Exploration
The transfer of crops, animals, disease, and more between Afro-Eurasia and the Americas
What is the Columbian Exchange?
A cultural and intellectual movement that originated in Italy
What is the Renaissance?
German monk who nailed a list of 95 anti-Catholic criticisms to the church doors
Who is Martin Luther?
This famous astronomer was placed on house arrest by the Catholic Church for challenging its ideas
Who is Galileo?
The belief that the authority to rule comes directly from God
What is divine right?
This disease was most responsible for the deaths of native populations
What is Smallpox?
This Italian was known as a true "Renaissance man"
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This invention helped to spread the ideas of Luther throughout Europe
What is the Printing Press?
People began to place this over faith and tradition
Absolute ruler who sought to westernize Russia
Who is Peter the Great?
Explorer-soldiers of Spain in the 15th and 16th centuries
Who were conquistadors?
The idea that places emphasis on human achievement rather than God
What is Humanism?
The sale of these helped to begin the Protestant Reformation
What are indulgences?
This Enlightened thinker helped to influence our Declaration of Independence
Who is John Locke?
The nickname of Louis XIV
The establishment of colonies led to the growth of this economic policy
What is Mercantilism?
A family of bankers who ruled Florence and supported many artists.
Who are the Medici?
This European monarch broke away from the Catholic Church over the issue of divorce
Who is Henry VIII?
This theory challenged the authority of the church and put the sun at the center of the universe
What is the Heliocentric theory?
Absolute ruler of Prussia who is known for being a brilliant military campaigner
Who is Frederick the II?
The Dutch were able to enforce a monopoly on trade in Southeast Asia due to the use of this
This Italian author stated that "it is better to be feared than to be loved."
Who is Machiavelli?
"Predestination" and "the elect" were ideas of this French lawyer
Who is John Calvin?
He wrote the Wealth of Nations and is considered to be the "father of modern economics"
Who is Adam Smith?
As a result of this revolution, Catholic king James II was replaced by his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange
Glorious Revolution