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Renaissance
Northern Renaissance
Commercial Revolution
Age of Exploration
Protestant Reformation
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a 19th-century historian, claimed the Renaissance period stood in distinct contrast to the Middle Ages
What is Jacob Burckhardt
100
invented by Johann Gutenberg in 1454
What is the printing press
100
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
What is capitalism
100
Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's colonial empire.
What is Prince Henry the Navigator
100
French theologian and author of the book "Institutes of the Christian Religion" that was very influential during the Reformation
What is John Calvin
200
Writer of "the Prince"
What is Niccolò Machiavelli
200
Wrote "In Praise of Folly"
What is Erasmus
200
The practice of giving people the materials needed to do a job (such as weaving) and putting them into the country to do said job to prevent the cultivation of guilds.
What is the putting out system
200
An early Portuguese explorer who traveled down the coast of Africa in search of a water route to Asia. He managed to round the southern tip of Africa in 1488, now the Cape of Good Hope.
What is Bartholomew Dias
200
War between England and France that began when King Edward III of England claimed the throne of France.
What is the Hundred Years' War
300
A sculptor who designed the Medici tomb, painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and sculpted "David". He lived during the High Renaissance in Italy.
What is Michelangelo
300
Heavily influenced by the Italian Renaissance  More detail throughout paintings (especially the background) than the Italian Renaissance  Use of oil paints (in contrast to Italian Renaissance that used tempera)  More emotional than the Italian style  Works often preoccupied with death
What is Flemish Style
300
The new middle class of entrepreneurs that resulted as commercial capitalism expanded
What is bourgeoise
300
Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route.
What is Vasco da Gama
300
A system of Christian doctrine based on the principles taught by Martin Luther. It is the world's largest Protestant denomination.
What is Lutheranism
400
A value that developed during the Renaissance in Italy. It emphasizes the revival and study of the classic Greco-Roman fields of learning such as the belief of man as a proper focus of study. It also focused on reviving and correcting classical texts.
What is humanism
400
an English poet who, never receiving more than a primary school education, he was able to author plays such as Hamlet and King Lear, showed an unsurpassed understand of the human psyche as well as a genius for dramatic intensity
What is William Shakespeare
400
Exports>imports. Colonies should export raw materials and import finished goods. People supporting this principle wanted to build a strong and self-sufficient economy
What is mercantilism
400
Set the Line of Demarcation which was a boundary established in 1493 to define Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the Americas.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas
400
the theological system of John Calvin and his followers emphasizing omnipotence of God and salvation by grace alone
What is Calvinism
500
A value that developed during the Renaissance in Italy. It emphasizes separating oneself from the crowd and being an individual with unique ideas.
What is individualism
500
Leading humanist scholar in England and best know for writing "Utopia"
What is Thomas More
500
A type of company formed by English and Dutch merchants to maximize profits and limit risks. Investors in these type of companies buy shares of ownership. They lose their investment if companies go bankrupt but receive a proportional share of profits if the companies prosper.
What is Joint-stock companies
500
The three primary motives for exploration in the New World
What is Gold, God, and Glory
500
Luther's 95 criticisms of Catholic doctrine and practices that were posted on the door of the castle church in Wittenberg, Germany on October 31, 1517
What is Ninety-Five Theses