8664773634 | John Calvin | initiated Calvinism; created a great schism in the Catholic Church | 0 | |
8664773635 | Huguenots | French Protestants who followed the reformed tradition | 1 | |
8664776576 | Printing Press | device used to apply ink; led to an increase of published works | 2 | |
8664776577 | Sale of Indulgences | payment to Catholic Church in order to forgive sins | 3 | |
8664780473 | Italian Renaissance | a period of great cultural change and achievement | 4 | |
8664787757 | Predestination | doctrine that all events are willed by God | 5 | |
8664787758 | Martin Luther | a sixteenth century German religious leader; founder of Protestantism; wrote the 95 Theses | 6 | |
8664792892 | 95 Theses | a list of propositions for academic disposition by Martin Luther | 7 | |
8664792893 | Catholic Reformation | a period of Catholic resurgence initiated by Protestant reformation | 8 | |
8664796465 | Henry VIII | king of England who broke from Rome and reformed England | 9 | |
8664796466 | Society of Jesus | scholarly religious congregation of the Catholic Church | 10 | |
8664800483 | Protestant Doctrines | Bible is the highest form of authority; justification is by faith alone | 11 | |
8664803304 | Thirty-Years War | deadliest religious war; between Protestant and Catholic states | 12 | |
8664803305 | Copernicus | proposed that the sun, not the earth, as taught by both religious and classical authorities, was the center of the universe | 13 | |
8664803306 | Galileo | invented the telescope and strengthened Copernicus' theory | 14 | |
8664806381 | Conquistador | soldiers and explorers of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires | 15 | |
8664809365 | Henry the Navigator | credited as main initiator of Age of Discoveries due to exploration of West African coast | 16 | |
8664809366 | Christopher Columbus | Italian explorer; led four voyages across the Atlantic | 17 | |
8664813273 | Joint-Stock Company | a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders | 18 | |
8664813274 | British East India Company | a private company granted a trade monopoly with the East Indies by Queen Elizabeth I | 19 | |
8664819127 | Dutch East India Company | the company chartered in 1600 by the British government to trade in the East Indies: after being driven out by the Dutch, it developed trade with India until the Indian Mutiny | 20 | |
8664819128 | Mercantilism | a policy that emphasized the accumulation of gold and silver; emphasized exports over imports | 21 | |
8664824219 | Treaty of Tordesillas | agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus and other late 15th-century voyagers | 22 | |
8664827240 | Ferdinand Magellan | sailed from Spain, rounding South America through the strait that now bears his name, and reached the Philippines in 1521. | 23 | |
8664827241 | Ponce De Leon | Spanish explorer who accompanied Columbus on his second trip in 1493; in 1513 he discovered Florida while searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth | 24 | |
8664830375 | Reconquista | a series of campaigns by Christian states to recapture territory from the Muslims | 25 | |
8664832367 | Columbian Exchange | widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries, related to European colonization and trade after Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage | 26 | |
8664832368 | Northwest Passage | sea route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through northwestern America, often sought by early explorers | 27 | |
8664834563 | Hernan Cortes | Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico | 28 | |
8664834564 | Francisco Pizzaro | Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima | 29 | |
8664837497 | Carrack | a three-to-four mast sailing ship used by European explorers | 30 | |
8664839807 | Fluyt | low cost sailing vessel developed by Dutch | 31 | |
8664839808 | Caravel | sailing ship used primarily for coastal navigation | 32 |
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