03-12-10 Webquest

European Changes Web Quest Words
1. Charlemagne
1. Fief: it is a piece of land granted by god
2. Vassal: A Vassal in the terminology that preceded and accompanied the feudalism of medieval Europe
3. Serf: it was the lowest class of the feudal system
4. Canon law: Canon law is the body of laws and regulations made by or adopted by ecclesiastical authority
5. Thomas Aquinas: he was an Italian priest
6. Magna Carta: is an English legal charter, originally issued in the year 1215
7. Estates General: this person was the one who controlled the estate, like a president
8. Great Schisim: this was the period when the church split into Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic church
9. Hundred Years War: this was the war between France and England that actually lasted for 116 years
10. Renaissance: it was the rebirth of art and learning from 1300 to 1600
11. Michelangelo: he was a very famous painter in this time period, his most famous art is the Sistine chapel.
12. Leonardo Da Vinci: he was the most famous painter in this time period because he painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper
13. The Divine Comedy: this is a comedy that involves religious matters
14. Cosmo De Medici: it was the first Medici Political Dynasty
15. Donatello: he sculpted ‘David’
16. Raphael: he painted “the school of Athens”
17. indulgence: it was document that relieved you of all your sins
18. usury: it meant that you could use someone,
19. 95 Thesis: it was the argument luther had for the reformation
20. Lutheran Church: it is what the luther followers came to be known as
21. Anglican Church: it is the church of angels
22. Inquisition: it was the time when Christians were being killed and persecuted in spain
23. Jesuits: they were the missionaries
24. Martin Luther: he was the first to start the reformations
25. John Calvin: made his own religion that said that one was already chosen by god to go to heaven
26. Guttenberg: he was the first to print the bible
27. Henry VIII: he was a king
28. Ignatius: he was the founder of the Jesuits
29. Diet of Worms: this is where a person only eats worms for a month
30. John Knox: he found the Presbyterian church, he believed the church should be ruled by presbyterians
31. conquistador: Spanish explorers
32. Columbian Exchange: this was when Columbia became a country
33. mercantilism: this is the new way for merchants to make money on interests
34. triangular trade: a trade that is done in a triangle, everyone gets something
35. Da Gamma: he was a Spanish explorer who sailed around the tip of Africa
36. Columbus: he was a Spanish explorer who found the new world
37. Cortez: he conquered the Aztecs
38. Pizarro:e conquered the Incas
39. Magellan: he sailed around the world
40. Drake: he discovered a lake in canada
41. Cartier: he was a Spanish explorer
42. Dias: he found the tip of Africa
43. Vespucci: he was a Spanish explorer
44. NW Passage: it is a passage on the nw
45. Champlain:
46. Jamestown: it was the first colony in the US
47. De Soto: He was a Spanish explorer