1. Name 3 characteristics of a noble. What is the main responsibility of the woman in the Italian family. Who was father of Humanism. Which Flemish painter was well known for his oil paintings in the Northern Renaissance. Why was Da Vinci a good example of a “Renaissance Man?” What was the 1 st Protestant faith? Who created the Jesuits, also known as the Society of Jesus? Why did Martin Luther publish the 95 Thesis? Define Humanism.

2. What is the significance of Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales? Name 3 artists of the High Renaissance? What did the Protestants and Catholics agree upon? What three Eastern goods were in high demand in Europe? Why were explorers so eager to duplicate da Gama’s journey to India? Who explored the New England coastline of the New World? How did Portuguese explorers refer to the southern coast of West Africa? Define Penisulares.Define mulattoes.

3. Define Mercantilism.Why are sugarcane plantations significant? Define the Middle Passage. Who was the 1 st to circumnavigate the world? What is the difference between what a nation imports and what a nation exports called? What was the most militant Catholic king? If a ruler believe they received their power from God and are only responsible to God – they believe in what principle? Describe 2 provisions of the Edict of Nantes. What were French Protestants called?

4. Shakespearean plays were written for what social class/classes? Define Absolutism.Which artistic movement reflected the search for power. What were English Protestants (influenced by John Calvin) called? Who helped design St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, a true reflection of the Baroque movement? What were the nobility in Russia called? What type of government was inspired by the implementation of the English Bill of Rights? Why was the Glorious Revolution so glorious?

5. Who took the throne during the Glorious Revolution? Who was granted religious freedom in the Toleration Act of 1689. Who was not? Who discovered the comet? What is the significance of Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation? Scientific method emphasized what type of reasoning? Inductive or deductive? Why? What governmental principle is Montesquieu most known for? According to the Treaty of Paris 1763, what country gained control of Silesia (a European territory). Name 2 provisions of the Treaty of Paris 1783. Who said, “I think, therefore, I am?”

6. Describe William Harvey’s contribution to medicine and the study of anatomy. Describe the ideas behind John Locke’s Blank Slate Theory (tabula rasa). What was the nation’s first constitution called? Why was it revoked? Who came up with laissez faire approach to government and economics? Name a well known rococo artist. Who discovered that the planets were all made out of the same material substance - not orbs of light as originally thought? Name the father of modern rationalism. What famous composer wrote The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, and Don Giovanni? Name the major difference between the Copernican and Ptolemaic theories.