European Middle Ages
Why did the population in Europe increase from 1100 to 1300?
Increase Crop Production
Renaissance means WHAT, and what is it a return to?
Rebirth, return to the Greco-Roman culture and education
Sale of Indulgences
Why did Columbus sail west from Spain?
He was trying to find a quicker trade route to Asia
How did Monarchs claim their absolute power
Divine Right
What set of wars opened up foreign trade routes to Europe?
The Crusades
The Renaissance started in THIS European country because of its trading success on the Mediterranean Sea.
Italy
What invention allowed for the ideas of the Reformation to spread rapidly in Northern Europe?
The exchange of goods, animals, and diseases from the Old and New World is referred to as the...
Columbian Exchange
The belief that the people and the government have an agreement with one another is called the...
Social Contract
The Growth of Banking, Money Flow, and Use of Guilds are all parts of what economic "Revolution" of the Middle Ages?
The Commercial Revolution
What is Humanism
The belief that humans can do wonderful things, and we should strive to become the most successful people we can be.
True or False: The Protestant Reformation only resulted in two branches of protestantism, Lutheranism and Calvinism
False: thousands of branches form as a result of Sola Scriptura
Why did the Encomienda system ultimately fail in the Americas?
Enslaved Native Americans were dying from diseases such as smallpox
According to John Locke, what is a purpose of having a government?
To protect the peoples natural rights of life, liberty and property
The Population of Europe declined by nearly 40% because of the negative consequence of increased trade...
The Bubonic Plague/Black Death
What is Classicism?
A focus on "Classical" culture (Rome and Greece)
What was the role of the Jesuits in the Catholic Counter-Reformation?
Establish Catholic Schools to make catholics more educated and to spread catholicism through missionary work
The slavery of Africans in the Americas was referred to as ________________ slavery
Chattel Slavery
Baron de Montesquieu agreed with Locke's Social Contract, and because he agreed that people are naturally selfish, he argued that governments should have WHAT strucutre that is seen in the American government?
Separation of Powers
Explain how the Bubonic plague led to the decline of the Feudal system...
Surviving serfs were able to demand higher wages, thus disrupting the established powers of the feudal system.
Realism and landscapes were integral to which Renaissance?
The Northern Renaissance
In the Catholic Counter-Reformation, the Council of Trent was meant to evaluate the legitimacy of Luther's issues with the Church. The Church only agreed to a handful of Luther's points. What was one of the agreements that the Catholic Church had with Luther?
The Sale of indulgences was corrupt.
Describe each part of the triangle trade.
Raw goods from the Americas go to Europe. Europe manufactures these goods into manufactured goods. Manufactured goods such as guns go to Africa in exchange for slaves. Those slaves go across the middle passage and are forced to work on plantations to harvest raw materials.
Name TWO revolutions that Enlightenment ideas directly caused