Renaissance
This was a period in European history that brought a revival of art and learning.
Renaissance.
This became part of the process of settling the American continent.
Slave trade.
This country leads the way in the “Age of Exploration.”
Portugal.
Who was Joan of Arc?
A French peasant girl who led the army to victory.
This person showed that the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits instead of circles.
Johannes Kepler.
A deadly disease that killed approximately 1/3 of Europe’s population
Bubonic Plague
Black Death
This worked much like the modern-day corporation, with investors buying shares of stock in a company. It involved a number of people combining their wealth for a common purpose.
Joint-Stock Company.
Which person encouraged exploration?
Prince Henry the Navigator.
Author of "The Prince" which gave advice to kings "be feared, not loved"; ends justify the means"
This organization is why Copernicus delay publishing his solar system theory.
Fear of the catholic Church.
What were the three basic social classes of a Feudal society?
Nobility, Clergy, Peasantry.
The theory of this held that a country’s power depended mainly on its wealth.
Mercantilism.
What were the primary motives for exploration?
God, Glory, & Gold
What movement occurred as a result of Martin Luther’s stand against indulgences?
The Protestant Reformation.
This person discovered that the same force ruled motion of the planets and all matter on earth and in space.
Isaac Newton.
This was the Christians’ series of attempts to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.
Crusades.
The wealth from the Americas and the growth of trade brings rise to this new economic system.
Capitalism.
A portion of this system brought slaves from West Africa to the American colonies during exploration.
Triangular trade
Increasing numbers of people learned to read after the mid-1400s because
the invention and use of the Printing Press.
This proved Aristotle's earth centered view wrong.
Nicolaus Copernicus
This philosophy believes in the potential and capacity of people, and contested adherence to religion.
Humanism
This killed 90% of the Natives.
Disease.
This country’s empire included most of the Americas.
Spain.
Artist, inventor, and painter of the "Mona Lisa"; 'Last Supper"
Leonardo da Vinci
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