Globalization and Exploration
Mercantilism and Economics
Protestant Reformation
Catholic Reformation & Conflicts
Colonization & Global Impacts
100
This term means interconnectedness of societies through trade, migration, and exchange.
Globalization
100
This economic theory argued that wealth is measured by gold and silver reserves.
bullionism
100
In 1517, Martin Luther posted these, criticizing the sale of indulgences
95 Theses
100
This council reaffirmed Catholic teachings and reformed abuses between 1545–1563.
Council of Trent
100
This Spanish conquistador defeated the Aztec Empire.
Cortez
200
This empire’s control of land routes to Asia pushed Europeans to seek sea routes.
Ottoman Empire
200
Under this system, colonies existed primarily to enrich their mother country.
Mercantalism
200
According to Luther, salvation comes "sola fide", or through this alone.
FAITH
200
At Trent, the Catholic Church reaffirmed this number of sacraments (still practiced today)
Seven
200
Francisco Pizarro conquered this South American Empire
Inca
300
This exchange involved crops, animals, and diseases moving between the Old and New Worlds.
The Columbian Exchange
300
This Dutch company, founded in 1602, was one of the first joint-stock corporations with power to wage war and govern.
VOC or Dutch East India Company
300
This invention spread Reformation ideas quickly across Europe.
The Printing Press
300
This Catholic order, founded by Ignatius of Loyola, emphasized education and missionary work (also the form of Catholicism for St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco, where Ms. T is an alum!)
Jesuits
300
This cash crop most transformed the Caribbean economy under colonization.
Sugar
400
This crop, brought from the Americas, fueled a population boom in Europe (especially in Ireland)
Po-ta-toes
400
These English laws required colonies to trade primarily with England.
Navigation Acts
400
This idea claimed that all Christians can access God directly through Scripture, without priestly mediation.
Priesthood of all Believers
400
This 1555 settlement allowed German princes to choose between Catholicism or Lutheranism.
What is the Peace of Augsburg
400
This Spanish priest criticized the mistreatment of Indigenous peoples and argued for their rights during the early colonization of the Americas (and suggested they use Africans instead)
Bartolome de Las Casas
500
This Spanish explorer crossed Panama and became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the New World.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
500
This city became the financial hub of Europe during the Dutch Golden Age
Amsterdam
500
This English king broke from Rome after the Pope refused to annul his marriage.
Henry VIII
500
This 1598 edict granted religious toleration to French Huguenots.
Edict of Nantes
500
This silver-mining city in the Andes (in Bolivia, not Peru) became a hub of global trade in the 1500s.
Potosí