Decline of Feudalism
Age of Exploration
The Enlightenment
Renaissance
Religion & Science
100
How did the Black Death spread?
Silk Road Trade Route
100
Why was exploration largely limited to land travel before the 1400s?
Lack of technology
100
Before the enlightenment the best way to rule was to align oneself with God, so people had a moral and religious obligation to be them.
Divine Rule
100
an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters.
Humanism
100
Wrote the Ninety-Five Theses that contained arguments against the Catholic Church based on corruption and called for reforms.
Martin Luther
200
Living for the moment, questioning religion, anti-semitism, extreme religious asceticism (avoidance of all sins) are examples of reactions to the...
Black Death/Bubonic Plague
200
Country that led the way of exploration because of their relationships with Muslims, proximity to the coast of Africa, and support from royal family.
Portugal
200
Agreement between the people and government to meet the economic and social needs of the people being governed.
Social Contract
200
Art that involved a number of techniques that make the subjects and background look like they would in real life.
Realism
200
The spread of Protestant religion led to this war that was fought for the religious control over territory in Europe.
Thirty Years' War
300
During this war, Kings did not need to rely on knights, castles, or lords because of taxation to pay for a professional army, improved technology, and the rise of nationalism.
The Hundred Years' War
300
Agreement between Spain and Portugal that split up land in the Americas between a longitudinal line that resulted in Spain becoming a mega world power.
Treaty of Tordesillas
300
Thomas Hobbes
300
Which two civilizations culture and arts were "rebirth" through the Renaissance in Europe?
Ancient Greece and Rome
300
Based on careful observation and testing of data and forms the basis of all scientific investigation to this day.
Scientific Method
400
After the plague, why did power shift from the noble to the common people?
The need for workers after a shortage of people.
400
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
Colonialism
400
Argues mankind is good, rational, and capable to self-rule, so the social contract is to guarantee natural rights, and if it does not the people can revolt and replace the government.
John Locke
400
The Renaissance increased tensions with ______________ as it long regarded itself to as the guardian and interpreter of knowledge and culture.
The Catholic Church
400
Before 1500, most Europeans relied on one main source of knowledge about the natural world, which was...
the Bible/religious teachings
500
Which two groups were given more power as feudalism declined and parliaments and monarchs started to rise?
Monarchs and common people.
500
identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
Nationalism
500
Argues society should be organized by majority rule, and everyone should subject themselves to the general will as they are protected by the community.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
500
Humanists balanced religious faith with a secular point of view while emphasizing the dignity and worth of the individual. What is another word for secular?
Nonreligious
500
This invention allowed for all European states/countries to gain knowledge and information on new technology and ideas because of what critical invention that promoted widespread learning of these advancements?
Printing Press