The Beginning of the Modern Age Flash Cards

Unit 8 > Social > Class 9 > Samacheer Kalvi - English Medium

22 cards in this set.

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Who among the following is known as the Father of Humanism?

b. Francisco Petrarch

The School of Athens was painted by

a. Raphael Sanzio

William Harvey discovered ____________.

d. Circulation of blood

Who wrote the 95 Theses?

a. Martin Luther

Who wrote the book Institutes of Christian Religion?

c. John Calvin

Which sailor was the first to cross the Equator?

b. Lopo Gonzalves

__________ named the sea as Pacific Ocean as it was very calm.

c. Ferdinand Magellan

The continent of America was named after _____________.

a. Amerigo Vespucci

___________ was the headquarters of the Portuguese possession in the East

d. Goa

Which among the following plants were introduced from America to Europe?

b. Sweet Potato

n 1453 Constantinople was captured by _____________.

Ottoman Turks

________________ was known as Prince among Humanists.

Erasmus

________________ is famous for his paintings in the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo

The reformation of the Catholic Church is known as _________________.

Counter Reformation

The chief features of Commercial Revolution were _____, _ and _________.

the emergence of banking, joint-stock companies and growth of trade.

Find out the correct statement

d. Council of Trent reemphasized the importance of ceremonies and significance of the mass.

Find out the correct statement

a. Discovery of new lands and sea routes shifted the economic centre from Italian city states to Spain and Portugal

Feudalism

Hierarchical socioeconomic structure

Humanism

Human dignity

Inquisition

Trial of Heretics

Mercantilism

Monopoly Trade

Columbian Exchange

Movement of goods between America and Europe

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