Age of Exploration
Global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas
Columbian Exchange
Model of the universe in which the sun is the center
Heliocentric
One of the complaints some of the reformers shared was that church services were spoken in this language.
Latin
Established the Church of England and put King Henry VIII as the head.
1534 Act of Supremacy
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
Middle leg of transatlantic trade triangle brought Africans to West Indies and then North and South America
Middle Passage
Name two trusted sources people might look to for an understanding of science
Ancient Greeks & the Catholic Church
Predestination
Written by Martin Luther, a listing of issues with the Catholic Church
95 Theses
The common language which is spoken by people in a particular region.
Vernacular
Which countries claimed land in North America?
Spain, France, England, The Netherlands
The process of conducting experiments to understand how the universe and the natural world work.
Scientific Method
The tribunal system established to rid the Catholic Church of heretics
Inquisition
Bartolomeu de Las Casas was a priest came to the Americas and wrote about...
A secular worldview which focuses on the value and talents of the individuals rather than that of God.
Humanism
Spanish soldiers, explorers, and fortune hunters who took part in the conquest of the Americas in the 16th century
Conquistador
This person was able to see the moon's texture close up and identify more detail about the rest of the universe than ever before.
Galileo Galilei
The author of the 95 Theses started a new denomination of Christianity with his followers. What was it called?
Lutheran
Who might have written this excerpt in the year 1493?
I gave them many beautiful and pleasing things, which I had brought with me, for no return whatever, in order to win their affection, and that they might become Christians and inclined to love our King and Queen and Princes and all the people of Spain; and that they might be eager to search for and gather and give to us what they abound in and we greatly need.
Christopher Columbus
Christians who belonged to non-Catholic churches
Protestants
Dutch, French & Native Americans
This person was known for publishing the theory that all objects have a force pulling other objects to themselves.
Isaac Newton
Catholics believe that salvation is achieved through faith and good works. How do Protestants believe salvation is achieved?
Faith alone
Is the following passage from the Renaissance or the Middle Ages:
"What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel..."
Renaissance
Motivations for exploration
God, Gold and Glory