How did the Black Death spread?
Why was exploration largely limited to land travel before the 1400s?
Lack of technology
Before the enlightenment the best way to rule was to align oneself with God, so people had a moral and religious obligation to be them.
Divine Rule
an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters.
Humanism
Wrote the Ninety-Five Theses that contained arguments against the Catholic Church based on corruption and called for reforms.
Martin Luther
Black Death/Bubonic Plague
Country that led the way of exploration because of their relationships with Muslims, proximity to the coast of Africa, and support from royal family.
Portugal
Agreement between the people and government to meet the economic and social needs of the people being governed.
Social Contract
Art that involved a number of techniques that make the subjects and background look like they would in real life.
Realism
The spread of Protestant religion led to this war that was fought for the religious control over territory in Europe.
Thirty Years' War
During this war, Kings did not need to rely on knights, castles, or lords because of taxation to pay for a professional army, improved technology, and the rise of nationalism.
The Hundred Years' War
Treaty of Tordesillas
Thomas Hobbes
Which two civilizations culture and arts were "rebirth" through the Renaissance in Europe?
Based on careful observation and testing of data and forms the basis of all scientific investigation to this day.
Scientific Method
After the plague, why did power shift from the noble to the common people?
The need for workers after a shortage of people.
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
Colonialism
Argues mankind is good, rational, and capable to self-rule, so the social contract is to guarantee natural rights, and if it does not the people can revolt and replace the government.
John Locke
The Renaissance increased tensions with ______________ as it long regarded itself to as the guardian and interpreter of knowledge and culture.
The Catholic Church
Before 1500, most Europeans relied on one main source of knowledge about the natural world, which was...
Which two groups were given more power as feudalism declined and parliaments and monarchs started to rise?
identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
Argues society should be organized by majority rule, and everyone should subject themselves to the general will as they are protected by the community.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Humanists balanced religious faith with a secular point of view while emphasizing the dignity and worth of the individual. What is another word for secular?
Nonreligious
This invention allowed for all European states/countries to gain knowledge and information on new technology and ideas because of what critical invention that promoted widespread learning of these advancements?
Printing Press