Medieval Madness
What important step did Clovis take in ruling his conquered lands in the late 400s?
Why did Anabaptists believe infants should not be baptized?
They thought you needed to be an adult to accept Christ
The Line of Demarcation divided world trade and exploration rights between…
Portugal and Spain
What Island chain did Spain use to trade silver with Asia?
Philippines
Why did Pope Leo III proclaim Charlemagne emperor of Romans?
Squashed a rebellion in Rome
In a manor system, did the peasants have to stay on the land for life?
Yes, they were bound to the land
Who focused more on worldly subjects - Humanist scholars or medieval thinkers?
Humanists!
The islands that Christopher Columbus explored in his voyage in 1492 later became known as…
West Indies
What two professions made up the new middle class?
Merchants and Artisans
What was the main reason England broke away from the Catholic church in the 1500's?
Henry VIII wanted a divorce
Why did science make little progress in Europe in the Middle Ages?
Science pushed against the values of the church
What was the purpose of the Council of Trent?
Reform the Catholic Church
In 1513, Spanish adventurer Vasco Nunez de Balboa reached the Pacific Ocean by traveling overland through…
Panama
What does capitalism encourage?
Private ownership of businesses
What was an important goal of Phillip II of Spain?
Defend the Catholic Reformation
What was one major reason why universities begin to emerge in medieval Europe?
The need for educated clergy/bureaucrats
Whose calculations showed that the planets move around the sun in oval orbits?
Kepler
Christopher Columbus claimed the land of the Taino people in the West Indies for who?
For Spain
We talked about inflation 2 times in class. What were the causes of inflation each time?
Black Death
Spain's Silver
Peter the Great waged war against the Ottoman empire to
Gain a warm water port
What resulted from the Peace of Augsburg in 1555?
Allowed for Holy Roman Empire princes to choose Catholicism or Protestantism
To defend, restore, and spread the Catholic faith was the main goal of who…
the Jesuits
What city and country is Columbus from?
Genoa, Italy
How did European expansion of the slave trade affect African states in the 1600s and 1700s?
African states competed to dominate the slave trade
Napoleon's continental system was a form of
Economic warfare