Renaissance
Who created a system of mass production and utilizing moveable type?
Johann Gutenberg
What large domesticated animal originated in the new world during the Colombian Exchange?
Llama
A transformation in European thought in the 1500's and 1600's calling for scientific observation, experimentation, and questioning of traditional opinions.
Scientific Revolution
Which individual believed people were naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish?
The term Absolutism refers to the belief that monarchs
Hold supreme power and are chosen to rule by god
An intellectual movement focusing on the study of worldly subjects such as poetry, philosophy, human potential, and achievements.
Humanism
The Line of Demarcation and the Treaty of Tordesillas divided world trade and exploration between which two nations?
Portugal and Spain
The Scientific Method includes a ______________ hypothesis.
Testable
Who argued that only education created equality of the sexes in public life?
Mary Wollstonecraft
A French Monarch who embodied the Age of Absolutism who famously said "L'etat, c'est moi" (I am the State).
King Louie XIV (14th)
In Machiavelli's The Prince he writes that it is safer to be ______________ than ____________.
Fear, Loved
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca Empire of the Andean Mountains
Francisco Pizarro
Isaac Newton used mathematics (laws of mechanics and calculus) to show that gravity keeps planets in orbit around the __________.
Sun
Which individual believed in the need for separation of powers and checks and balances within government?
Montesquieu
A Spanish monarch who had absolute control and ushered in the Golden Age of Spain.
Phillip II
All of the following are high Renaissance artists except: Pieter Brueghel, Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo Da Vinci
Pieter Brueghel
Which individual believed the Spanish came to America for gold?
Bartoleme' De Las Casas
Who were the two most important scholars in the development of the Scientific Method?
Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes
Which individual advocated free trade and believed the forces of supply and demand should regulate business?
This Russian Czar modernized and westernized Russia.
Peter the Great
Which humanist of Northern Europe wrote about his vision of an ideal society, in which people live in peace and harmony?
Sir Thomas Moore
The __________ Company, formed by a group of wealthy merchants, had full sovereign powers to build armies, wage war, negotiate peace treaties, and govern overseas treaties.
Dutch East India Company
Telescope
Which individual believed that individuals should be subordinate to community? (Think "General Will")
Rousseau
What monarch triggered the events that resulted in the formation of the Church of England and is known for his many wives?
Henry VIII (8th)