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565514359Identify Niccolo Machiavelliemphasized realistic discussion0
565514360Identify humanisimfocused on human kind (here and now)1
565514361When and why did Italy begin to decline as a renaissance center?Northern Renaissance during 14502
565514362What was the Northern Renaissance?focused on France, the low countries, and Germany3
565514363What were some primary differences between the Northern and Italian Renaissance?Norther Humanists and wrote in own languages4
565514364Identify Francis IKing of France5
565514365How did the Renaissance effect normal people or peasants?Economic questions6
565514366What was Johannes Gutenberg responsible for?movable type7
565514367What was the European-style family pattern?late marriages8
565514368Most people could not marry until they had access to ________property9
565514369Why is Martin Luther important?A German Monk who questioned the Roman Church10
565514370What are indulgences?Grants of salvation11
565514371What were some of Luther's beliefs?No authority by the pope, God couldn't be manipulate, rebuffed by the papacy, catholic beliefs12
565514372What does the Lutheran version of the Protestantism urge?state control of chuech13
565514373Why did some ordinary people shift their allegiance to Luther?landlords, renounced readings, work in world14
565514374What was the church established by Henry VIII in England?Anglican church15
565514375Identify Jean CalvinFrench theologian16
565514376Identify predestinationGod's prior determination of those who would be saved17
565514377Identify Catholic Reformationmajor church concil18
565514378Identify Jesuitsnew religious order19
565514379What was the edict of Nantes?granting of tolerance to Protestants20
565514380What were some results of the Thirty Years' War?German Protestants allies with Lutheran Sweeden21
565514381What was the cause of the English civil War?battles between the claims of parliament22
565514382The religious wars led to a grudging acceptance to the idea of ________pluralism23
565514383What spurred greater commercialization?price of infalmation24
565514384New World _____ and _______ forced prices up and product demand surpassed availabilitwealth; inflation25
565514385Why did it make sense to take loans for new investments?a sum borrowed one year would be worth less, in real terms, 5 years later26
565514386What were some examples of manufacturing specializations?wool, wine, cheese27
565514387One historian has estimated that about by 1600 the average Western peasant or _____ owned ______ as many "things" as his or her counterpart in _______ Europeartisan; 5 times; southeast28
565514388Identify proletariatpeople without access to wealth-producing property29
565514389Identify witchcraft persecutionpeasants often accused of being witches30
565514390Identify scientific revolutionchanged popular outlooks31
565514391Identify Copernicuspolish monk32
565514392Identify Johannes Kelperstudied planetary motion33
565514393Identify GalileoItalian astronomer34
565514394Identify William HarveyEnglish physican35
565514395Identify Rene Descartesestablished the importance of skeptical review36
565514396Identify Isaac Newtonpublished Principia Mathematica37
565514397What did Desim argue?there might be divinity its role was simply to set up natural laws of motion38
565514398What did John Locke believe?argued that people could learn everything they needed to know through their sense and reason39
565514399How was the western view of science different compared with that of other civilizations?The idea of general laws of nature40
565514400Who was King Louis XIV?King of France, built palace of Versailles41
565514401Define Merchantilismeconomic theory stating that governments should promote the internal economy to improve tax revenues42
565514402Most absolute monarchs saw a strong _______ as a key political goal, and many hoped for______ expansionmilitary; territorial43
565514403Why did Britain and the Netherlands stand apart from places like France or Prussia?emphasized the role of the central state44
565514404What was the Glorious Revolution?final political statement in 1688 and 168945
565514405What characteristics did both absolute and parliamentary monarchies believe?tension between government growth and some limits to authority46
565514406the many competing nation-states kept the West politically _________ and often at _____divided; war47
565514407Who was Fredric the Great?introduced great freedom48
565514408What was the Enlightenmentaftermath of scientific revolution49
565514409Who was Adam Smith and what did his economic theory advocate?Scottish philosopher; promote general economic advance50
565514410What is Denis Diderot best known for?editorial work on the Encyclopedie51
565514411What were some of the basic principals of the Enlightenment?Human beings are good, reason is the key to truth, and religions that rely on blind faith of refuse to tolerate diversity are wrong52
565514412Identify Mary WollstonecraftEnglish feminist thinker53
565514413How did attitudes towards children begin to shift during the Enlightenment?educational toys, interested in free movements, and respect good and innocence of children54
565514414How did agriculture change in the late 17th century?used three feild system55
565514415What was the flying shuffle and who invented this?John Kay; automatic crossing of threads on looms56

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