Which European countries were active in overseas trade?
Spain, Portugal, France, England, Netherlands
100
Why are the 1600's - 1700's often called the Age of Revolution?
Far reaching change in Democracy and science
100
What was the Scientific Revolution?
Scientists based their knowledge on observation and facts, rather than religious beliefs.
200
Where did people of this time period look,in order to understand the world around them?
The ideas of the Greek and Roman thinkers
200
Where and when was the printing press invented?
1450 / Germany
200
What were two reasons traders began to travel outside of Europe?
1. Exploration
2. Trade of gold, ivory, silver, slaves and spices
200
How did the revolutionary ideas about government in Great Britain affect American colonists?
Kings should not have all the power
200
What is the Scientific Method?
A 6 step procedure to test ideas
300
What five things did they learn that changed their way of thinking?
Poetry, plays, buildings, sculpture and ideas
300
What two important effects did the printing press have on the people of Europe?
1. Increased literacy
2. allowed ideas to spread to large #'s of people
300
How did the wealth from trade affect feudalism? (3)
1. Traders & merchants formed a middle class
2. Feudalism declined
3. Kings gained more power
300
Why do you think England was powerful during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I? (4)
1. Navy was strong
2. Worked closely with parliament
3. Understood how important approval of the people was to her success.
4. She supported exploration of the Americans
300
What did Isaac Newton invent?
Calculus
400
What is Humanism?
Focusing on improving this world, rather than hoping for a better life after death
400
What makes Leonardo Da Vinci a Renaissance man?
He was a painter, artist, inventor and scientist
400
Due to the increase in trade, a new social class was formed.
Explain the different classes in Europe during this time.
Top = King
Next = Nobles
Middle = Merchants & traders
Low = Peasants & farmers
400
What was the immediate result of the French Revolution?
Created chaos
400
What is a monarch?
King or Queen that rules a country
500
Who was Michelangelo?
He was an accomplished artist, painter, architect, sculptor
500
What were two reasons why Leonardo Da Vinci may have written his notes and journals as if looking in a mirror?
1. He was left handed and didn't want to smudge his work
2. He was afraid someone might steal his ideas
500
What period in European history is known as the Age of Monarchs? Why?
1600's -1700's
Most of Europe is ruled by absolute monarchs
500
What was the long term of the French Revolution?
Ideas born during the revolution continued to influence Europe.