The Renaissance
Possible answers:
Massive loss of population --> more $ to spend on art
Rise of city-states
Increased trade --> cultural diffusion
Which Protestant Reformer contradicted traditional Catholic beliefs and started a new religion where people were able to shape their own beliefs about God and religion.
Martin Luther
What is the difference between an absolute and limited monarchy?
An absolute monarch possesses all of the power. A limited monarch shares power with others.
What are the 3 main reasons for European expansion?
God, Gold, Glory.
Identify the 3 participants of the triangle trade and the goods they traded.
Europe - Guns, cloth, iron to AFRICA
Africa - slaves to AMERICA
It was easy to change social classes during the Renaissance if you met the Renaissance Man expectations. This movement within the social classes is called...?
Social Mobility
What are the 3 main causes of the Renaissance?
Corruption in the Catholic Church, Early Reformers, new thoughts from the Renaissance taking people away from the Church.
The belief that monarchs received their power from God is called...
Divine Right
What was the ultimate goal of the first explorations?
To find a water route to Europe to make trade easier.
What was the main goal of Calvinism?
To make the world "fit for the elect"
What are the 2 theories constructed by Copernicus and Galileo during the Renaissance?
The Earth is not in the center of the universe.
The Sun is in the middle of the universe and the planets orbit it.
Which Protestant Reformer believed in the doctrine of predestination?
John Calvin
This absolute French monarch was a flamboyant king who chose to completely control the economy, military, and religion alone at the age of 18.
King Louis XIV
Explain the difference between Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci.
C.C. was the first to discover the Americas; however, he thought the land was Asian. Vespucci declared that it was instead new land.
This ruler went under cover to help modernize his country.
Peter the Great
What is Humanism?
Intellectual movement that focused on the study of "worldly" subjects and on human achievement and potential.
Explain how Henry VIII is considered a Protestant Reformer.
Henry VIII broke off from the Catholic Church because the Pope would not give him an annulment. He went on to found the Church of England, a new Protestant Religion.
Peter the Great was a Russian ruler whose primary focus was too...?
Westernize Russia --> bring European culture back to the country in order to modernize it.
How did the Columbian Exchange affect the lives of New and Old World inhabitants?
This system was a trade between colonists, natives, and royals. A colonist was given a certain about of land and Natives to work the land for them by the Royals. In exchange, they would teach them about Christianity.
Encomienda System
What were 3 characteristics of Renaissance art?
Possible answers:
Perspective
Realistic
New shapes & Colors
Shift away from religion
What are 2 changes that were made to the Catholic Church during the Counter Reformation.
Possible answers:
Focus on service and spirituality
Creation of Jesuits
Woman took a more active role in the church
The English Civil War and Glorious revolution are important because...
They took steps to limit absolutism in Europe.
This economic system states that a nations strength depends on its wealth.
Mercantilism
The trade route that slaves were taken on from Africa to the Americas is called...
The middle passage