5924180918 | Colonization | system of settling new lands that remain under the government of their native land | ![]() | 0 |
5924180919 | Humanism | a renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements | ![]() | 1 |
5924180920 | Mercantilism | the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys | ![]() | 2 |
5924180923 | john calvin | French humanist whose theological writings profoundly influenced religious thoughts of Europeans. Developed Calvinism at Geneva. Wrote Institutes of Christian Religion | ![]() | 3 |
5924180924 | Columbian exchange | The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages. | ![]() | 4 |
5924180925 | dutch east company | Government-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies until the british came and took over | ![]() | 5 |
5924180930 | Henry VIII | English king who created the Church of England after the Pope refused to end his marriage. | 6 | |
5924180932 | martin Luther | a. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the catholic church church practices. | ![]() | 7 |
5924180934 | protestant reformation | A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Lutheran | ![]() | 8 |
5924180935 | renaissance | The great period of rebirth in art, literature, and learning in the 14th-16th centuries, which marked the transition into the modern periods of European history | ![]() | 9 |
5924180939 | King Ferdinand and Queen Isaeblla | created one house under Spanish rule, creating an all powerful nation-state. Supported exploration, had a long term impact on cultural world, and expelled the Muslims and Jews | 10 | |
5924180940 | Portugal | Dominate Africa the Indian ocean an spice islands. Had limited man power, was middle man in the floating empire. Transatlantic slave trade and controlled sea routes.(Western Europe) | 11 | |
5924180944 | Ottoman Empire | Turks in Turkey. Constantinople moved to Isanbul. Tolerant of Christian and Jews. Conquered land by children warriors "janissanries" Selim I expanded it the most. Military, encouraged arts. Golden age. Expanded Islam. Trade with India, china and America. (Islamic, middle east) | 12 | |
5924180949 | Jesuits | Also known as the Society of Jesus; founded by Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) as a teaching and missionary order to resist the spread of Protestantism. | 13 | |
5924180955 | Dutch trading empire | The Dutch system extending into Asia with fortified towns and factories, warships on patrol, and monopoly control of a limited number of products. | 14 | |
5924180958 | Francisco Pizarro | Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541) | 15 | |
5924180960 | Ferdinand Magellan | Hired by Spain to sail to the Indies in 1519. Magellan was killed in the Philippines (1521). One of his ships returned to Spain (1522), thereby completing the first circumnavigation of the globe. | 16 | |
5924180962 | Vasco de Gama | A Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa to the Indian Ocean | 17 | |
5924180963 | silver mining | became source of wealth for Portugal/Spain, currency for China, dominated resource of Mexico, extracted minerals from America and sent to Europe | 18 | |
5924180965 | sugar production and the slave trade | labor intensive, dangerous, spurred growth of Atlantic Slave trade to Caribbean/Latin America - numbers kept up through extensive trade, not through reproduction - males primarily brought over - overseers keep order violently, absentee landowners | 19 | |
5924180967 | Christopher Colombus | discover" of the Americas, looking for shortcut.western route to East Indies - controversial character - treatment of indigenous people/African slave introduction vs. Colombian Exchange and starting new wave of exploration, starts era of European dominance | 20 | |
5924180968 | Prince Henry the Navigator | sparks European interest in exploration, gave Portuguese a head start, known in English as Prince Henry the Navigator or the Seafarer (Portuguese: o Navegador). He promoted early Portuguese efforts to explore an Adrican route to Asia | 21 | |
5924180970 | commercial revolution | of European economic expansion, colonialism, and mercantilism which lasted from approximately 1520 until 1650. Voyages of discovery in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries allowed European powers to build vast networks of international trade, which in turn generating a great deal of wealth for them | ![]() | 22 |
5927386722 | Copernicus | Polish monk / astronomer who disproved belief that planets revolved around the earth | 23 | |
5927386723 | Johannes Kepler | Resolved basic issues of planetary motion and accomplished important work in optics | 24 | |
5927386724 | Galileo | Publicized Copernicus's findings on the laws of gravjty/ planetary motion. Condemned by Catholic church | 25 | |
5927386725 | William Harvey | English physician who studied the circulatory system in animals | 26 | |
5927386726 | Descartes | Skeptical review | 27 | |
5927386727 | Niccolo Machiavelli | Wrote " The Prince". Discussed how to seize power by any means | 28 | |
5927386728 | Francis I | King of France (1494-1547). Influential during renaissance as patron of the arts | 29 | |
5927386729 | Johannes Gutenberg | Invented movable type. Expanded availability of printed material, angered Catholic church BC ppl could be educated | 30 | |
5927386730 | Martin Luther | German Catholic monk who initiated Protestant Revolution. Emphasized faith for gaining salvation. Rejected papal authority. 95 theses | 31 | |
5927386731 | Jean Calvin | Stressed doctrine of predestination. | 32 | |
5927386732 | John Locke | English philosopher who argued ppl could learn anything through senses and reason. Power of govt should come from the people. Had right to overthrow leaders if they felt they wanted to | 33 | |
5927386733 | Louis XIV | French King. Absolute monarch | 34 | |
5927386734 | Frederick the Great | Prussian King who introduced enlightenment reforms including freedom of religion and more state control on economy | 35 | |
5927386735 | Adam Smith | Survival of the fittest in the economy. Govts should not regulate it | 36 | |
5927386736 | Denis Diderot | Worked on the Encyclopedia | 37 | |
5927386737 | Mary Wollstonecraft | Feminist, political rights should be extensive women | 38 |
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