The Reformation
A revolt against the Catholic Church started by Martin Luther in the 1500’s.
What was the Protestant Reformation?
Spanish fortune hunters/soldiers that were sent to the Americas to force the natives to work the gold mines and the fields during the 1500 and 1600's.
What are conquistadors?
Related to cities, not the countryside.
What is urban?
The belief that kings and queens ruled because God gave them the authority to rule over man.
What is the Divine Right of Kings?
an educated, scientific guess
What is an hypothesis?
selling forgiveness from sins
What is an indulgence?
Columbus sailed this way to reach Asia and the spice trade for Spain. Also a cardinal direction.
What is west?
The “rebirth”; period in European history from 1350-1550 when people became interested again in art and learning.
What is the Renaissance?
If a ruler failed to protect the natural rights of its citizens John Locke says the people have a right to do this.
What is revolt?
The belief in a universe where humans and the Earth are at the center.
(Medieval view of the world or Scientific view of the world.)
What is a Medieval view of the world?
The Catholic Church defending itself against the Protestant movement.
What was the Catholic Reformation?
The 3 words that best describes the 3 reasons for Spanish exploration in the Americas in the 1400’s and 1500’s.
What are Gold, God and Glory?
Related to worldly things, not religious.
What is secular?
Rights that people are born with including the right to life, liberty and property.
What are natural rights?
The universe could be studied, explained and understood.
(Medieval view of the world or Scientific view of the world.)
What is the Scientific view of the world?
A list of books the Catholic Church published that good Catholics were not supposed to read.
What is the Index?
Native American culture and people destroyed due to diseases from Europe.
(cause of European exploration in the Americas or effect of European exploration in the Americas)
What is an effect of European exploration in the Americas?
Making agreements with other countries.
What is diplomacy or alliances?
A meeting place where men and women discussed and exchanged ideas on an equal basis.
What are salons?
The theory that everything in the universe revolves around the Sun.
What is heliocentric theory?
A meeting set up in 1545 by Pope Paul III designed for bishops and cardinals to review all the teachings of the Catholic Church.
What was the Council of Trent?
Desire to spread Christianity, desire for riches, desire for adventure and fame.
(cause of European exploration in the Americas or effect of European exploration in the Americas)
What is a cause of European exploration in the Americas?
His stories about China made people want to buy the products from the area. Also a game you play in the pool.
Who was Marco Polo?
A time in which philosophers used reason to seek truths about human nature; also known as the Age of Reason.
What was the Enlightenment?
the ability to approach situations without being influenced by emotions or beliefs
What is objectivity?