The Renaissance
Exploration in S. America and Asia
Exploration on N. America
The Age of Absolutism
People of Unit 3
100
Inventor of the printing press
Johann Gutenberg
100
Trading company that was started by wealthy merchants that focused most of its trade in SE Asia.
Dutch East India Company
100
The name of the trade route that transported African slaves to the Americas.
Middle Passage
100
The name given to French Protestants that were protected by King Henry IV.
Huguenots
100
This man fought and conquered the Aztec Empire.
Hernan Cortes
200
A government run by religious leaders.
theocracy
200
The Line of Demarcation split the new world between which 2 countries?
What is Spain and Portugal
200
The Spanish explorers who conquered the Americas were known as what?
Conquistadors
200
The belief that a monarch's authority comes directly from God.
Divine Right
200
This European leader waged war against both Sweden and the Ottoman empire in search of a warm water port.
Peter the Great
300
This stated that each German prince could decide the religion for his own lands.
Peace of Augsburg 1555
300
Large amounts of American silver flowed into East Asia through what trading center?
The Philippines
300
The Treaty of Tordesillas gave what country Brazil?
Portugal
300
The Edict of Nantes helped to make sure that what happened?
French Protestants couldn't be persecuted
300
This man was executed by King Henry VIII because he would not accept him as the head of the Church of England.
Sir Thomas Moore
400
Today's Baptists, Mennonites, and Amish trace their roots back to this group.
Anabaptists
400
This country first challenged the Portuguese in SE Asia.
The Netherlands or the Dutch
400
The first leg of the Triangular Trade Route was...
European goods to Africa
400
This group consisted of dissenters who sought to change Catholic practices in the Church of England.
Puritans
400
This Russian leader participated in the Partition of Poland.
Catherine the Great
500
These people tend to focus more on worldly issues instead of spiritual ones during the Renaissance.
Humanists
500
The southern tip of Africa was known as the Cape of Good Hope because
Gave sailors a direct route to Asia
500
In Capitalism, this type of business ownership is encouraged.
Private
500
Following the Glorious Revolution, what style of government was created in England?
Limited Monarchy
500
The Long Parliament met when this British king needed money to stop a Scottish rebellion.
Charles I
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