Renaissance
Renaissance meant what?
The rebirth of Europe
What country "discovered" the Americas?
Spain
What started the Protestant reformation?
What is a Absolute Monarch
A ruler who has total power over a nation
During the Scientific Revolution what did scientists base their findings on
Old Greek and Roman ideas, and experiments
They had lost trade connection and were not gaining the new innovations, and ideas like the other countries like China
Who were the first two maritime empires?
Spain and Portugal.
Why did the Protestant Reformation start
The Church controlled education, people believed they had too much power, and their were growing challenges of church beliefs.
Were people happy with absolute monarchs
no
Who replaced the natives as laborers
Africans
Give 3 main causes of the Renaissance
How did the Columbian exchange lead to population changes in both Afro-Eurasia and the Americas
Afro-Eurasia's population went up because of new supplies and food like tomatoes and corn, while the Americas population went down because of new diseases brought to them
What caused the Church to have so much power
The printing press was widely available at the time meaning the Church were the ones distributing information.
What did Charles I do to earn him the title absolute monarch
He disbanded the parliament, and tried to expand borders, but ultimately failled
What are the three reasons that motivated European Maritime empires to being exploring
Glory, God, Gold
What is humanisn
Movement that emphasized focus on the self, and less on religion
The natives being forced to work is known as what?
Coerced labor
What did the Protestant Reformation lead to?
Absolute monarchs
Give 2 of the 5 things a ruler can do to make them an absolute monarch
Limits the power of the nobility, uses armies to expand borders, controls religious authorities, makes the laws, or uses assemblies to approve the ruler's initiatives
Did Scientific findings become more accurate, or less accurate during the Scientific revolution
more accurate
European Art became _______ during the Renaissance
Realistic, and less of a focus on religion
How did European Colonization lead to cultural blending?
It led to religions, culture, and customs being blended between the natives, and the Europeans, as well as between Africans, and the natives
What role did the printing press have in the Protestant Reformation
It distributed information quicker, and easier leading to more people joining in on the movement quicker.
Why weren't rulers absolute before?
The Church had the power, they chose who became queen, and king, and they could easily take away that ruler's title
What was the social hierarchy called in the Americas after Europeans settled there?
Sociedad de castas pyramid