Renaissance and Exploration
The author of The Prince, and the belief it inspired?
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli, and what is Machiavellian
These essays were written by Martin Luther and listed his criticisms of the Catholic Church.
What were the 95 Theses?
This form of political consolidation is commonly associated with king Louis XIV.
What is absolutism?
Name one enlightened monarch.
Possible Answers: Maria Theresa, Catherine the Great, Peter the Great, Frederick II, etc
This period in France witnessed mass executions and rule under the Jacobins.
What was the reign of terror?
An intellectual movement that emerged during the Renaissance and emphasized the value of human beings, individual potential, and the study of classical texts.
What is Humanism?
French protestants were called these.
What are Huguenots?
What is Amsterdam?
The belief that the sun is the center of the universe.
What is heliocentrism?
A movement in arts and literature that emphasized the individual.
What is romanticism?
This new technology helped spread Renaissance and Humanist ideas throughout Europe.
What is the printing press?
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
This movement led to the establishment of the English Bill of Rights and William and Mary becoming the rulers of England.
What was the Glorious Revolution?
This philosopher developed the idea of a social contract.
Who was Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
This congress provided a long-term peace plan for Europe.
What was the Congress of Vienna?
Name two things transferred from Europe to the Americas, and two things transferred from the Americas to Europe.
Americas to Europe: Potatoes, Tobacco, Llamas, Rubber, Chocolate, etc
What is religious pluralism?
Absolutist monarchs used this consolidate their power and justify their rule.
What is divine right?
Name one famous book written during this period and the enlightenment thinker who wrote it.
Possible Answers: A vindication of the rights of woman by Mary Wollstonecraft, The wealth of nations by Adam Smith, Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, etc
Napoleon was exiled to this island.
What is St. Helena?
This movement switched England from a need-based economy to a marketplace economy.
What is the enclosure movement?
This person won the War of three Henry's
Who is Henry of Navarre/Henry IV?
A famous British noble who advocated for the execution of Charles I
Many French enlightenment thinkers were referred to as this.
Who were philosophes?
This conflict had to do with territorial disputes in America between Britain and France, and resulted in a war.
What was the seven years war?