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  • John Calvin's belief that God decided in advance who would be saved or damned was called...
    predestination
  • A way of thinking that emphasises the agency and potential of human beings is...
    humanism
  • Which Renaissance author wrote "The Divine Comedy"?
    Dante
  • An image painted on wet plaster with dry pigment is called a...
    fresco
  • What were the pardons from sin that the Catholic church sold called?
    Indulgences
  • What two animals did Machiavelli use to describe the characteristics of an ideal ruler?
    Lion and fox
  • Name two causes of the Renaissance.
    Recovery from the disasters of the 14th century. Reconnection with Ancient Greek and Roman culture. Cities became centers of activity. Emergence of humanism etc
  • Besides France and Russia, what other two states began to expand and become more powerful in the 17th century?
    Prussia and Austria
  • According to Machiavelli, is it better for a ruler to be feared or loved?
    Feared
  • The Romanov czar who began to westernize Russia was called...
    Peter the Great
  • Martin Luther believed that we can be saved by ________________ alone. A. faith B. good works
    faith
  • The political system where one ruler has complete and uncontested control over everything is called...
    absolutism
  • Huguenots were French... A. Catholics B. Protestants
    Protestants
  • What was French King Louis XIV's nickname?
    The Sun King
  • Which Renaissance painter painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
    Michelangelo
  • Why did King Henry VIII break with Rome and establish the Church of England?
    To be able to get divorced
  • Name one cause of the Protestant Reformation.
    Church corruption, desire for religious reform, rise in nationalism, Renaissance spirit of inquiry
  • The idea that rulers or kings are appointed by God is called...
    divine right
  • What was the name of the document that Luther nailed to the church door in Wittenberg?
    95 Theses
  • Which English queen was in power when England destroyed Philip II's Spanish Armada?
    Queen Elizabeth