Exploration 2
What motivated the European explorers to explore?
God, Glory, and Gold
According to Machiavelli’s The Prince, a ruler should
focus on keeping power (be feared and loved but mostly feared)
The Magna Carta expressed the following significant principle
The King must obey the law
He described gravity and the laws of planetary motion
Sir Isaac Newton
The Protestant Reformation began in this country
Germany / Holy Roman Empire
The new business method invented during the Age of Exploration that encouraged people to invest, reduced risk to investors, and made it possible to raise a lot of capital
Join-Stock Companies / Stock Exchange
Italy began to decline as the center of the Renaissance, in part, due to invasions by Spain and ?
France
How did the Stuart (other than Charles II) monarchs treat Parliament?
Wanted to limit Parliament's power because they believed in the divine right to rule
The print revolution was important to this other revolution because it helped to spread ideas
Protestant Reformation
Which issue triggered Martin Luther to write his 95 Theses?
Sale of Indulgences
In the book The Columbian Exchange, Alfred Crosby said this was the key to European conquest (the reason Europe was able to easily conquer to the Native People in the New World)
Disease
Were women more influential during the Renaissance or during the Middle Ages?
The Middle Ages (lost power in the Renaissance)
What two things did the English Bill of Rights achieve with respect to Parliament?
1) Parliament was the supreme law maker
2) The king could not nullify a law
This Pope apologized to Galileo
Pope John Paul II
What was the political cause of the protestant reformation?
Princes in Germany wanted more power from the Catholic Holy Roman Emperor
What did Asia provide in the World System of trade?
Luxury items
What are the characteristics of Renaissance art?
a. Artists emphasized the human emotions of religious subjects
b. Realism and naturalism were emphasized
c. Art expressed the individual vision of the artist
Jean Jacques Rousseau is associated with what idea about the sexes?
Women belong in the domestic sphere and men in the public sphere
Alexander Pope’s poem is an example of how culturally important and widespread this man's discoveries were scientific discoveries where
Newton
The Catholic Counter-Reformation (Council of Trent) made some changes to the church but what did it not achieve?
Reunification with the protestant faiths.
What did Europe provide in the World System of Trade?
Manufactured goods ( & ships and merchants)
Brunelleschi
Most Enlightenment thinkers did not support rights for this group?
Women
This man's wood carving prints helped spread ideas about the Protestant Reformation
What did both Calvin and Luther agree on about the Bible?
It should be translated into the local language and read by individual people