Torch Exam Review #1 Question with verified answers
Bartolomeu Dias - √√Portuguese explorer, sailed around the tip of South Africa
into the Indian Ocean
Vasco da Gama - √√Portuguese explorer, made it to India, made lots of money
trading for spices there
Prince Henry of Portugal - √√Son of the King of Portugal, devoted to overseas
exploration, created a navigation school for mapmakers, shipbuilders, scientists,
captains, etc.
Treaty of Tordesillas - √√A treaty which divided the world with an imaginary line,
gave any newly found land to the West of the line to Spain, and any land to the
East to Portugal
Caravel - √√New type of boat used by Europeans to help explore the world, larger,
with both triangular and rectangular sails, could sail in shallow waters
Guild - √√A group of workers with the same occupation which served to protect
their rights, standardize wages, provide training, and provide social services,
similar to a trade union
Commercial Revolution - √√The expansion of trade and business that transformed
Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries
Burgher - √√A city/town dweller usually with money, a merchant, NOT necessarily
an aristocrat
, Vernacular - √√The commonly spoken or written language of a particular place
Scholastic - √√A scholar at a medieval university
Common Law - √√The basis of all laws in England, based on the legal tradition
created by jurors and judges
Magna Carta - √√The "Great Document" or "Great Charter" that guaranteed basic
legal rights in England, Parliament compelled John the Softsword to sign this
Parliament - √√A legislative body in England comprised of the House of Commons
and the House of Lords
Renaissance - √√Means "rebirth", refers to a time when classical culture
flourished in Europe
The Bubonic Plague - √√Also known as the "Black Death", disease that, having
arrived from Asia, traveled with merchants and ravished Europe's population,
killing something like 1/3rd of the people
The Middle Ages - √√A time period generally demarcated between the Fall of
Western Rome and the innovation of the Printing Press in Europe
Franks - √√A Germanic peoples, lived in Gaul, related to our English word "France"
Bartolomeu Dias - √√Portuguese explorer, sailed around the tip of South Africa
into the Indian Ocean
Vasco da Gama - √√Portuguese explorer, made it to India, made lots of money
trading for spices there
Prince Henry of Portugal - √√Son of the King of Portugal, devoted to overseas
exploration, created a navigation school for mapmakers, shipbuilders, scientists,
captains, etc.
Treaty of Tordesillas - √√A treaty which divided the world with an imaginary line,
gave any newly found land to the West of the line to Spain, and any land to the
East to Portugal
Caravel - √√New type of boat used by Europeans to help explore the world, larger,
with both triangular and rectangular sails, could sail in shallow waters
Guild - √√A group of workers with the same occupation which served to protect
their rights, standardize wages, provide training, and provide social services,
similar to a trade union
Commercial Revolution - √√The expansion of trade and business that transformed
Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries
Burgher - √√A city/town dweller usually with money, a merchant, NOT necessarily
an aristocrat
, Vernacular - √√The commonly spoken or written language of a particular place
Scholastic - √√A scholar at a medieval university
Common Law - √√The basis of all laws in England, based on the legal tradition
created by jurors and judges
Magna Carta - √√The "Great Document" or "Great Charter" that guaranteed basic
legal rights in England, Parliament compelled John the Softsword to sign this
Parliament - √√A legislative body in England comprised of the House of Commons
and the House of Lords
Renaissance - √√Means "rebirth", refers to a time when classical culture
flourished in Europe
The Bubonic Plague - √√Also known as the "Black Death", disease that, having
arrived from Asia, traveled with merchants and ravished Europe's population,
killing something like 1/3rd of the people
The Middle Ages - √√A time period generally demarcated between the Fall of
Western Rome and the innovation of the Printing Press in Europe
Franks - √√A Germanic peoples, lived in Gaul, related to our English word "France"
