chapter 1
DEFINE HUMANISM
people doing things for THEMSELVES
According to the policy of mercantilism, how could a nation increase its wealth?
increasing exports and reduced imports
Which word is the best defined as "the idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God's representative on Earth"
The Divine rights of kings
What is the geocentric theory
the idea that the Earth is the center of the universe and other objects go around it
What happened on July 14, Bastille Day
The storming of Bastille
The Renaissance was the REBIRTH of which 2 ancient societies/cultures
Greece and Rome
Africans transported the Americas part of the transatlantic trading network known as ?
Trans-Atlantic slave trade
What are the main changes the English Bill of Rights made to the gov. after William and Mary took over post Glorious Revolution
frequent parliaments, free elections and freedom of speech within Parliament
What was caused by the scientific Revolution
the establishment of several modern sciences
Explain the 3 Estates
Monarchs, Nobles, poor & merchants
What was the most important effect of the invention of the printing press
literacy , knowledge, and vernacular
Why did the Europeans go exploring in the 1400's
God, Gold, and Glory
Which word is best defined a, "monarch claiming the authority to rule without limits on their power"
Absolutism
Why were the following people important
(Issac Newton, Francis Bacon, Galileo, Rene Decartes, and Nicolas Copernicus)
they challenged accepted beliefs at the time by using science and research
What was the Tennis Court Oath
How did the Renaissance and Reformation shape ideas about democracy
made people question authority
Which philosopher argued that people had the natural right to "life, liberty, and property" and the purpose of gov. was to protect those rights?
Locke's
What did the Reign of terror do
a series of massacres and numerous public executions
Which philosopher beloved in the freedom of speech and freedom of religion
Voltaire