Renaissance and Exploration
What family ruled Florence from 1432-1737?
Medici family
What is the definition of simony?
Sale of offices
Who are the Grenadiers?
Ferdinand III's military guard
Explain heliocentric
the sun is the center of the universe
95 Theses
Martin Luther's theses on what's wrong with the church
What did Niccolo Machiavelli write?
The Prince 1513
Who created the "Ecstasy of St. Theresa"?
Bernini
Who are the Moriscos?
Former Muslims
Name at least three scientific instruments
telescope, barometer, thermometer, pendulum, clock, microscope, and air pump
Copernican hypothesis
The idea that the sun, not the earth, is the center of the universe
Johann Gutenberg
What did the Treaty of Westphalia end?
Religious wars
What nation declined in power and status during the Age of Absolutism?
Spain
law of Universal Gravitation
Christian Huminism
Use humanist outlook to deepen Christian beliefs
What was the cause of the Commercial Revolution?
increase of overseas trade
What are the three powerful families of the French Wars of Religion?
Guise, Montmorency, and Bourbon
What nations were an absolutist government?
France, Spain, Russia, and Prussia
Were Protestants pro-science or anti-science?
pro-science
What did the Enlightenment introduce?
new worldview based on the use of reason, the scientific method, and progress
Ferdinand and Isabella
What were Martin Luther's three beliefs?
“Faith alone, grace alone, Scripture alone”
What did the Peace of Utrecht accomplish?
Ended the War of Spanish Succession, prevented the joining of the French and Spanish Crowns, and led to the rise of the British Colonial Empire
Louis XIV
Edict of Worms
banned Luther’s writings and declared him a heretic and enemy of the state