The
Enlightenment
Enlightenment
Baron de Montesquieu came up with the concept of...
Separation of Powers
What are the 3 G's that motivated exploration?
God, Glory, and Gold
Name of the Capital of the Byzantine Empire that was conquered by Muslims and renamed Istanbul. The capital was taken by Mehmet II.
Constantinople
Built a telescope and saw the mountains on the moon and four moons orbiting Jupiter. The Church would make him recant this. Who was he?
Galileo Galilei
Who challenged the Christian Church by saying that faith alone was all that was needed to enter Heaven.
Martin Luther
The rights that are given to you by God are called ____________ Rights.
Natural Rights
Name of the Treaty that split the world between Spain and Portugal.
The Treaty of Tordesillas
The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires are known as the ___empires because of their use of guns
Gunpowder
Heliocentric means ____centered
Sun
Calvinism differs from Lutheranism in that Calvinists believe that God has already determined who will and will not get into Heaven. This idea is know as
Predestination
The concept that the relationship between government and the people is that of a social contract was written out by this enlightened thinker...
Thomas Hobbes
Exploration was important for the economic system that benefitted the Mother Country. This system was called ...
Mercantilism
Islamic King of the African Kingdom of Mali known for taking the Hajj to see the Kaaba
Mansa Musa
Secular means...
worldly
This Central American civilization was located on the Yucatan Peninsula
Mayan
Discussion of enlightened ideas would take place in ______ that were all over Europe. They are like coffee shops.
Salons
The Atlantic trade of guns for slaves, slaves for sugar, and sugar for guns was better known as ___ trade.
Triangular Trade
The Mughal empire is located in ...
India
Who came up with the concept of Gravity?
Isaac Newton
Abu Akbar took over Islam after its founder ________died
Muhammad
America's document, inspired by John Locke, written to justify America's "Social Contract" with Great Britain. It would inspire the French to write the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
Declaration of Independence
Type of company where investors invest in the company which explores and sets up colonies.
Joint-stock
The Ottoman empire stretched into this Western Country
Spain
Johannes Kepler confirmed the Heliocentric model created by Nicolas _____
Copernicus
According to Martin Luther, the ______ is the only source of truth.
Bible