World Civilizations Native America/Renaissance Test Review
1. What was the name of the king of the Inca when they were defeated by the Europeans?
Atahualpa
2. What was the name of the king of the Aztec that was defeated by the Spanish?
Montezuma
3. Who was the conquistador that defeated the Aztec?
Hernan Cortez
4. Who was the conquistador that defeated the Inca?
Francisco Pizzaro
5. Which civilization developed the myth of the white god Quetzalcoatl?
Toltec
6. Which Native American people believed in a white god Viracocha?
Inca
7. What was the name of the capital city of the Aztec empire?
Tenochtitlan
8. What were the floating rafts used for planting crops for the Aztecs called?
Chinampas
9. What disease killed off up to 90% of all native groups in the Americas?
Small Pox
10. Which group of Native Americans were known as the cliff dwellers?
Anasazi
11 Which group of Native Americans originated from the Anasazi?
Pueblo
12 Since the Pueblo Indians traced ancestry through the wives what does that make them?
Matrilineal
13. What was the name given to the dried bricks the Pueblo used?
Adobe
14 What were the homes of the Pueblo called?
kivas
15 According to Pueblo religion who created man?
Spider Women
16. What were two of the focuses of the Renaissance?
17. What term refers to an understanding of the world outside of religion?
18 What are the classics?
Classics, individual
Secularism
Greek/Roman works
19. Who painted the School of Athens?
Rafael
20. Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
21. Who painted the Mona Lisa?
22. Who sculpted St. Mark and a woodcut of Mary Magdalene?
23. What are two characteristics of Renaissance art?
Leonardo Da Vinci
Donatello
Used Depth, realistic
24. Was Michaelangelo’s David realistic or idealistic?
Idealistic
25. What were the artistic letters called in medieval books?
Illuminations
26. What was the time period before the Renaissance known as in Europe?
Middle Ages
27. What were students/teachers that studied arts, poetry, and the classics called in the Renaissance? Humanists
28. What kind of leader did Machiavelli say would be best in the book the Prince?
Feared one
29. What type of ruler should lead according to Erasmus?
One that has good character
30. Which church ruled Europe during the middle ages?
Catholic
31. Which reformer lived in Switzerland and created his own city of followers in Geneva?
John Calvin
31. Which reformer was became a monk after god spared his life from a thunder storm?
Martin Luther
32. Which reformer created the Anglican church?
King Henry VIII
33. What was the 95 Thesis?
Questions about the church
34. What practice allowed the Catholic Church to sell someone forgiveness of sins?
35. What is the vernacular?
Indulgences
Common Language
36. Where was King Henry’s first wife (Catherine) from?
Spain
37. Why did King Henry start a new church?
To get a divorce
38. Which idea of John Calvin concluded that your actions could not save you?
Predestination
39. According to John Calvin what was the only way to gain salvation?
Grace of Jesus
40. At what meeting was Martin Luther told to take back his 95 Thesis?
Diet of Worms
41. What was the name given to members of the Society of Jesus?
Jesuits
42. Who was the leader of the Jesuits?
Ignatious Loyola
43. What council was called to discuss how the Catholic Church would regain power in Europe? Council of Trent
44. What was the movement called when the Catholics fought against the Reformation changes? Counter Reformation
45. What were the short stories called that became popular after the invention of the printing press? Broadsides
46. What was the most popular book printed after the printing press was invented?
Bible
47. What popular book would tell the weather, give medical advice and give how to information?
48. Who were often targets of the witch hunts?
49. Who invented the printing press?
50. What does Renaissance mean?
Almanacs
Single/old women
Johannes Gutenberg
Rebirth