?
They were the middle of trade Had the wealth	Name two reasons why Italy was where the Renaissance started
artists	What did the Medici family sponsor?
Florence	Where was the Medici family located?
despots	All of the Italian city states except one were ruled by what?
Venice; oligarchy	All of the Italian city-states were ruled by despots except one. Which was not? And what was it ruled by?
Venice	Which Italian city-state was the most advanced?
Cosimo	Who was the first Medici despot?
dictator	A despot was sort of like a...
"rebirth" in French	"Renaissance" means what in what language?
learning and knowledge	The Renaissance was the rebirth of what two things?
the Church	Before the Renaissance, who had all the knowledge?
humanism	The idea that life on earth was more than just a passage to heaven
Italian writer	Dante was an...
The Divine Comedy and The Inferno	Name two works written by Dante
vernacular	The spoken language
Dante	Who first wrote in the vernacular?
Lorenzo the Magnificent	Who was the greatest Medici?
Oil paints Chiaroscuro Linear perspective	Name three new techniques in art from the Renaissance
Giotto, Masaccio, Donatello	Name three artists from the early Renaissance
shading; shows depth	What is chiaroscuro? What does it do?
Botticelli	Who was the bridge in artists from early to high Renaissance?
Raphael Michelangelo Da Vinci	Name three artists from the high Renaissance
expression	In Italian Renaissance art, religious scenes focused on...
fresco	A painting on a plaster wall
frescoes	What is Giotto known for?
The Lamentation of Christ and The Arena Chapel	Name two of Giotto's works
light and shade	Masaccio used ______ and ______ for perspective
The Holy Trinity	Name one of Masaccio's works
vivid colors	Botticelli was known for...
The Birth of Venus; Botticelli	Name of painting and it's creator
Da Vinci	First Italian painter to use oil paints
Mona Lisa Last Supper The Virgin of the Rocks	Name three works of Da Vinci
Da Vinci	Who drew the first accurate sketch of the human skeleton?
Raphael Santi	Who humanized Madonna paintings?
Michelangelo	Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
David	Name one of Donatello's sculptures
Savonarola	Dominican friar, anti-humanist
charitable	In the Renaissance, slavery was considered...
Alexander VI	Who was the most corrupt pope?
Borgia	What family was Alexander VI from?
The Prince	Machiavelli wrote...
Parliament Estates General Cortes	Political bodies: England had the _________ France had the _______ ________ Spain had the ________

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