Definitions
If someone is literate, they are able to do this.
Read and write.
If someone has circumnavigated the world, they have done this.
Gone around the circumference of the Earth.
The name of the person who began the Protestant Refotmation.
Martin Luther
The definition of the word "nation".
A group of people, mainly of common descent, history, and language, often forming a state or inhabiting a territory.
The mall where you find a replica of one of Columbus' ships.
West Edmonton Mall
The definition of the word “pluralistic”.
Describing a society in which members of minority groups maintain their different cultural traditions.
The name of the explorer who travelled to South America and gave the Pacific Ocean its name.
Ferdinand Magellan
The head of the Church in England.
The king or queen (the monarch)
The name of place the Turks conquered in 1453.
Constantinople
Merchants wanted to cut out the middleman when trading for this reason.
Increased profits.
What is it called when someone believes that their own race or culture it better than others?
Ethnocentrism
The four countries that were competing to build their empires.
England, France, Portugal, Spain
The names of the Spanish monarchs who were in power when the Inquisition occurred.
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand.
1) Took over most of the land for themselves
2) Replaced the people's government systems with European systems.
3) Sometimes enslaved the people living there
What is the word for the government policy of wanting to expand to other countries by force.
Expansionism
The policy of a country or empire to extend its authority by political, economic, or military means.
Imperialism
The disease that Europeans brought to North and South America which impacted Indigenous people.
Smallpox
Heresy
When Columbus reached the Carribean, he thought he reached this continent.
Asia
Two ways the printing press changed Europeans' way of life.
Literature in local languages more widely available.
More maps and navigational tables available for exploration.
More people became literate.
The definition of the word "nation"
A group of people, mainly of common descent, history, and language, often forming a state or inhabiting a territory.
Two reasons why European powers were interested in expanding their empires.
To gain wealth and power, to compete with other European countries, because there was an interest in exploration and travel
Two things that Martin Luther wanted the change about the Roman Catholic Church.
People should not be able to pay money to have their sins forgiven, people should be able to seek personal understanding of religion, and rituals alone were not enough to get into heaven.
Two things that led to the development of nations or countries during the Renaissance.
Societies became more urban - power was shifting to cities from the rural areas.
Citizens felt a sense of belonging to the state and communities through common language, religion, and beliefs.
Gunpowder was introduced - this allowed monarchs to overpower nobles.
Invention of the printing press and use of local languages.
Exploration of other parts of the world.
The correct order of these four periods: exploration, imperialism, Middle Ages, Renaissance
Middle Ages, Renaissance, Exploration, Imperialism