Developed by Johannes Gutenberg between 1445 and 1450.
What is the printing press?
100
Calvinist doctrine that God determines who will be saved and who will be damned to burn eternal unquenchable hell fire.
What is predestination?
100
The economic policy of the 17th century, characterized by the belief that the total volume of trade was unchangeable and stockpiling gold is a really good idea.
What is mercantilism?
100
Copernicus' astronomical model that contradicted that of Ptolemy.
What is heliocentric model?
100
Responsible for the idea of the social contract between man and government.
Who is Rousseau?
200
Wrote a book emphasizing the acquisition of political power, even if you became an evil little midget in a comic book.
Who is Machiavelli?
200
The practice of holding several church offices at the same time.
What is pluralism?
200
The pattern of trade connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas in an Atlantic Economy.
What is the triangular trade?
200
Called the father of modern rationalism for his belief that human reason and experience are the sources of knowledge ripped off DEADMAU5's t-shirt design.
Who is Descartes?
200
Strengthened the landholding class at the expense of the peasantry all while being a woman.
Who is Catherine the Great?
300
An intellectual movement based off the studies of Greek and Roman classics.
What is humanism?
300
In 1555, acknowledged the existence of Protestantism by the Holy Roman Empire it was a treaty.
What is the Peace of Augsburg?
300
Regarded as the best example of the practice of absolute monarchy in the 17th century.
Who is Louis XIV (the Sun King)?
300
Figured out how blood pumped in our bodies.
What are the Harvey?
300
Gatherings of philosophes to discuss the ideas of the Enlightenment (still true today).
What are salons?
400
The social structure of the Pre revolutionary France based on heredity.
What are the estates?
400
Radical Reformists who advocated adult baptism.
What are Anabaptists?
400
The movement that replaced James II with William and Mary.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
400
The long-held debate about the nature and value of women in French please.
What is querelles des femmes ?
400
Prussian king who greatly expanded the army and bureaucracy during the 18th century.
Frederick either one will do but we were looking the great one. 4000 points awarded if you ask who is Fedde Le Grand? and or How do you "put your hands up for Detroit"
500
The pope who resorted to leading armies against his enemies 15003-1513.
Who is Julius II?
500
The most influential of all Christian humanists who emphasized inner piety and de-emphasized sacraments, pilgrimages, fasts, and the veneration of saints/relics and was a funny guy (according to Mr. Tataman).
Who is Erasmus?
500
The four phases of the Thirty Years' War.
What are the Bohemian Phase, the Danish Phase, the Swedish Phase, and the Franco-Swedish Phase?
500
The Greek physician off of which most medical knowledge was based up until the Scientific Revolution.
Who is Galen?
500
Mr. Tatman occasionally sports a green t-shirt featuring this thinker.