Democracy
The civilization that is credited with developing the concept and term "democracy"
What is Ancient Greece?
Where the Renaissance began
What is Florence, Italy?
The country that colonized most of South and Central America in the 1500s
What is Spain?
The concept that an absolute ruler gets the right to rule directly from god
What was Divine Right?
The English philosopher who wrote about people being born with natural rights: life, liberty, and property, and largely influenced the content in the Declaration of Independence.
Who was John Locke?
The form of democracy that was first widely used in the early history of Rome
What is a Republic?
A characteristic of the Renaissance that focused on human potential and achievements as well as an appreciation of the classics, history, and literature.
What is humanism?
The country that colonized most of the eastern shore of North America during the age of exploration
What is England?
Popular uprisings against absolutist monarchs in multiple countries and continents throughout the 18th and 19th centuries
What are Revolutions?
The philosopher who authored, "Leviathan" and believed that people were naturally evil in a state of nature and that they needed to give up their freedoms to an absolute monarch who could maintain law and order.
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
The extensive law code that played a significant role in Roman history because it was one of the first instances of laws being written down and recorded.
What were The Twelve Tables?
An invention by Johannes Gutenberg that transformed Europe by spreading reformist ideas and increasing literacy rates.
What is the printing press?
The trading system between the Americas, Europe, and Africa where merchants transported and traded slave labor, raw materials, and finished goods.
What was the Triangular Trade?
The small kingdom that was made up of even smaller German states and was built up by a strong absolutist government led by Fredrick William I and later Fredrick the Great. This kingdom ceased to exist following WWI.
What was Prussia?
These two concepts were first theorized by French philosopher Montesquieu who advocated for multiple branches of government and limits to each branches power. Both of these concepts are practiced in US government.
What is "checks and balances" and "separation of powers"?
A Medieval English document that is considered a cornerstone of democratic government because it was the first document to require the king to obey laws.
What was the Magna Carta?
Characteristics of Renaissance Art
What is...
Perspective/Depth
Singular Focus
Realistic Representation
The transfer of plants, animals, and disease between the Americas and Europe that contributed to the cultural diets of many places today
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The English King that broke ties with the Catholic Church and established the Church of England with himself as the head of it in order to annul his marriage with his first of six wives.
Who was Henry IIX?
The philosophical theory that states people must give up some freedoms to either the government or each other in exchange for safety and security.
What is a social contract?
An English revolution in 1688 that established parliament as the dominant political force and limited the power of the monarchy.
What was the Glorious Revolution?
The institution that people began to shift their focus away from during the Renaissance which marked a significant change from their attitude towards it during the Middle Ages
What is Christianity and the Church?
The favored economic system by monarchs where a wealthy country must sell more goods than it buys. Countries would receive raw materials from their colonies, but limit the colonies ability to trade with other countries which allowed the monarch to maintain control over the market.
What was Mercantalism?
The French King, nicknamed the Sun King, that achieved extreme power and wealth by decreasing the influence of the nobility, moving from Paris to Versailles and building the opulent Palace of Versailles
Who was Louis XIV?
A concept emphasized by several philosophers: government and religious institutions should be kept separate and that decisions should be based on reason and not religious beliefs.
What is secularism?