The Protestant Reformation
This happened to Martin Luther when he refused to recant at the Diet of Worms
What is he was excommunicated
A new approach of inquiry, refined by Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes
What is the Scientific Method
Reasons for European exploration of the New World
What are Gold, Glory, God
Diseases that caused widespread death among Native Americans brought to the New World by Europeans included
What is smallpox, measles, influenza
As Europeans built colonies in the Americas, they needed large numbers of what to make them profitable
What are slaves
This new technological development helped spread Martin Luther's writings
What is the printing press
Copernicus, in his On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, proposed this model of the universe
What is heliocentric
People who wanted to spread their religion to the indigenous people of the Americas were called
What is Missionaries
When Columbus returned to the Americas in 1493, he brought these things with him
What are wheat, cattle, pigs, horses, apples and pears, sugar, rice, oats, coffee, smallpox...etc
After walking from the interior of Africa to coastal ports captured Africans were held in these
The idea of predestination was taught by this reformer
Who is John Calvin
Scientists used their reasoning to explain data by proposing a logical...
What is hypothesis
The country Columbus thought he discovered
India
This system aimed at strengthening national economies by exporting more goods than it imported
Slaves who had this were sold for higher prices
What are skills
Luther's 95 theses posted on the doors of a church in Wittenberg, Germany, outlined his arguments about what
What are indulgences
Isaac Newton, a giant of the Scientific Revolution, perfected his theory of gravity by creating the basis for this branch of mathematics
What is calculus
The Middle Passage was the second leg of this system during the 16th century and beyond
What is Triangular Trade
Columbus returned to Europe with these goods from the New World
What are corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, beans, turkeys, tomatoes, silver, etc
This economic system was used by the Spanish in it's American colonies
What is Encomienda
The Protestant Reformation was fueled by Christians' impatience with the the Roman Catholic Church because of
What is corruption
Chemistry today was known as ______ in medieval times
What is alchemy
These classes made up Spanish colonial society in the Americas
What are peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, and mulattoes
To help rulers increase national wealth, they imposed these on imported goods
What are tariffs
This Spanish priest condembed the evils of the economic system in the New World, and urged colonists to import workers from Africa
Who was Bartolome de Las Casas