Show:
Politics
Religion
Exploration and Economics
People
Similarities
100
A movement to charge people with heresy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
What was the inquisition in European and when did this occur?
100
the belief that a country's prosperity is dependent upon its supply of bullion (gold or silver)
What is Mercantilism?
100
Isaac Newton and John Locke
Which two men greatly influenced the European Enlightenment?
100
Both developed a rigid class structure
How were the Japanese feudal system and Hindu caste system similar?
200
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain
Who did Christopher Columbus sail for?
200
It investigated its practices, found corruption problematic, and issued some reforms
How did the Catholic Church respond to the Protestant reformation?
200
Lots of gold, plants, and animals to ship back to the "old world"
What did the Spanish gain from their American colonies?
200
Separation of powers; checks and balances
What important idea did Montesquieu develop?
200
questioning spirit and attitude emerged
What is a change that occurred during both the Renaissance and the Enlightenment?
300
People largely ignored these protests because the slave trade was so profitable
How did recipients of African protests of the slave trade react?
300
Monarchs centralized and solidified their power, The urban poor wanted to get out of poverty and earn more money for their work, The expansion of printing in the fifteenth century via the printing press, The idea of Christian Humanism which sought religious reform
Why did religious reform occur in the sixteenth century?
300
"God, glory, and gold;" The end of regional isolation and the beginning of a period of European global domination
What were the motives and results of European exploration?
300
The world's first encyclopaedia
What did Diderot contribute to the Enlightenment?
300
They examined natural laws governing the universe
What was a similarity between the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment?
400
leaders should do whatever is necessary to achieve their goals
What ideas did Niccolo Machiavelli support in The Prince?
400
Faith in god is more important than good works, to reform the Catholic church, prompted the Protestant Reformation
What were the goals, ideas, and impacts of Martin Luther's Ninety-five theses?
400
"laissez-faire," the theory that the government should not interfere in the economy
Adam Smith believed in what economic philosophy?
400
Religious tolerance
What idea did Voltaire contribute to the Enlightenment?
400
The scientific method should be used to solve problems
What did Copernicus, Galilei, Newton, and Descartes agree upon?
500
To some extent, but rulers generally focused more on strengthening the power of the state
Did European monarchs rule with "enlightened absolutism?"
500
They made connections between Confucian doctrine and Christianity
How did Jesuit missionaries make Catholicism more acceptable to the Chinese?
500
Europeans took control of certain industries and sent their profits back to Europe, which took money out of the Indian economy and bankrupted previously wealthy zamindars
How did Europeans impact the Indian economy?
500
liberty was achieved by doing what is good for all, not just the individual
What idea did Rousseau develop in his consideration of Enlightenment philosophy?
500
The government failed to meet the political and economic needs of their people
What was the primary reason that people rose against their governments?