Ren + Reform.
King Henry VIII of England broke with the Pope in post because?
He wanted to control the Church in England.
Lateen, caravel, and astrolabe are all terms associated with advances in?
Sailing ships.
What two things is Sir Isaac Newton associated with?
Law of gravity and calculus.
At the meeting of the Estates General, the third estate wanted to do what?
Here the 3 estates meet together.
The Middle Passage was the?
Voyage of Africans across the Atlantic on salve ships.
Galileo was put on trial because why?
Heliocentric theory said he thought heavenly bodies were imperfect and changing.
Which country did Napoleon not control?
Great Britain.
The Prince, Machiarelli says that a wise ruler is one who does what?
Whatever he has to do to stay in power.
Conquistadores explored the Americans in search of?
Gold and Silver.
How did Newton describe the universe?
A huge machine that operated according to unchanging natural laws.
Why did Louis XVI decide to call the Estates General together?
To win support for economic reforms.
During the Renaissance what did Martin Luther urge Christians to do?
To study the Bible.
What was the season the Spanish were able to conquer the Aztec and Inca so easily?
1) Horses frightened them.
2) They hold superior weapons.
3) Disease killed many of them.
Philosophers and scientists Denis Diderot.
What was the most serious economic problem facing the French Govt in the 1700's was what?
The Govt had borrowed huge sums of money.
How was the Gutenburg Bible first printed?
On the printing press.
According to the Treaty of Tordesillas, which countries had the right to trade and colonize in newly discovered lands?
Spain and Portugal.
According to Hobbes, people give up their freedom to an absolute rule in exchange for what?
Peace and order.
The third estate consisted of who?
The middle class and the poor.