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AP European History Jeopardy
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This tiny “pest” caused a demographic
catastrophe in 14th century Europe.
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What is Yersinia Pestis, or the Black
Death?
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These people wandered from town to town
whipping themselves to cleanse
themselves of sin during the Plague years.
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Who are the Flagellants?
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This protracted conflict began as a
dynastic quarrel between the English
monarchy and the French.
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What is the Hundred Years’ War?
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With competing Popes in Rome and
Avignon, this period saw a decline in the
influence of the Church in Europe.
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What is the Great Schism?
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The development of Vernacular Literature
is embodied in this English author’s
Canterbury Tales.
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Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
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This banking family of Florence were
important patrons of the arts in the
Renaissance.
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Who were the de’ Medici?
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This intellectual movement emphasized
the study of classic literary and historical
works of Greece and Rome.
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What was Humanism?
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The politician and diplomat Niccolò
Machiavelli used the ruthless Cesar Borgia
as a model of the ideal leader in this book.
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What is The Prince?
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This woman, known as the “first lady of the
world,” demonstrated that women were
capable of political and cultural leadership.
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Who was Isabella d’Este?
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The book by Baldassare Castiglione which
prescribed that a noble man should not be
just a warrior, but also educated, graceful,
and a cultured advisor to his prince.
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What is The Book of the Courtier?
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This Renaissance sculptor, painter,
architect and poet earned the nickname il
Divino.
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Who was Michelangelo Buonarroti?
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This Renaissance man was not only a
painter, sculptor, poet and architect, but
kept journals of his prolific scientific ideas,
anatomical studies and inventions
(including the tank and the helicopter).
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Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
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The painter and architect Raphael, in
addition to painting the School of Athens
for the pope, was known for numerous
works illustrating this religious theme.
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What is the Madonna and Child?
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The popular book and movie The da Vinci
Code used this painting to further its plot
concerning secret messages hidden in
Leonardo’s work.
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What is The Last Supper?
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This Renaissance architect famously
designed the first dome in Europe since
the Roman Empire -- the Duomo in
Florence.
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Who was Filippo Brunelleschi?
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This critic of the Church “Laid the egg that
Luther hatched.”
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Who is Desiderius Erasmus?
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In this satirical work, Erasmus made fun of
the elaborate rituals and loose morals of
contemporary Catholic monasteries.
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What is In Praise of Folly?
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This intellectual movement was deeply
religious, as well as steeped in the
classics, in contrast to its Italian
counterpart.
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What is Northern, or Christian Humanism
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This devoutly Catholic English lawyer
became Henry VIII’s closest advisor,
before he “lost his head” over the English
Reformation.
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Who was Sir Thomas More?
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“The Lord has been pleased to grant us
the Papacy. Let us enjoy it.” This Pope
sparked the Reformation.
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Who is Pope Leo X?
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“Here I stand. I can do no other.” Is how
this man stood his ground against the
Church and the Holy Roman Emperor.
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Who is Martin Luther?
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This is the central tenet of Lutheranism
and Protestantism in general and the only
way to gain salvation.
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What is Justification by Faith?
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One of Luther’s 95 Theses objected to the
sale of these “to redeem innumerable
souls for sordid money with which to build
a basilica.”
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What are indulgences?
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This group of Protestants, persecuted by
Catholics, Lutherans and Calvinists alike,
believed that the sacrament of baptism
should only be entered into by adults.
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Who are Anabaptists?
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Though Protestantism kept the sacrament
of the Lord’s Supper (Communion), they
rejected this miraculous Catholic belief
regarding the ritual.
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What is Transubstantiation, or the
transformation of the bread and wine into
the body and blood of Jesus?
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This Genoan explorer died convinced he
had found a western route to the Indies in
Asia.
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Who is Christopher Columbus (Cristobo
Columbo)?
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Though this son of the Portuguese
monarch never went on a voyage, his
nickname might make you think so.
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Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
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This dominant 17th century economic
theory held that the volume of trade was
unchangeable and that a nation’s
prosperity depended on its supply of
bullion, or gold and silver.
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What is Mercantilism?
Answer
If you carried English guns and gin to
Africa, traded those goods for captured
Africans, shipped this “cargo” to the
Americas and traded them for tobacco,
sugar and coffee to sell back in Europe,
you were participating in this lucrative
business.
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What is the Triangular Trade?
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This new form of commercial organization
made it possible for individuals to buy
small shares of a company and earn
dividends on the profits.
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What is a Joint-Stock Company?