RENAISSANCE 1
The reason the Renaissance began in Italy...
He developed calculus to prove his theory of gravity...
Who is Isaac Newton?
The goal of overseas exploration...
What is to get profitable spices?
Ideas that countries should obtain colonies to control trade...
What is Mercantilism?
He said "I am the State" - absolute ruler of France...
Who is King Louis XIV?
Type of art style used during the Renaissance...
What is realism?
This time period focused on experimentation and observation...
What is the Scientific Revolution?
Global exchange of people, plants and animals...
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Idea that Kings ruled with the right from God...
What is Divine Right?
Who is Peter the Great?
Two Renaissance artists...
Who are Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Rafael or Donatello?
Two effects of the printing press...
What is faster production of books, increased number of books, cheaper books and higher literacy rate?
Total control of a product...
What is a monopoly?
The government that limited the English kings' powers...
What is Parliament?
This Russian ruler was not even Russian though responsible for the first school for girls...
Who is Catherine the Great?
The philosophy of the Renaissance focusing on Greek and Roman culture...
What is Humanism?
The main cause of the Protestant Reformation...
What is the Church was selling indulgences - tickets to remove your sins?
Explorer credited with circumnavigating the earth...
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
When the Roundheads challenged the Cavaliers...
What is the English Civil War?
He wrote "The Prince" which stated "By any means necessary"...
Who is Machiavelli?
The type of achievements focused on during the Renaissance...
What is individual achievements?
Two effects of the Protestant Reformation...
What is the Church lost power and European religious unity was broken?
Two conquistadors who helped conquer the Americas...
Who is Hernan Cortez and Francisco Pizzaro?
Policy of enslaving Native Americans...
What is the Encomienda system?
He was threatened by the Church for his theory of the sun centered universe...
Who is Galileo?