Renaissance
This was a period in European history that brought a revival of art and learning.
Renaissance.
This became part of the process of settling the American continent.
Slave trade.
This country leads the way in the “Age of Exploration.”
Portugal.
Who was Joan of Arc?
A French peasant girl who led the army to victory.
This person showed that the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits instead of circles.
Johannes Kepler.
A deadly disease that killed approximately 1/3 of Europe’s population
Bubonic Plague
Black Death
This worked much like the modern-day corporation, with investors buying shares of stock in a company. It involved a number of people combining their wealth for a common purpose.
Joint-Stock Company.
Which person encouraged exploration?
Prince Henry the Navigator.
What was the cause of the Hundred Years War?
Despite making powerful enemies, this person never stopped fighting or tolerance, reason, freedom of religious belief, and freedom of speech.
Voltaire.
What were the three basic social classes of a Feudal society?
Nobility, Clergy, Peasantry.
The theory of this held that a country’s power depended mainly on its wealth.
Mercantilism.
What were the primary motives for exploration?
God, Glory, & Gold
Which of the following occurred as a result of Martin Luther’s stand against indulgences?
The Protestant Reformation began.
This person discovered that the same force ruled motion of the planets and all matter on earth and in space.
Isaac Newton.
This was the Christians’ series of attempts to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.
Crusades.
The wealth from the Americas and the growth of trade brings rise to this new economic system.
Capitalism.
The purpose of this was to keep Spain and Portugal from fighting over new lands.
Treaty of Tordesillas.
Increasing numbers of people learned to read after the mid-1400s because
Printed materials became more available.
This person believed that people had the natural ability to govern their own affairs and to look after the welfare of society.
John Locke.
What subjects did Humanists focus on during the renaissance?
Human potential and achievements.
This killed 90% of the Natives.
Disease.
This country’s empire included most of the Americas.
Spain.
Henry VIII’s declaration as “the only supreme head on Earth of the Church of England” is known as the:
Act of Supremacy.
This person proved Aristotle’s earth centered view wrong.
Nicolaus Copernicus.