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8664773634John Calvininitiated Calvinism; created a great schism in the Catholic Church0
8664773635HuguenotsFrench Protestants who followed the reformed tradition1
8664776576Printing Pressdevice used to apply ink; led to an increase of published works2
8664776577Sale of Indulgencespayment to Catholic Church in order to forgive sins3
8664780473Italian Renaissancea period of great cultural change and achievement4
8664787757Predestinationdoctrine that all events are willed by God5
8664787758Martin Luthera sixteenth century German religious leader; founder of Protestantism; wrote the 95 Theses6
866479289295 Thesesa list of propositions for academic disposition by Martin Luther7
8664792893Catholic Reformationa period of Catholic resurgence initiated by Protestant reformation8
8664796465Henry VIIIking of England who broke from Rome and reformed England9
8664796466Society of Jesusscholarly religious congregation of the Catholic Church10
8664800483Protestant DoctrinesBible is the highest form of authority; justification is by faith alone11
8664803304Thirty-Years Wardeadliest religious war; between Protestant and Catholic states12
8664803305Copernicusproposed that the sun, not the earth, as taught by both religious and classical authorities, was the center of the universe13
8664803306Galileoinvented the telescope and strengthened Copernicus' theory14
8664806381Conquistadorsoldiers and explorers of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires15
8664809365Henry the Navigatorcredited as main initiator of Age of Discoveries due to exploration of West African coast16
8664809366Christopher ColumbusItalian explorer; led four voyages across the Atlantic17
8664813273Joint-Stock Companya company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders18
8664813274British East India Companya private company granted a trade monopoly with the East Indies by Queen Elizabeth I19
8664819127Dutch East India Companythe 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 Mutiny20
8664819128Mercantilisma policy that emphasized the accumulation of gold and silver; emphasized exports over imports21
8664824219Treaty of Tordesillasagreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus and other late 15th-century voyagers22
8664827240Ferdinand Magellansailed from Spain, rounding South America through the strait that now bears his name, and reached the Philippines in 1521.23
8664827241Ponce De LeonSpanish explorer who accompanied Columbus on his second trip in 1493; in 1513 he discovered Florida while searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth24
8664830375Reconquistaa series of campaigns by Christian states to recapture territory from the Muslims25
8664832367Columbian Exchangewidespread 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 voyage26
8664832368Northwest Passagesea route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through northwestern America, often sought by early explorers27
8664834563Hernan CortesSpanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico28
8664834564Francisco PizzaroSpanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima29
8664837497Carracka three-to-four mast sailing ship used by European explorers30
8664839807Fluytlow cost sailing vessel developed by Dutch31
8664839808Caravelsailing ship used primarily for coastal navigation32

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