Wednesday

 Today you have the class to study for tomorrow's test. I'd suggest putting the following into a Quizlet:

Study Guide questions:

Renaissance dates

Medici Family – who were they and why they are important

What were Renaissance men?

 

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy and then spread to the rest of Europe

What was the Gutenberg Press and how did it change the world

 

Know the following people:

Michelangelo

Donatello

Leonardo

Raphael

Dante

Petrarch

Boccaccio

Machiavelli

Thomas More

 

What was the Reformation

Why did England become Protestant?

What was Calvinism? What did they believe?

 

In what ways did literature and the arts change during the Renaissance?

On what three teachings did Martin Luther rest the Reformation movement?

What was the goal of the Catholic Reformation?

 

What made the Ottoman Empire powerful?

When and how did the Ottoman Empire conquer Constantinople?

Who was Suleyman?

Why did the Ottoman Empire decline?

Why did the Europeans search for new trade routes?

Discuss Gold, Glory, God.

Who was Henry the Navigator?

What new technology made exploration possible?

Who was Vasco da Gama?

What are the five reasons the Ming Dynasty fell into disorder?

How did the Japanese express themselves culturally under the Tokugawa Shogun?

 

Know the voyages of the following individuals:

Columbus

Magellan

Cortes

Pizarro

Ponce de Leon

Coronado

Samuel de Champlain

 

Also know:

the encomienda system

Jamestown

New Netherland

New France

The Columian Exchange (be able to list five things that go from the Old World to the New World, and five things that go from the New World to the Old World)

Joint-Stock Company

Mercantilism

What did the Europeans mostly grow in their Caribbean colonies?