Renaissance and Reformation
The term Renaissance means...
What is Rebirth?
This was the name for an era of European history in which privateers and adventurers like Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan and others set sail in search of "New" lands.
What is the Age of Exploration?
This philosophical movement emphasized "natural rights" and the idea that reason and logic, rather than tradition, religion, or superstition, should govern human affairs.
What was The Enlightenment?
This historical event was responsible for people moving into cities and a change from an agrarian (farming), cottage economy to one dominated by industry and machines
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The main reason for Imperialism was this revolution that caused an increase in the need for raw materials and natural resouces
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This was the spark that began World War I
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
During the reformation the Church was divided into...
What were the Protestant Church and the Catholic Church?
This was one of the earliest reasons why humans began exploring the world after the beginnings of civilization
What are spices?
The Enlightenment Thinker responsible for the separation of powers is
1. Montesquieu 2. Rousseau 3. Voltaire
Who was Montesquieu?
Nicholas Copernicus promoted a model of the universe in which the sun is at the center this model was called the...
What is the heliocentric model?
One of two industries that relied heavily on the rubber trees in Africa and SE Asia
What are automobiles and bicycles?
This MAIN cause of WWI refers to the domination of foreign lands by a powerful state far away.
What is Imperialism?
Martin Luther disagreed with the Church's practice of this which allowed people to pay for forgiveness of their sins...
What were Indulgences?
Columbus accidentally "discovered" America when he was hoping to...
What is to Find a quicker route to India/Asia?
This philosopher advocated for Free Speech and is remembered for this famous quote on the matter
“I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Who is Voltaire?
This revolution inspired the French Revolution by showing that overthrowing a powerful country is possible
What is the American Revolution?
The idea that a group of powerful people have the right and obligation to dominate another group of weaker people
What is Social Darwinism?
This country changed sides midway through the war
What is Italy?
This English king was a Protestant reformer who broke with the Catholic Church after the Pope refused to give him a divorce from his first wife Catherine
Who was Henry VIII (8th)?
This was the name for the exchange of people, goods & ideas between the Old World & New World.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This two-word term describes a relationship in which the citizens remain loyal to a government who, in return, provides safety and security.
What is the Social Contract?
In this time period during the French Revolution, Robespierre and the Jacobins executed or imprisoned large numbers of enemies.
What is the Reign of Terror?
This meeting took place in the late 1880s in order to avoid war between European countries and to divide up colonies in Africa
What is the Berlin Conference?
This term refers to a sense of extreme pride in one's own country/people
What is Nationalism?
This school of philosophy that valued the human experience came into existence during the Renaissance
What is Humanism?
The Atlantic Slave Trade started after this group, initially used by colonial powers as a slave labor force, began rapidly dying off from European diseases.
Who were Indigenous/Native Americans?
According to Locke, the government should protect these natural rights of all of its people
What are Life, Liberty, and Property?
Czar Nicolas II was the leader during the Russo-Japanese War, the crushing defeats during WWI, and eventually dethroned during the ...???
What was the Russian Revolution?
This country had the most colonies across the globe during this time period, in fact they had so many colonies that there was a saying about it "The sun never sets on the _____ empire"
Who were the British?
This term refers to the process of making weapons of war and increasing the recruitment of soldiers.
What is Militarism?
During the Renaissance people began to focus less on religion and more on these two things
What are Logic (or Reason) and Observation?
These 3 Gs motivated much of the early Age of Exploration
What are God, Gold, and Glory?
This philosopher believed that the best form of government was an absolute monarchy
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
William and Mary became king and queen of England during a bloodless revolution called the...
What is the Glorious Revolution?
The Rwandan Genocide in 1994 was a direct result of this tactic used by many governments around the world in order to keep people separate and arguing amongst each other instead of united, together
What is divide and conquer?
A telegram, intercepted by the British, that was sent from Germany to this country was one of the deciding factors causing the US to join the fight in World War I
What is Mexico?